Sentence examples for wrong wall from inspiring English sources

I'd climbed the ladder of success only to realise I'd perched my ladder against the wrong wall".

Joseph Campbell described midlife as the time when we get to the top of the ladder — only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall.

The mantelpiece is on the wrong wall and the piano — a grand piano with a big fin sticking up in the air — is over by the bay window.

But remember, to paraphrase Stephen R. Covey, the self-help author,  it might be even less fun to spend your entire life climbing a ladder only to find it's leaning against the wrong wall.

As Justin Wolfers of the University of Michigan put it, "More than possibly any other economist in modern America, he has a track record of getting the big issues wrong". Wall Street isn't crazy about him, either.

OF all the rude awakenings that the bear market in stocks has brought to investors, perhaps the most jarring has been the realization of how woefully wrong Wall Street's research analysts have been this year on the stocks they follow.

And those little window icons were willful, attaching themselves to the wrong walls.

A high level of noise can affect the alignment, as the outlying points can drag a model towards the wrong walls.

Though the cardinal's more political remarks rubbed some people the wrong way, Wall said George strove to avoid "being pegged" to any particular political ideology.

What's wrong about Wall Street isn't animal testing or workplace discrimination (actually most Wall Street firms have very progressive policies, since studies show those policies increase profits).

In many ways, Madoff highlighted all that was wrong with Wall Street: investors pursuing profits over all else, a reliance on exclusivity, walled gardens and not nearly enough scrutiny by investors despite countless red flags.