Examples of mishandle in a Sentence
The police mishandled the investigation.
Apples are easily bruised when they are mishandled.
The shortstop mishandled the throw.
The quarterback fumbled when he mishandled the snap.
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Third baseman Luis Rengifo mishandled a ground ball to let Teoscar Hernández reach base in the seventh inning.
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
And then another Maloney pitch was mishandled by sophomore catcher Max Pemberton, who appeared to have Johns Hopkins senior shortstop Damian Brown hung up between third base and home plate.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2026
The growing costs have fueled criticisms from challengers and some lawyers involved in litigation against the city, who argue incumbent City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto has mishandled settlement strategy and over-relied on outside counsel.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 23 May 2026
Some commenters pointed out moments when the robots seemed to mishandle packages and berated robots for occasionally dropping packages.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
And then another Maloney pitch was mishandled by sophomore catcher Max Pemberton, who appeared to have Johns Hopkins senior shortstop Damian Brown hung up between third base and home plate.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2026
The growing costs have fueled criticisms from challengers and some lawyers involved in litigation against the city, who argue incumbent City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto has mishandled settlement strategy and over-relied on outside counsel.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 23 May 2026
Some commenters pointed out moments when the robots seemed to mishandle packages and berated robots for occasionally dropping packages.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
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“Mishandle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishandle. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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mishandle
verb
mis·han·dle
(ˈ)mis-ˈhan-dᵊl 
1
: to treat roughly : maltreat
2
: to manage wrongly
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