misrepresent

Example Sentences

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“There’s a danger where you misrepresent the truth,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The estate agents' code tells companies they "must never deliberately misrepresent the market value of a property".

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

Behm notes she’d even say naturalized citizens should be fine too, as long as they didn’t misrepresent themselves when applying for naturalization.

From Slate • May 26, 2025

"He's bound to state something inartfully or perhaps misrepresent something."

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2024

Harris and Watkins wrote letters to editors complaining they’d been quoted out of context, their story sensationalized to “distort, misrepresent and terrify.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot