wrongly

Example Sentences

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Anna, ironically, works for a nonprofit that seeks to exonerate the wrongly convicted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Rightly or wrongly, recent developments have likely alienated the very crowd that constitutes a Tony viewership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

It says the real numbers of people affected may be even higher than thought since some sudden cardiac deaths are wrongly recorded as asthma, epilepsy or even drowning.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Plus, they got away with a wrongly awarded spot-kick in the return game against the Eagles.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Some we questioned would not stop to answer, others did not know, many in trying to be helpful directed us wrongly.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya