Sentence examples for one wrong word from inspiring English sources

One wrong word on that can raise the voices of a town hall full of Texans.

Another hostage said they felt if they said one wrong word they would be killed.

He said he was aware that one wrong word could cost him his life.

I picture my own family members and dread how one sudden movement, one wrong word, could end their lives.

It's a tense scene though – one wrong word and you sense Jimmy will end up with a bullet in the head.

Like almost everyone else in the house, he is here on an H-1B visa; I get the strong impression that he is afraid that if he says one wrong word, he'll be thrown out of the country.

"Where's the old government to talk about appointing a new one?" Disappointment is the wrong word for people's reactions; it implies they have hope.

So as soon as you make one wrong move, write one badly worded message, or they simply can't be arsed, you're mentally swiped to the side – not as satisfying as the initial, physical Tinder swipe, but just as effective.

But perhaps 'scandal' is the wrong word, since no one seems very shocked; and it's not my purpose to shock you very much either.

Next month, Picador will publish it again, in a single volume with an introduction by Wyndham's friend Alan Hollinghurst ('Exceptionally accomplished... a writer who never wastes a word or puts one wrong...'...

Climbing a water tower, making a movie of his friends, but later turning the camera on himself, saying one wrong word and wiped again.