Sentence examples for all the wrong words from inspiring English sources

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Hamilton was quick to reply, saying: "Nico's the worst German teacher; he tells me all the wrong words".

I went off him in a big way at Princess Diana's funeral when he read the lesson in that funny way, emphasising all the wrong words, deliberately.

It's a great passage but the librarian puts the emphases on all the wrong words, which is ironic for a book by a rapper.

As every writer knows, the talk that fills one's head — and, eventually, notebook after notebook, or computer screen, where all the wrong words gather and conspire to undo one's role as writer — must end in humiliation: being published.

There was a similar scene to Michieletto's Rossini in a Don Giovanni at the English National Opera recently, which simply did not work – all the wrong words used to describe Rossini were apposite: "gratuitous", "pretentious".

The mom cruising with her windows down, singing all the wrong words to a Coldplay song while a 23-year-old passerby named "Dylan" or "Brody" or "Tyler" sadly shakes his head.

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I am also that person who sings all of the wrong words to most songs.

Talk really over-enthusiastically, putting emphasis on all of the wrong words.

First of all, "intolerance" is the wrong word to use for the lynching, shooting, burning and mass murder of fellow human beings.

"I chose the wrong words"?

"I used the wrong words the wrong way".

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