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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Schwarber’s departure to free agency after the 2021 Red Sox season is overshadowed by the club’s mishandling of stars such as Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Alex Bregman.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
The police mishandled much of the evidence, and Longet was eventually sentenced to 30 days in jail.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 May 2026
The context of this contract was for years the Dolphins have managed to mishandle predictably inevitable deals of players approaching the end of rookie contracts like Achane was.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Orders that leave our kitchen hot and carefully prepared sometimes arrive cold, spilled or mishandled.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
The police mishandled much of the evidence, and Longet was eventually sentenced to 30 days in jail.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 May 2026
The context of this contract was for years the Dolphins have managed to mishandle predictably inevitable deals of players approaching the end of rookie contracts like Achane was.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Orders that leave our kitchen hot and carefully prepared sometimes arrive cold, spilled or mishandled.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
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“Mishandle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishandle. Accessed 19 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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