Sentence examples for emphasis on the wrong from inspiring English sources

Mr. Pai also complained that the program placed greater emphasis on the wrong services.

"If anything, they may see it as putting the emphasis on the wrong place when the country has other problems".

"This kind of stretching of the law places the emphasis on the wrong things," said Dr. Kapuscinski of the University of Minnesota, "Plus, it's ludicrous".

In essence, these readers believed The Times gave too little prominence to the story initially in Saturday's paper and placed emphasis on the wrong aspect of the situation – the apology and the politics rather than the problem itself.

"They put the emphasis on the wrong words, they get a singsong voice, and they don't pass over weak words — 'of,'thehe,' and 'have.' " Still, he said, "I never use the word 'accent' or 'dialect,' " because they make speakers self-conscious.

The problem with this debating point is that it puts the emphasis on the wrong question — whether Israel is a good or bad country, and thereby implies that if it were clearly one or the other, the boycott would be clearly bad or good.

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.

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

Only occasionally did the emphasis stray on to the wrong syllable.

The Democrats are off on the wrong track, he says, with an emphasis on government regulation.

In what is either a daring move or a tasteless misstep (I'm on the fence about it), the playwright also has her ask, "What was wrong with me, Dad?" (emphasis on the word "me").