Example Sentences

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The city, they concluded, had misjudged the situation but had not pursued Gamble from a place of malice.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

If I had misjudged Edith Wharton, I wondered, what else might I be wrong about?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

But former Venezuelan military officer Jose Gustavo Arocha of the Center for a Secure Free Society, a US think tank specializing in defense issues, also suggested that Cuba had misjudged the threat.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

Those who once admired his understated style wondered if they had misjudged the politician and began to see his quiet ways through a less generous lens.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024

And with that he raced round the last corner, only to find that by some trick of the tunnel, or of the hearing which the Ring gave him, he had misjudged the distance.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien