Sentence examples for you were off base from inspiring English sources

"She could be extraordinarily humiliating if you were off base, if you didn't know your stuff," Ms. Uggams said of Miss Adler.

Sorry, Carney, but you're off base on this one.

Your fear is letting you know that you are off base in your thinking.

And when someone or something reminds you that you're off base.

That's the toughest thing, realizing that you made so many mistakes, that you were off-base; you were hurt.

"They see their assumptions were off base," Dr. Stum said.

But spokesman Souers declined to confirm it, but said, "You wouldn't be off base if you were looking for the test in that area". Marriott most likely will seek to upgrade the quality of food, service and decor in the restaurants in a bid to lure more affluent customers, said Michael G. Mueller, a restaurant and hotel analyst with Montgomery Securities, a San Francisco investment firm.

These days you wouldn't be off base to assume GOP stood for Genuinely Outrageous Priorities.

If you think I'm off base here -- try to picture Herman Cain filling glasses in keeping with 'traditional values.' Tell me that would not warrant a headline.

If you think I'm off base, ask yourself why this enormous undertaking is rolling along without any legislation directly authorizing it.

You know something is off base when the regional air district monitors and regulates emissions from fire pits on Southern California's beaches, which affect a handful of homeowners, before it gets around to the 24/7 blasts of pollution along the area's freeways.