Example Sentences

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Once I was taking the kids to SeaWorld and they were misbehaving in the car.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

I phoned their parents if they were misbehaving just as often.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2018

Happily, the Faroe Islands put forward a much better case for inclusiveness, as they showcased their continued improvement by winning in Latvia while Andorra were misbehaving in Portugal.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2016

Her cubs were being held in the bear room, too, but she couldn’t touch them, couldn’t cuff them affectionately with the back of her paw if they were misbehaving.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2015

Papas became cross and stingy, and mammas insinuated that daughters were misbehaving.

From Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite by Trollope, Anthony