- present participle of misbehave.
misbehaving
Example Sentences
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In the show, Hamm’s ex-wife, played by actress Amanda Peet, is going through perimenopause, a life stage not often depicted on TV, and especially notable in a series that’s mainly about misbehaving men.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
The organized bar should address judicial referrals of misbehaving government lawyers without hesitation and, when merited, with stringent punishment.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025
"I would argue it's not good for anybody's wellbeing to have young people misbehaving and defiant," Mr Ebenezer added.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 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
He gave the younger officer the rueful look of a father exasperated with his misbehaving son.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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