How to Use wrongful in a Sentence

wrongful

adjective
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  • He is suing his former employer for wrongful termination.
  • But off the court, the wrongful imprisonment of a man named Jonathan Irons had long hung over Moore Irons’s head like a dark cloud.
    — Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 June 2023
  • No amount of money could undo the harm that the wrongful conviction caused.
    — Essence, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Now free men, the DeJesus brothers want to move on from the pain and loss that wrongful convictions bring.
    — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Hearings before Hanzman and a second judge on the wrongful-death claims have taken place over the past five weeks.
    — Curt Anderson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Richard Miles knows the deep injustice of a wrongful conviction.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Miles spent 15 years in prison for a wrongful murder conviction.
    — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Sailor has spent his four years out of prison talking to students about his wrongful conviction.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2022
  • In April, six people received jail terms of up to 13 years for abuse and wrongful imprisonment.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Chicago and Illinois is one of the kind of hotbeds for places where wrongful convictions have happened.
    — James Brown, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The first wrongful conviction that outraged Dennis Muñoz was his own.
    — Nelson Rauda Zablah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In March, Flynn filed a suit against the United States for wrongful prosecution.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
  • Under the state’s wrongful conviction statute, awards are capped at $1 million.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Ater Caprio’s death, Rintoul sought to add himself as a plaintiff and pursue a wrongful-death claim as a surviving spouse.
    — Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2022
  • By the time the FBI caught them, in 2017, the conspiracy had resulted in one dead civilian and a rash of wrongful arrests and convictions.
    — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The Panic destroyed lives, led to wrongful convictions.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Several wrongful convictions have been brought to light in recent years in the Kansas City metro.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2024
  • The suit accuses Goth of battery and A24, Goth and West of wrongful termination.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 10 July 2024
  • The owner of the Infinite was cited for wrongful entrustment.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 1 June 2022
  • In Frankenstein’s dark romantic world, the monster’s creation led to the wrongful execution of his friend’s servant and to the murder of his wife.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • The wrongful accusation of the Dimases means more episodes of Only Murders.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2021
  • In Texas, the order doesn’t give vaccine objectors who lose their jobs a right to bring claims of wrongful termination.
    — Jacob Gershman, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Foltz’s death has also led to a wrongful-death lawsuit against the fraternity, the expulsion of three students and the suspension of 17.
    — Jennifer Henderson, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The wrongful conviction suit is pending in U.S. District Court.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024
  • Goth was accused of battery while A24 and West, along with Goth, were accused of wrongful termination.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Mittlestat said his client’s case had several of the red flags seen in wrongful convictions.
    — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Nia's wrongful arrest came after months of bullying that the school failed to address, according to the complaint.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The officer also charged a Macedonia man who owned the van for wrongful entrustment.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Gow has already hinted at filing a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination if he is fired.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Kilpatrick admitted to falsely denying an extramarital affair from the witness stand in a wrongful discharge case brought by a former bodyguard.
    — Barbara McQuade, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024

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