misdeed
Example Sentences
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"Taaf suggested that I might want to offer up an apology for my life", King wrote, "but an apology assumes a crime, an offence, a misdeed".
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
Over the next few months, I evaluated four other clients with a very similar picture: young queer adults torturing themselves with obsessional thinking about a sexuality-related misdeed from their remote past.
From Slate • Jun. 13, 2022
As for what caused the school to restrict access to the track, nobody was willing to fully describe the misdeed.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022
But it’s hard when the bond between team and fan has frayed to the point where the reaction to an oversight or misdeed is to assume the worst-case scenario.
From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2021
The exact nature of their misdeed is unimportant, as Boris and Constantin did dreadful things all day long.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing misdeed
Boy: Tales of Childhood
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"Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car?" by Robert Davis
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