misbehaving

Example Sentences

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In the show, Hamm’s ex-wife, played by actress Amanda Peet, is going through perimenopause, a life stage not often depicted on TV, and especially notable in a series that’s mainly about misbehaving men.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

"It can come across as acting out or misbehaving, but it isn't acting out or misbehaving. It's just literally not feeling safe in their own body."

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

The organized bar should address judicial referrals of misbehaving government lawyers without hesitation and, when merited, with stringent punishment.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

Lim envisions a future in which organ transplant patients, or those with autoimmune diseases, receive therapies that only treat the specific regions of the body where the immune system is misbehaving.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

Grown-ups flinch like misbehaving kids, guiltily lapsing into silence.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater