Sentence examples for was downright wrong from inspiring English sources

Ms. Rubenstone acknowledged that sometimes the information provided was "downright wrong" but said she believed that "over all, it's on target".

And in this case, not only was it not justified, it was downright wrong, I sincerely regret it, and, again, if there was anyone to apologize to, I would.

When the phone rep at Delta told you, the night before your flight, that all those window and aisle seats you spotted online were reserved for 'disabled' passengers, she was downright wrong.

She said schools needed "cold, hard cash", adding: "Until the first minister commits more funding to our schools using the powers of this Parliament, her promise that education is her top priority is utterly meaningless". The first minister said Ms Dugdale was "downright wrong" about school funding, citing the £750m attainment fund and £120m going directly to head teachers.

"That's downright wrong," Ms. Lewis said.

But effective though analogies may be, they are never exactly appropriate and sometimes are downright wrong.

"We have our leading candidate, who is downright wrong on all three of them," Mr. Santorum said.

Harman, Labour's deputy leader, said Farage's views about some mothers being worth less to employers were "downright wrong".

And still others, including some of Microsoft's principal competitors, argue that Mr. Gates is downright wrong.

Psychology professor Alexander Todorov, who has spent the past decade studying the psychology of the face, says our first impressions often are downright wrong.

In fact, says Todorov, who has spent the past decade studying the psychology of the face, our first impressions often are downright wrong.