In-the-wrong Sentence Examples

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  • Some stupid person changed them in the wrong direction!

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  • What happens if I put my domestic refuse in the wrong container?

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  • That, and given the fact she was in the wrong line when they were passing out brains makes me think we're missing something.

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  • Carmen woke to a dim light shinning through her bedroom window - only the window was in the wrong place - and the bed was hard.

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  • He even stooped to playing a Loretta Lynn CD, although if Fred had caught him he would have sworn it was in the wrong container.

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  • Only a handful of people in the club were above college-aged, and it was in the wrong side of town for the trust-fund kids from Beverly Hills to stop in.

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  • It has also been identified with a mound now called et-Tell (" the heap"), but though the name of a neighbouring village, Turmus Aya, is suggestive, it is in the wrong direction from Bethel.

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  • Comte's subsequent attitude of censorious condemnation put him entirely in the wrong.

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  • If Hallam can ever be said to have deviated from perfect fairness, it was in the tacit assumption that the 19th-century theory of the constitution was the right theory in previous centuries, and that those who departed from it on one side or the other were in the wrong.

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  • It was perhaps impossible for him to renounce his rights, and his education, co-operating with his natural disposition, made it morally impossible for him to believe that he could be in the wrong.

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  • Hence the corps appeared too soon, and in the wrong direction.

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  • After Becket's flight (1164), the king put himself still further in the wrong by impounding the revenues of Canterbury and banishing at one stroke a number of the archbishop's friends and connexions.

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  • Article 7 provided that the decision should be made within three months from the close of the argument, and gave power to the arbitrators to award a sum in gross in the event of Great Britain being adjudged to be in the wrong.

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  • Then he was harassed by doubts whether the Turks were not in the right and the Christians in the wrong.

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  • In the eyes of most men his martyrdom had put the king so much in the wrong that the obstinacy and provocative conduct which had brought it about passed out of memory.

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  • They've been hospitable to us and we're not going to insult them because they were born in the wrong color of skin.

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  • She sometimes sounds solemn in the wrong places while overdoing the madness in an all too hysterical voice.

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  • Yet the magpie approach doesn't sound stupidly disjointed as it can in the wrong hands.

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  • In the past distress flares, which can be lethal in the wrong hands, have been taken.

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  • A player who plays in the wrong ranking order is deemed ineligible.

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  • A 16-year-old boy was driving a moped down a one-way street in the wrong direction.

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  • That way you don't cut mortises in the wrong edge.

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  • If he goes to the pub because she always nags him and puts him down and rejects him, who is in the wrong?

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  • Pat Magee, who planted the bomb and is not remorseful, was in the wrong.

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  • And when they run over a man that is walking in his sleep, a supernumerary sleeper in the wrong position, and wake him up, they suddenly stop the cars, and make a hue and cry about it, as if this were an exception.

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  • An inner voice tells us we are in the wrong if we are idle.

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  • She sometimes sounds solemn in the wrong places whilst overdoing the madness in an all too hysterical voice which the words do n't demand.

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  • Older cats too may start to 'miss ' the tray, or may urinate in the wrong place.

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  • They are also in the wrong place - growing on the surface of the retina and into the vitreous gel.

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  • While owning a motorhome offers many benefits for those who travel frequently, it can turn out to be a costly toy in the wrong circumstances.

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  • That way if something is done that displeases you (say they plant a tree in the wrong spot in your backyard), you can inform them.

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  • Each merchant's policy may vary on what happens if merchandise arrives damaged, missing or in the wrong size or color.

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  • The Cystitis formula seems to make urinating easier and stops that nasty behavior of peeing in the wrong places.

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  • The simplest way to decrease the likelihood of your personal information ending up in the wrong hands is to not give it out in the first place.

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  • Payments are processed using a secure website, so there is no reason to worry that your personal account information will wind up in the wrong hands.

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  • A good guide will also tell you where the berries grow so that you don't waste time looking in the wrong places.

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  • Paper crafters are able to use the guide available right on the punch to prevent mistakenly punching in the wrong area of the paper.

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  • No matter the style of dress you choose, if it's in the wrong color, you'll end up looking ghastly rather than ravishing.

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  • If you are having a hard time finding an exotic prom dress, you may be looking in the wrong place.

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  • It's easy to veer off in the wrong direction when you are in the middle of planning an activity.

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  • This is why peer influence is so strong in adolescence, and is why if teens get wrapped up in the wrong crowd, it can turn them into problem teenagers.

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  • You might end up with a dress that is stitched in the wrong places, or doesn't fit right.

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  • Perhaps it puts them more on the level of the average person, but the public thrives on catching celebrities in the wrong.

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  • You had to know someone connected and you had to be prepared for disappointment - something could often end up in the wrong size or color.

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  • If you get used to playing your guitar in the wrong tuning or holding your pick the wrong way, you've set yourself up with some bad habits that might be nearly impossible to break further down the line.

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  • When biking, the last thing you want to worry about is your shorts riding up on your legs or cutting you in the wrong places.

