misstate
Example Sentences
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"He's pretty young, I will say. He's 17," the former president said, appearing to misstate his age.
From BBC • May 10, 2024
Several studies and reports have identified tests that misstate or exaggerate the risks of those problems.
From Washington Times • Sep. 29, 2023
“He would sometimes exaggerate, sometimes misstate facts,” Russell said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022
He is still liable to misstate, misstep, mishandle.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020
With scarcely an exception, the business of romances is to make good bad, and bad good; to misplace and misstate events, falsify characters, and mislead readers.
From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
