misled

Example Sentences

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“All I ever wanted was for you to get silly with me baby,” she sings about a relationship gone wrong, multi-tracking her vocals on the chorus to convey just how badly her feelings misled her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The ease with which genes pass on mechanical, protein-coded traits like eye color has misled even scientists into thinking that they pass on other traits straightforwardly as well.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

This allegedly misled tax authorities and allowed the company to avoid the VAT payments.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

California regulators say Tesla has misled consumers about the capabilities of its “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” modes, which cannot be used without an alert human driver.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Don't be misled by the preposition about, it’s one of the false clues mentioned above.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner