How to Use in the wrong in a Sentence

in the wrong

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  • The artery can be in the wrong place or come from the wrong place.
    Brian Rokos, Orange County Register, 25 June 2024
  • Scott and April Shirley were stuck in the wrong marriages.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
  • If the letter is part of the word but in the wrong spot, the tile turns yellow.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Then some of that crumbles and some of it leads him in the wrong path.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Quite simply, in the wrong hands the wines would not last as long.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2024
  • And in the wrong hands, your request for help could be used against you.
    Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • And Kevin — whom Hardy described as a sweet teen in the wrong crowd — was dead at 17.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Planting in the wrong season, in the wrong terrain, with the wrong seeds.
    Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • The problem is right now, too much money but in the wrong places.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Not Brandon Miller, not Miles, not Davis — the victim was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 22 Feb. 2023
  • One of the thrusters had been installed in the wrong direction.
    Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023
  • The white boaters were clearly in the wrong, and people came to the aid of the Black deckhands, both during the fight and since.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But, Sánchez claims her older brother was in the wrong.
    Alexia Fernández, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
  • My biggest concern was that, in the wrong hands, this could not be done well.
    Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This is Jamie’s dead father, which means Roger is in the wrong timeline!
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The corruption could cause alarms to go off in the wrong room at the wrong volume with the wrong content!
    Chris Welch, The Verge, 14 May 2024
  • If that goal is to be reached, the numbers are going in the wrong direction.
    Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The cast buoys material that, in the wrong hands, could’ve curdled in a minute.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • The cast buoys material that, in the wrong hands, could’ve curdled in a minute.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • Background checks are a crucial tool to ensure that firearms do not end up in the wrong hands.
    Joe Thelusca, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
  • Two-thirds of the country say we are headed in the wrong direction.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 26 Oct. 2024
  • As a result, the company dug the holes for the four steel beams in the wrong places and later had to refill the holes, Narayanan said.
    Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Jim Marshall was leading the A’s — in the wrong direction.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • About 7 in 10 say the nation is going in the wrong direction.
    Steve Peoples, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
  • But despite the adoration for the music of those times, Sanchez does not feel like he was born in the wrong decade.
    Gen Handley, SPIN, 26 Dec. 2023
  • And of a country, bless our hearts, headed in the wrong direction.
    Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
  • The stoppage of flights means that thousands of aircraft have been grounded around the world and could be stuck in the wrong airports.
    Cnn Staff, CNN, 19 July 2024
  • Refuse to let the changes others make or suggest throw you off guard or point you in the wrong direction.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
  • Yet Benna rejects the idea that 401(k)s took the country in the wrong direction.
    Michael Steinberger Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 8 May 2024
  • Clark's gut feeling certainly did not steer her in the wrong direction.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025

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