Examples of misdeed in a Sentence

She threatened to expose to the public the misdeeds he had committed. punished for her misdeeds by the church elders

Recent Examples on the Web Inside a box atop a table in the Orioles’ clubhouse, the little slips of paper hold the charges of each misdeed, awaiting judgement from the court — the Kangaroo Court. — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2022 When their children were young, Ann Bowden would ask her husband to discipline them for some misdeed committed while he was gone. — Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2021 Corporate chieftains and politicians frequently bow deeply to the news cameras to apologize for this corporate scandal or that political misdeed. — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2021 Camps are regimented with multiple counting of inmates each day, security rounds to assure there are no misdeed afoot (drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana, talking on cell phones ... — Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 7 June 2021 With the Press-Register and other media willing to give credence to any other possibility, like police theories Donald had been involved in a drug transaction or some other misdeed, black leaders were driven to start their own paper, The New Times. — al, 12 Apr. 2021 Yet his reputation is under fire after an investigation into one of his studies found evidence of manipulation—and elaborate efforts to cover up the misdeed. — Hristio Boytchev, Science | AAAS, 8 Apr. 2021 Social media is a cruel world, where one misdeed can fuel fiery waves of misconception. — David Hinojosa, ExpressNews.com, 5 Dec. 2020 Onel de Guzman, now 43, was widely believed to have committed the misdeed as a computer-science student in Manila 20 years ago. — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2020 See More

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