Example Sentences

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Falsified images and propaganda have been misleading people to worse ends for many years, but these recent shams are evidence of a culture-wide abandonment of a common reality.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

Councilmember Kshama Sawant said the amendment might have been misleading, as it asked the city attorney to avoid prosecutions in the same bill that would have given her the authority to prosecute.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Ms Law suggested Ms Merritt's evidence at Webbe's trial that Mr Thomas was just a "good friend" could have been "misleading to the court", and said: "Your phone download showed you had lied."

From BBC • May 25, 2022

When that study was published, Oxitec complained that the researchers had exaggerated their findings and the journal’s editors later added a note to the article that some of the language may have been misleading.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2022

“But you have been misleading me, young woman!” said Xenophilius, now sitting up much straighter in his chair and goggling at Hermione.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling