Sentence examples similar to misplay a hand from inspiring English sources

Republicans terribly misplayed a weak hand on the government shutdown and the debt ceiling.

I for one do not believe that the Republican Leadership will be so stupid - will so badly misplay its hand - that it will allow a tiny minority of extremists to fundamentally jeopardize the Party's near-term and long-term future.

However, the switch in political allegiances, plus the venomous nature of the attacks on Brown, has led some to suggest that The Sun may have misplayed their hand - causing a ground swell of sympathy for the besieged Brown.

If there is anyone not expected to misplay a ball, it is Church, a superior defender.

In the ninth, true to the Mets' form of late, Lucas Duda appeared to misplay a fly ball in left and the tying run scored.

Michael Turner, a cosmologist at the University of Chicago, called dark energy "an example of how the U.S. seems to misplay its science hand these days".

But he may have misplayed his hand in another way, too.Previously when asked, "Was it a mistake to go to war to Iraq?"—not a counterfactual question prefaced with "given what we know now"—Mr Rubio has said, "No, I don't believe it was.

But she also misplayed her hand.

For once, it was not the opposition that had misplayed its hand; it was Mr. Milosevic.

But if the company misplays its hand, it could turn out to be the beginning of the end.

But as Xi jockeyed for position against the United States, many U.S. experts argue that he misplayed his hand.