Example Sentences

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"So while parents are already feeling blamed and inadequate and guilty, this situation is reiterating how little support is available to them and how much people will misunderstand the situation they're in," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2020

“People will misunderstand that, saying, ‘Oh, they’ve acclimatized, they’re O.K. now,’” he said, standing on the deck of the survey boat.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2017

In some cases you’re probably right, but the more intimate a relationship, sometimes the more likely it is that people will misunderstand each other.

From Time • Nov. 10, 2015

I think he means that he's worried that people will misunderstand him.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2011

Since readers tend to link a phrase to the words that came just before it, they will misunderstand a sentence when the writer had a more remote association in mind.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker