How to Use mispronounce in a Sentence

mispronounce

verb
Definition of mispronouncenext
  • His name is often mispronounced.
  • The barista, who mispronounces his name, is also on his list.
    — Vogue, 31 Jan. 2019
  • Yet many of the lawmakers who had oversight of the FBI still mispronounced his name.
    — Devlin Barrett, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2019
  • And chances are someone is bound to mispronounce the designer’s name that night.
    — Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2017
  • Dozens of emails and messages have poured in since, with most readers chiming in with their own words that tend to get mispronounced.
    — Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2018
  • About 50 percent of his customers mispronounce the word.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 16 Apr. 2018
  • And for two decades people have been mispronouncing her name.
    — Chris Haghirian, kansascity, 22 May 2018
  • The back-and-forth was an apparent jab at those who mispronounce Harris' first name, as Trump sometimes does.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The group's mainstream profile has been so low-key, in fact, that Peart's name is commonly mispronounced, even by avid fans.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The first voter who asked him a question then proceeded to mispronounce his name.
    — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 26 June 2019
  • Since then, the teacher has continued to mispronounce it.
    — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2019
  • The way Allen repeatedly mispronounced Cousins’s first name was even worse.
    — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 18 July 2017
  • In recent years stars like Rihanna and Adele have shared that their names are often mispronounced.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Ash and Miss Medium come in and Madeleine mispronounces Ulladulla.
    — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The Latinx who always mispronounces English words joke is stale.
    — Yohana Desta, HWD, 26 Jan. 2017
  • Galanis said some stars have mispronounced a name or forgotten to say the video recipient’s name in the message.
    — Tracy Swartz, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Miller’s father called him, but initially asked for Phan, the younger Miller’s Vietnamese name, mispronouncing it.
    — NBC News, 15 June 2018
  • The president, in his conversation with Lewis, mispronounced the tribe's name.
    — Chelsea Curtis, azcentral, 5 May 2020
  • There’s a long list of poke joints that are actually mispronouncing and/or misspelling their main dish.
    — Adam Skolnick, Longreads, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Bustopher Jones even chastises another cat for mispronouncing the name of the Thames.
    — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Fittingly, the song plays as Kamala walks through the hallways of her high school and is made fun of as people deliberately mispronounce her name.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 June 2022
  • But that doesn't stop coaches, fans and even commentators from mispronouncing his name.
    — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Dear Miss Manners: My son, who is almost 3, started preschool a few weeks ago, and his teacher consistently mispronounces his name.
    — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Maya Rudolph and Ike Barinholtz mispronouncing names of all the nominees for lead actor in a comedy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The shoe company Saucony is not rebranding itself Sock-A-Knee so people will stop mispronouncing it.
    — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Have a question about friends who keep mispronouncing your name or mental health or your relationship with your parents?
    — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Have a question about friends who keep mispronouncing your name or mental health or your relationship with your parents?
    — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Alexander and Johnson both mispronounced Bamford’s name as Bashford (a Freudian slip).
    — Ryan Singel, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2012
  • So this person will always mispronounce that word, forever having others roll their eyes or smirk.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • Since Biden stepped aside and endorsed Harris, Emhoff has stepped up his own attacks on Trump, recently needling the former president about mispronouncing his wife’s first name.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024

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