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

Fairlie had vowed last year to table secondary legislation that would allow Transport Scotland to suspend or withdraw free passes from misbehaving passengers.

From BBC • Feb. 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

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

Write and tell me how the littles are misbehaving and where you are applying to college and whether you have found true love.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart