do wrong
Example Sentences
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It’s about how easily grievance turns into permission—how feeling wronged starts to look like a reason to do wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
“These offenses are built around the intent to do wrong and I had no intent, no knowledge of us doing anything wrong at the time,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026
James Comey, the FBI director fired by Trump in 2017, kept a framed FBI letter requesting a wiretap on Dr. King in his office as a "reminder of the bureau's capacity to do wrong."
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025
When I go on about what Sheffield Wednesday do wrong and you look at an example of how they should do it, then I look at the way Brighton go about their business.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
She barely heard Calpurnia talking: “Frank, he do wrong ... he pay for it. . . my grandson. I love him . . . but he go to jail with or without Mr. Finch. “
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
