Examples of mishandle in a Sentence
The police mishandled the investigation.
Apples are easily bruised when they are mishandled.
The shortstop mishandled the throw.
The quarterback fumbled when he mishandled the snap.
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The 2024 rule made mishandling wheelchairs a violation of the federal Air Carrier Access Act.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
But as questions swirled around the February 2022 allegations of mishandling of records by Trump, Bloomberg News reporter Jason Leopold filed a FOIA request for six categories of documents.
—Jack Date, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2025
However, in the AFC Championship Game, the Bills couldn't capitalize on their opportunities and made mistakes across all three phases.
Allen, who had made significant strides in reducing turnovers this season, mishandled the ball several times in the first half.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
His defense team, led by prominent attorneys like Robert Kardashian and Johnnie Cochran, successfully argued that Simpson was framed and that evidence was mishandled by the police.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 30 Jan. 2025
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
But as questions swirled around the February 2022 allegations of mishandling of records by Trump, Bloomberg News reporter Jason Leopold filed a FOIA request for six categories of documents.
—Jack Date, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2025
However, in the AFC Championship Game, the Bills couldn't capitalize on their opportunities and made mistakes across all three phases.
Allen, who had made significant strides in reducing turnovers this season, mishandled the ball several times in the first half.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
His defense team, led by prominent attorneys like Robert Kardashian and Johnnie Cochran, successfully argued that Simpson was framed and that evidence was mishandled by the police.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Mishandle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishandle. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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mishandle
verb
mis·han·dle
(ˈ)mis-ˈhan-dᵊl 
1
: to treat roughly : maltreat
2
: to manage wrongly
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