wrongly

Example Sentences

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Anna, ironically, works for a nonprofit that seeks to exonerate the wrongly convicted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Rightly or wrongly, recent developments have likely alienated the very crowd that constitutes a Tony viewership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

A former police officer wrongly identified as being at the scene of Henry Nowak's arrest and subsequent death has said she is scared for her safety and has been hiding in a safe house.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

BBC News has also seen posts from Tuesday on X in which Grok wrongly identified Hill and Parsons as the officers involved in Nowak's arrest.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Other words are used wrongly, too—beautiful, future, us.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti