Sentence examples for gained the wrong from inspiring English sources

Jessica Marshall, a book publisher, said, "Have you noticed that the restaurants that get called 'most romantic' are usually the most cheesy?" Danielle Henry, an advertising executive, said the holiday has gained the wrong kind of intensity.

It looks unprofessional and will gain the wrong kind of attention.

But if A refuses to hire B solely because of B's race, then it would be odd to say that A exploits B, for A does not gain from the wrong to B. Consider abuse.

Gaining the wrong kind of momentum, Anastas was unable to find an American publisher for his next book; the novel ended up being sold to "a boutique house in Salzburg" for a sum so diminutive that Anastas's agent, fearing for the writer's already brittle self-esteem, refuses to disclose it.

The rock is gaining speed in the wrong direction, but the Yankees, at least, have not yet been crushed.

Under the old program, it was difficult for a person who failed one or more parts of the test to determine where he or she went wrong and how to gain the knowledge needed to succeed.

Mr. Jacobs's belief that "the leadership choices will gain the support of the party at large" is dead wrong.

Gaining experience in the wrong thing can be detrimental for an applicant – few companies have an interest in Java desktop applications.

He recalls, "In privatizing Telmex as a monopoly to gain value, we made the wrong assumption — that the Mexican executive branch would be strong enough and competent enough to push back if the monopoly got out of hand.

The video then went viral after gaining traction for all the wrong reasons on music blogs, tech blogs (yeah we'll cover anything these days), Reddit and 4Chan, turning its star into both a meme and into fodder for mainstream media outlets like ABC.

Even if patients consider mobile phones a factor contributing to their disease, what would they gain if they gave the wrong side of use?