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
• 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 | [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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• As Baker pointed out, even stressing about being in the wrong heart rate zone can spike you out of the right one.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 9 Sep. 2024
• Despite its motor being in the wrong place, the 911 is thought to be the platonic ideal of a sports car.
  — Damien Scott, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2024
• And that the overall number of households in poverty statewide continues to trend in the wrong direction.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024