Example Sentences

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“And on a day like today, even when the car has misbehaved for the majority of the season, everyone tried to put the A game, and it was just an historical day for the team.”

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2024

Somebody said it’s the first time that someone has misbehaved where all people ask about is, “How’s the perpetrator? How’s he doing?”

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2018

That doesn’t mean U.S. politicians can’t sympathize with the concerns of young, disaffected people in Iran or that the U.S. can’t penalize Iran when it believes that country has misbehaved.

From Washington Times • Jan. 3, 2018

When he thinks a public official has misbehaved he fires him on the spot, rather than following due process.

From Economist • May 26, 2016

I am sorry to observe my old acquaintance Jedediah Cleishbotham has misbehaved himself so far as to desert his original patron, and set up for himself.

From The Monastery by Scott, Walter, Sir