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  • Don't be scared of the actual size, it's better to get a larger size if needed to ensure the suit doesn't dig in or cut you in the wrong places."

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  • Using the jaws of life in the wrong place could be deadly.

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  • While you may be able to sift through paper catalogs at the store if you find a frame style you like in the wrong size or an unflattering color, you can also look online first and go in armed with information.

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  • It is also a good place to keep certain customers who may otherwise upset others if they are seated at a table in the wrong place.

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  • Unfortunately, besides the lack of advertising, the game.com system was stocked in the wrong spot at retailers considering it was, at it's heart, a handheld video game system.

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  • It's truely a magnificent sight to behold, but sadly, this is about as good as it gets, and where everything starts to teeter in the wrong direction.

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  • Also, at that time, nearly one-third of children rode in the wrong restraint for their zage and size, and an estimated 82 percent of child safety seats were installed or used incorrectly.

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  • When these chemicals are produced in excess amounts and in the wrong places, they cause tissue swelling and abnormal growth.

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  • Children with gender identity disorder usually feel from their earliest years that they are trapped in the wrong body and begin to show signs of gender confusion between the ages of two and four.

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  • Doing so creates space for the permanent teeth, especially unerupted canine teeth that might become impacted or erupt in the wrong position.

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  • Ureters can be duplicated completely or partially, they can be in the wrong place, they can be deformed, and they can end in the wrong place.

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  • A ureter can be perfectly normal but in the wrong place, such as behind the vena cava (retrocaval ureter), the large vein in the middle of the abdomen.

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  • This effect may result in blood that either leaks back in the wrong direction or has a difficult time passing a stiff, poorly moving valve.

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  • This could be as simple as a water feature in the wrong place or the need to add one of the five elements in a specific sector of your home.

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  • Like the crops, if one of those elements is missing or in the wrong order, you could end up with no crop at all or, at the very least, diseased and stunted crops.

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  • The only other foreseeable problem is that occasionally a few wayward hairs grow in the wrong direction.

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  • If your origami swan is flawless, it will look just as elegant -- if not more -- than an origami owl that's been folded in the wrong direction.

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  • In this defect, the opening for urine is in the wrong place on the penis.

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  • All in all, you've wasted twenty minutes of your time, not to mention the psychological despair brought about by looking unattractive in the wrong swimsuit.

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  • It will squeeze you in the wrong places and make you feel bulkier and less attractive.

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  • You don't want your padding in the wrong place if you're trying to create the illusion of bigger breasts.

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  • You go through every game you own looking for the rules just in case you put them in the wrong box.

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  • In addition to rebellion, other students may get caught up in the wrong crowd outside of the student body.

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  • The year 1979 brought us Alien, a tale of one ship that lands in the wrong spot and begins encounter creatures of the…well, alien sort.

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  • For Nora, death was simply a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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  • Miller said he has witnessed disturbing trends he believes are moving yoga in the wrong direction "away from the authentic experience of the original goal of yoga -- that of stilling the mind -- and toward something different."

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  • Lost receipts are the bane of any business, as are lost checks or checks entered in the wrong parts of a ledger or accounting program.

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  • Many times an engine won't start because the owner put in the wrong type of fuel.

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  • Parking in the wrong spot out of desperation leads to tickets, towing and even booting.

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  • Keep in mind when cleaning electronics; you don't want to get water in the wrong parts.

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  • Even healthy food can become unhealthful when eaten in the wrong quantities.

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  • Barely There bikinis are just what you need when you are looking for a seamless, tag-less and wrinkle-free pair of panties that do not ride up or bind in the wrong places.

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  • Luxurious - A new addition to this Barely There line of seamless panties, they are made with a micro-modal blend and designed to be very comfortable without any annoying bunching and riding up in the wrong places.

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  • After all, you don't want to choose a gown that is either going to hang off of you or squeeze you too tight in the wrong places.

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  • And when it's all over, there won't be anything you need to return-either a second or third item you bought in the wrong size because you weren't sure which to choose, or the single item you bought that didn't fit.

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  • Again, these ports are the only spots on your computer that will accept a plug-in of this size, so don't worry that you'll put it in the wrong place.

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  • Much like Tequila, parolee Joe was caught in the line of the law thanks to being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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  • All around the castle people are being petrified, literally turned into stone-like monuments by an unseen force and poor Harry has the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time on more than one occasion.

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  • Of course, not all stings can be prevented - sometimes just being in the wrong place at the wrong time is all it takes.

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  • Luckily it was a safe group of people finding the private photos, so they didn't end up in the wrong hands.

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  • After all, dressing in the wrong uniform means that the Cub Scout is "out of uniform."

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  • In the second example, the P and DIV tags are in the wrong order.

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  • Entering big rapids with your raft in the wrong position or missing an important mid-rapid move will often yield a calamitous outcome.

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  • Maybe we're aging this skeleton in the wrong direction.

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  • Aren't you headed in the wrong direction?

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