take the wrong way

Example Sentences

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No. I say things all the time that people take the wrong way, do I mean them, not always.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2021

This is one of the things Robbins fears the trolls on the interwebs might take the wrong way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2018

The app could also block transmission of thoughts that aren’t really negative but that she might take the wrong way.

From Scientific American • Feb. 11, 2013

Whoever the writers are, they take the wrong way.

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various

Then the wise man pleaded that the fool was to blame because he desired to take the wrong way.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett