How to Use get (someone) wrong in a Sentence

get (someone) wrong

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  • This one is easy to get wrong, even when your heart’s in the right place.
    — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2020
  • That is the one that companies get wrong more than 50 percent of the time.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2022
  • But—and here’s the thing even many experts get wrong—quantum physics doesn’t say that.
    — Chris Ferrie, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Our colleague Philip Bump has written about what Oz seems to get wrong about the cost of the goods in the grocery store.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Here’s our list of 10 things that any high-end property could get wrong.
    — Jonathan Soroff, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But one thing that a lot of people get wrong about roaches is that they’re only drawn to messy homes.
    — Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 22 Aug. 2023
  • What’s one thing about being a strong Black woman people get wrong?
    — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
  • It is designed in a way that is very limited and limiting and very easy to get wrong.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • These brie bites are fresh-out-of-the-oven comfort food at its finest, both sweet and savory, and pretty difficult to get wrong.
    — Kylie Logan, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Lahser Here's another metro Detroit street name that a lot of people get wrong.
    — Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2020
  • What do people get wrong about the post-9/11 landscape for Arab and Muslim Americans?
    — Brandon Tensley, CNN, 9 Sep. 2021
  • What did John Dorsey get wrong in his evaluation of Mayfield?
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 6 July 2022
  • Malakhai Pearson What do people get wrong about Boston?
    — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • But predicting who will be summoned to Stockholm and win the accolades, which are announced next week, is easy to get wrong.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 2 Oct. 2020
  • That's something that national outlets get wrong a lot.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Perfect for potlucks and practically required at picnics, this recipe is simple to make and hard to get wrong.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 June 2023
  • Perfect for potlucks and practically required at picnics, this dessert recipe is simple to make and hard to get wrong.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Of course, these are specialist things that lay people might easily get wrong.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 8 June 2023
  • What the Supreme Court nominee’s critics and defenders alike get wrong about the role of faith in American public life.
    — Joseph Loconte, National Review, 11 Oct. 2020
  • What do people get wrong tactically when trying to solve problems with the I.R.S.?
    — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • What do people most get wrong when talking about reparations?
    — Brea Baker, ELLE, 17 June 2021
  • Yes, other stocks might seem to have better prospects, but over the long-term forecasting revenue and earnings growth is challenging as easy to get wrong.
    — Simon Moore, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Savannah said there are a lot of things people get wrong about antiabortion activists.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2022
  • Avruch: One of the things that films [often get wrong] is that an awful lot of women who are getting abortions already have several children.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022
  • What modern movies and TV series get wrong, according to Macy, is equating a high body count with high emotional stakes.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • However, unlike the staple shirt (which is hard to get wrong in the design department), not all white sneakers are created equal.
    — Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Amanda Titchenal, founder of full-service organizing firm Well Organized, explained what her clients often get wrong—and how to bring more balance to this part of your home.
    — Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Here’s something else many of us get wrong: the belief that Muslim Americans would rather isolate than assimilate.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2021
  • There’s one thing that many people get wrong about this time of year: just because Christmas is over doesn’t mean that holiday shopping necessarily is.
    — Lauren Levy, Parents, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Pittsburgh’s regional economy has grown much faster than Cleveland’s over the past two decades leading people to wonder: What did Pittsburgh get right and what did Cleveland get wrong?
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 30 July 2021

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