misquote
verb (used with or without object)
to quote incorrectly.
had misquoted
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past perfectof misquote.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Critics howled that Haberman had misquoted the lyrics to “Thunder Road.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2021
But the war of words didn't end there - as Swift's publicist Tree Paine intervened, claiming Kardashian had misquoted her original 2016 press release.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2020
Cotton alluded to a 2013 incident in which Durbin had misquoted a Republican House leader’s comment at an Obama White House meeting.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2018
Afterward, the woman involved in the bulldog episode and three other agency employees named as witnesses to Plotkin’s allegedly insensitive comments said the internal report had misquoted or misconstrued their accounts.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 19, 2017
I saw a smile pass over the radiant and beautiful countenance of my aunt, and I instantly conjectured that I had misquoted the passage.
From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Mrs. A. G. Whittelsey
