Example Sentences

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He has the right to keep the true nature of their relationship to himself, but if I keep quiet, I will be misleading him.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2021

In a sense, the frenzied activity at the air base will be misleading.

From Time Magazine Archive

To most readers the word will be misleading, for they will understand it in its usual meaning, that some act is well-deserving.

From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by Wunsch, William F.

The tea plant is subject to the same vagaries, and any description by comparison will be misleading.

From Tea Leaves by Leggett, Francis

“The copy, if you may call it such, that I made,” laughed Jim, “had the descriptions and instructions altered so that it will be misleading rather than helpful.”

From Frontier Boys in the South Seas by Roosevelt, Wyn