Sentence examples for an act of misguided from inspiring English sources

By an act of misguided compassion he allowed Satan to escape.

When she learns the true origin of the packages — that they are an act of misguided generosity, and that Margaret died in her sleep weeks ago — Ginny withdraws.

A woman helped her friend to kill herself in an act of "misguided loyalty", a court has heard.

Mr McKone said: "The prosecution say that Amelia Caller assisted her in her suicide by supplying her with the... gas in an act of misguided loyalty".

However, those who perceive wearing Converse as an act of rebellion against the global trainer giants are misguided: Converse are owned by Nike.

We are now used to the fact that, every time a criminally misguided Muslim commits an act of violence, the entire religion and all its followers are questioned and placed under suspicion in a way that isn't replicated with other faiths.

The assumption underlying practically all US discussion is that any slippage in America's global standing is the result of misguided policies that can be reversed by an act of will.

No matter what these misguided people might believe, that was an act of fanatical craziness.

Seeing the Fort Hood shooting as an act of Islamist terrorism is the first step toward seeing how misguided a hawkish approach to fighting terrorism has been.

Mr. Miller wrote, "It now appears to be more likely than not that the original transmission of the material to Mr. Downey was not, in fact, a misguided act of a single person acting alone as Mr. Downey had initially assumed, but rather the concerted, intentional act by more than one person associated with the Bush campaign".

Among those who believe that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is misguided is Ed Martin, president of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI), an umbrella group covering racing commissioners in North America.