How to Use in the wrong in a Sentence

in the wrong

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Definition of in the wrongnext
  • Black employees described being disciplined for things as trivial as parking in the wrong places or addressing corporate attorneys by their first names.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
  • There are several reasons why nobody outside the building believes in the Broncos, from a lack of weapons to residing in the wrong conference and division.
    — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Pew Research Center found about half of Americans think the public education system is going in the wrong direction.
    — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The artery can be in the wrong place or come from the wrong place.
    — Brian Rokos, Orange County Register, 25 June 2024
  • Scott and April Shirley were stuck in the wrong marriages.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Then some of that crumbles and some of it leads him in the wrong path.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
  • And in the wrong hands, your request for help could be used against you.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • And Kevin — whom Hardy described as a sweet teen in the wrong crowd — was dead at 17.
    — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Planting in the wrong season, in the wrong terrain, with the wrong seeds.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • The problem is right now, too much money but in the wrong places.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Not Brandon Miller, not Miles, not Davis — the victim was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 22 Feb. 2023
  • One of the thrusters had been installed in the wrong direction.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023
  • The white boaters were clearly in the wrong, and people came to the aid of the Black deckhands, both during the fight and since.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But, Sánchez claims her older brother was in the wrong.
    — Alexia Fernández, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The corruption could cause alarms to go off in the wrong room at the wrong volume with the wrong content!
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 14 May 2024
  • If that goal is to be reached, the numbers are going in the wrong direction.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The cast buoys material that, in the wrong hands, could’ve curdled in a minute.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • The cast buoys material that, in the wrong hands, could’ve curdled in a minute.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • Background checks are a crucial tool to ensure that firearms do not end up in the wrong hands.
    — Joe Thelusca, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
  • But despite the adoration for the music of those times, Sanchez does not feel like he was born in the wrong decade.
    — Gen Handley, SPIN, 26 Dec. 2023
  • And of a country, bless our hearts, headed in the wrong direction.
    — Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
  • The stoppage of flights means that thousands of aircraft have been grounded around the world and could be stuck in the wrong airports.
    — Cnn Staff, CNN, 19 July 2024
  • Refuse to let the changes others make or suggest throw you off guard or point you in the wrong direction.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
  • Yet Benna rejects the idea that 401(k)s took the country in the wrong direction.
    — Michael Steinberger Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 8 May 2024
  • The mechanic stood by his version of events, but also said the deputies were in the wrong for shooting Abelar.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Planted in the wrong place and/or cheaply made, the oceans of Merlot that resulted failed to thrill.
    — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Don’t allow mixed emotions to point you in the wrong direction.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
  • The problem is less serious in the Navy and Air Force but still trending in the wrong direction.
    — Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Two-thirds of residents say the city is going in the wrong direction.
    — Joel Wolfram, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Some bend in the wrong places, permanently altered from breaks and tears.
    — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023

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