How to Use do wrong in a Sentence

do wrong

idiom
  • So if Batten can do wrong in Nove Mesto, this isn’t the time to prove it.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 May 2021
  • One of the biggest things Burke sees people do wrong is not using dimmers.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Here are some of the most common things amateur photographers do wrong—and how to fix them.
    Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 27 May 2020
  • But as the crew of the Enterprise repeatedly discovered, human teleportation is hard to do right and easy to do wrong.
    Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2014
  • Too often police are beacons of morality who never do wrong.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 5 June 2020

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'do wrong.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: