wrong
Example Sentences
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“Even if you intend to do a limited operation, you don’t know if it’s actually going to be limited. If things go wrong, it could end up being significantly longer.”
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Dianne, a onetime star with a flatlined career and on the wrong side of 50, toggles between worrying she’ll never act again and ambivalence about even trying.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Goodspeed travels back to the 18th century to downturns in the U.S. and the United Kingdom to explain why the common narrative that one seismic shock will flip an economy on its head is wrong.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Unfortunately, if your network doesn’t get a clean bill of health, it’s a bigger challenge to find out what’s wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
I should have answered with Number, please, and I didn’t, so something must have been wrong.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.