Example Sentences

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By the time couples notice, the pressure is already there, and it often gets misdirected at each other.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

Rather than reflecting a loss of control due to runaway habits, some compulsive behaviors may result from excessive, though misdirected, deliberate control.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026

The upshot is that economic nationalism is misdirected.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

No one can read without delight Norman’s exposure of the pursuit of money, power and fame—which is flawed only when misdirected and ridiculous only when denied.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Gale knows his anger at Madge is misdirected.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins