How to Use in the wrong in a Sentence

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• The artery can be in the wrong place or come from the wrong place.
  — Brian Rokos, Orange County Register, 25 June 2024
• West Ham have done the right thing — but in the wrong way.
  — Phil Hay, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
• Friends of the groom's best friend argue that the bride is in the wrong.
  — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
• Scott and April Shirley were stuck in the wrong marriages.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
• If the letter is part of the word but in the wrong spot, the tile turns yellow.
  — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
• Then some of that crumbles and some of it leads him in the wrong path.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
• Quite simply, in the wrong hands the wines would not last as long.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 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 | [e-mail], 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
• My biggest concern was that, in the wrong hands, this could not be done well.
  — Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
• This is Jamie’s dead father, which means Roger is in the wrong timeline!
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 23 Nov. 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
• Alonso has the misfortune of playing in the wrong era for his skillset and role.
  — Will Sammon, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
• 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
• Two-thirds of the country say we are headed in the wrong direction.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 26 Oct. 2024
• As a result, the company dug the holes for the four steel beams in the wrong places and later had to refill the holes, Narayanan said.
  — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
• Jim Marshall was leading the A’s — in the wrong direction.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
• About 7 in 10 say the nation is going in the wrong direction.
  — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 21 Oct. 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
• Almost every element of his game has trended in the wrong direction.
  — Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
• Yes, Joey is the latest in a long series of unlikely action movie heroes who find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time and fighting seemingly insurmountable odds to survive.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 12 Mar 2025