Sentence examples for getting the wrong from inspiring English sources

Perhaps I'm getting the wrong end of the stick.

It will almost always result in getting the wrong answer as to what is driving customers' share of category spending.

"He keeps getting the wrong strategy, getting it very wrong," said the Spaniard.

Frankly, I think you're getting the wrong advice on the debates.

Either way, our children are getting the wrong message from this incident.

And Eagle was stubbornly insisting on getting the wrong end of every stick.

"Cellphones are one thing, but people are getting the wrong impression about these cars," Ms. Whitney said.

"In some cases quite serious: the hospital getting the wrong patient and nearly performing the wrong operation, for example.

Try as I might, my finger kept pushing the wrong button, so I kept getting the wrong answer.

Terrified of getting the wrong thing, I asked one of the crew to write down exactly what he wanted.

Pharmacists call this "self-checking", and it leaves patients at greater risk of getting the wrong medication.