mislead
verb (used with object)
to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
was misleading
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past progressiveof mislead.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Gen. Xavier Becerra, now a candidate for governor, in 2017 over a state-drafted title and summary which they argued was misleading and negative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
CoinEx said TRM’s aggregation of volumes that went back and forth was misleading and that volume estimates from a separate third-party provider were lower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
McBride said she had been offered an opportunity to perform at a nonpartisan event celebrating all 50 states, but later concluded that characterization was misleading.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
A registered investment advisory firm that specializes in attempting to copy the trading activities of influential investors has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle allegations that its advertising on social media was misleading.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
From the very outset the leaders of the new confessional movement dodged the open acknowledgment that the doctrinal basis of the General Synod, also that of 1864, was misleading and un-Lutheran.
From American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) by F. (Friedrich) Bente
