misbehave

Example Sentences

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Prodigy City is located in what was formerly Thailand, where the series was filmed, giving every character, human and otherwise, plenty of space to hide and misbehave.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

Even amoral or timorous lawyers will hesitate to misbehave if it becomes clear that doing so endangers their livelihood.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

This was hard yakka in hot sun on an unresponsive pitch with a ball less likely to misbehave than a child on Christmas Eve.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

And when large language models do misbehave or go off the rails, nobody can really explain why.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

It was risky to misbehave even a little bit, since our teacher was quite willing to tell our parents.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson