Example Sentences

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Martinez suggested the child was misbehaving on the float and might have tipped over the float if she and the other women on the float hadn’t stepped in to “parent this kid.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2022

Hendon said parents would sometimes ask him to go to their child’s school when they got a call that the youth was misbehaving and they weren’t able to get off work.

From Washington Times • Mar. 17, 2018

I remember one day at school, when I was 12, I was misbehaving, as I usually did on a daily basis.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2014

She had high expectations, and neighbors knew she wanted them to let her know anytime one of the boys was misbehaving.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2014

It was he that brought me the invitation from his master to go to Baroda and lecture to that prince—and now he was misbehaving in my dreams.

From Following the Equator, Part 5 by Twain, Mark