- present participle of misbehave.
misbehaving
Example Sentences
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I recently watched a family member gently correct a misbehaving child: “Why are you doing that? Stop. Please stop.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Local resentment is rising, with social media vigilantes putting misbehaving tourists on blast - even as the Balinese maintain their world-famous hospitality.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
The organized bar should address judicial referrals of misbehaving government lawyers without hesitation and, when merited, with stringent punishment.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2025
Lim envisions a future in which organ transplant patients, or those with autoimmune diseases, receive therapies that only treat the specific regions of the body where the immune system is misbehaving.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
And for a third thing, both Ms. Mac and Mrs. Brisbane sometimes threatened to send a misbehaving student to Mr. Morales’s office.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
