wide of the mark
Example Sentences
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His dire forecasts about global cooling and warming were wide of the mark, a twofer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
But any suggestion this was a diminished spectacle, and one that should historically be marked with an asterisk as not a proper Test, is wide of the mark.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
Overseas workers will be expected to have a better understanding of English, but reported suggestions of A-level equivalent are wide of the mark.
From BBC • May 10, 2025
Sir Keir Starmer said such speculation was "wide of the mark", although he did not elaborate further.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024
And also because the vague suspicions — expectations, really — that I’d been forming all day, as Alice tried to transform me into a beauty queen, were so far wide of the mark.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
