Sentence examples for * the misapprehension from inspiring English sources

And the misapprehension of Obama in some quarters is not merely interesting but also important.

Some people seem under the misapprehension that the Edinburgh fringe and international festival are almost over.

People seemed to labour under the misapprehension that I had made 'trillions' for myself".

Talking of which, obviously I still laboured under the misapprehension that my wife could be rationalised into rediscovering hers.

Society still largely operates under the misapprehension that race (largely defined by skin colour) has some basis in biology.

Robinson appeared at one point to be making a case for resignation, only to correct the misapprehension when prompted.

In the course of William Shawn's long career as editor of The New Yorker (1952-87), would sometimes shake his head in dismay over what he took to be an astonishing misapprehension on the part of many readers--the misapprehension that one of the magazine's most admirable qualities was its contriving to remain always the same in a restlessly shifting world.

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I think the big misapprehension about Glastonbury – about any big event – is that people care what you're wearing.

If more and more people aspire to belong to this last category, the basic misapprehension remains the same at every level of acquisition.

The root of Oasis's problem is the same misapprehension that vexed so many of its Britpop compatriots: a failure to comprehend the urbanity of classic English pop.