Sentence examples for if misplaced from inspiring English sources

Woolf's diary added that alongside our instinct to exaggerate such fears is our real if misplaced confidence that peril will leave us unscathed.

You should always feel there are large parts of her experience she's not including because she has a strong, if misplaced, sense of propriety".

Without any of the physical explicitness you sometimes find in modern productions, Dench simply conveys the ecstasy and ardour of a brief, if misplaced, passion.

Occasionally, I saw him at dinner parties, at Alex's house in London, or on summer cruises on Elsewhere, and he was always full of amiable, if misplaced, advice for me.

Indeed, Jones's impact on the national scene was so great that an opinion poll taken during the period of James Callaghan's government in the mid-1970s reflected a popular, if misplaced, view that he had more power than the prime minister – hence the "Emperor Jones" label.

Corsicans are like that, only worse, driving very fast in the middle of the road, overtaking on blind corners even where there is no guard rail between them and a 500ft drop, displaying a faith in providence or destiny that is impressive if misplaced, as confirmed by the alarming regularity of wayside shrines marking the sites of fatal accidents.

It is often inexpensive enough that, if you misplaced it, you would not be too upset.

Upon further inspection, unfortunately, it turns out to be one of his testicles, perfectly healthy (if severely misplaced).

Chuck Ramkissoon, too, is a man who knows that he is estranged from conventional American success and yet he retains an engaging, if perhaps misplaced, optimism about the way forward.

It was laborious, back-breaking work and God help me if I misplaced that notebook.

If caught by surprise and you need to stall it is better to go to the lab and fail to show your I.D.: refusal will get you fired, but if you misplaced your ID you will have to come back or the sample is invalid.