Sentence examples for misunderstanding my from inspiring English sources

"Yes," enthused the receptionist, entirely misunderstanding my reason for asking.

"Yes, there were herrings and everything," he replied, misunderstanding my question.

"Don't be ridiculous," my mother had told me, misunderstanding my concern.

A senior officer later told him: "What happened yesterday was a misunderstanding – my subordinates' mistakes".

"The most disappointing thing has been people misunderstanding my motivations," he says.

"That all stems from Politico misunderstanding my comments on Morning Joe this morning," said Bates.

Part of my misunderstanding stemmed from my desire to find connections and echoes between New York and New Orleans, even to incorporate New Orleans into New York somehow, and make it a sixth borough, one long, last stop beyond Rockaway Beach.

There was some misunderstanding about my registration on arrival so I had explain my itinerary and reasons for travelling.

When I curated my first exhibition – which followed discussions with the artists Fischli/Weiss (Swiss duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Richard Wentworth, Christian Boltanski and Hans Peter Feldmannn in the kitchen of my apartment in St Gallen, Switzerland – I had a productive misunderstanding with my parents.

I've experienced my share of cultural misunderstandings in my relationships in China, including my own marriage, and have even blogged about why it's actually harmful to ignore cultural differences in a cross-cultural relationship.

This led to a misunderstanding about my banter tolerance levels, and so I got thrown in a pond, in front of my entire year group, in my underwear, in September.