Example Sentences

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Mr Frodsham, assistant coroner for Manchester West, asked Dr Rehman: "In terms of misplacement of the tube, this features on the NHS list of 'never events'. This should never happen?"

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024

Readers of all races, creeds, sexual orientations and genders will recognize Owen’s feelings of misplacement — but queer readers perhaps will find something more.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2022

Rather than suffering from a catastrophic misplacement of ambition, that baseline effort has vanished completely.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2018

The slight misplacement of a seventh-inning pitch to Jerry Sands was all the Chicago White Sox needed to put this game away.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2016

But then the strangeness between us began, the feelings of oddness and misplacement, and our move never happened.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee