How to Use mislead in a Sentence
mislead
verb- We believe that her comments were deliberately meant to mislead the public.
- We believe that her comments were deliberately meant to mislead.
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Fast-food restaurants have all kinds of ways to mislead us.
—Leonard Greene, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
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The Trump team displays misleading information on the screen in the court room.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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This wouldn’t be the first time Trump or one of his allies misled his own legal team about the documents.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 30 May 2023
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The creator of the Pope Coat image wasn’t attempting to mislead anyone.
—WIRED, 31 Mar. 2023
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In the clip, Rodrigo gathers in a room full of her ex’s other scorned and misled exes.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
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But don’t be misled by that martial tone, any more than by the set, the Marines and the military cut of Jessica Jahn’s costumes for the men.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 June 2023
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Still, some who’ve followed the Nicaragua route say they were misled about potential dangers and the future awaiting them in the U.S.
—Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
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In the years since the murder, Madison was misled about how her father really died.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
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False claims about vaccines Vaccines are the No. 1 topic of misleading health claims.
—Monica Wang, The Conversation, 13 Dec. 2023
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As a result, readers of the second-generation post are misled, as was the case here.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
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As a result, readers of the second-generation post are misled, as was the case here.
—Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
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Don’t let the shade name mislead you either, as the suit is undoubtedly a bright magenta.
—Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
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Users can provide feedback about misleading answers to the Post via a feedback form.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 9 July 2024
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It’s been used to mislead and harass people and to spread propaganda.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
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James claims in her lawsuit that Trump and his family's business misled banks about the value of his properties and his net worth.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Apr. 2023
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My client appealed the jury verdict on the grounds that the court issued a jury instruction that confused and misled the jury.
—Jean Marie Middleton, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
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She’s openly taken pleasure in misleading fans about the direction of her next record.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 May 2023
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The data shows that the government knowingly mislead the public.
—Jenn Budd, Orange County Register, 21 May 2024
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My impression was that the bank wasn't actually misled about who these people were.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
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Some in the family believed Jenkins had been forced, or at least misled, into going to North Korea.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
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Dark patterns are website or app designs that can mislead consumers.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2023
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Google is making millions from the exercise and women are often misled, to say the least, in their search for reliable health services.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 15 June 2023
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Dozens of state governments sued Meta last fall for allegedly misleading the public about the harms its services could cause young users.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 15 Feb. 2024
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Government records have helped expose the role of drug companies in the opioid crisis and showed how U.S. officials misled the public about the war in Afghanistan.
—Emily Joynton, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
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The disclosures to users are supposed to counteract the risks of deepfakes, or alterations to real footage that could mislead people.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
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And some consumers have complained that they have been misled by shady contractors about final costs and payment methods.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024
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But don’t be misled: Republicans and the right wing started politicizing the shooting within minutes.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
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The complaints against Liccardo, filed with absolutely no evidence, are a crass political ploy to mislead voters.
—Ann Ravel, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024
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