How to Use misread in a Sentence

misread

verb
  • They have misread the lessons of the past.
  • Politicians may have misread the mood of the public.
  • I guess I misread the instructions.
  • I badly misread the situation.
  • Share the plan in writing so no one misreads it.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Jean’s mama saw through the ruse but misread it.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Calm is easy to misread as wisdom.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Each carries traits that can be misread.
    Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Did Notre Dame misread the room?
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • But what happens if the request is misread at the start?
    Anita Beveridge-Raffo, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Some traders misread macro context.
    Magdy Hassan Fayed, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Arzuaga’s blast to center was misread and erred on to score two.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
  • Make the next step specific, kind, and hard to misread.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2026
  • And to try to lump all of them in together is to misread this movement.
    Salena Zito, Washington Examiner, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Pulling one habit out of that mix and calling it the secret misreads the science.
    Allison Palmer updated June 24, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
  • At a distance, and at a glance, people will often misread their clothes as frumpy.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The West has misread Iran — badly.
    Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Paramount says the lawsuit misreads the facts and antitrust law.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 July 2026
  • Don’t misread their darkness as weakness.
    Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Perhaps someone in your friend group feels left out or misreads a group dynamic.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 July 2025
  • It was then discovered that her pathology had been misread from the start.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The fourth business is the easiest to misread.
    Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Perhaps chalk it up to her misreading the room or being overeager.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The new study argues that three key words were misread by James and other scholars alike.
    Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2025
  • That brought up Gennett, who sent a fly ball to left that Thames both misread and lost in the sun.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2018
  • For example, time was misread as tme, good was misread as goo, and large was misread as lar.
    PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
  • Cranley is aware of how he's perceived, but counters that people misread him.
    Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Trump badly misread the blocking that unfolded in the new year.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Jan. 2018
  • But is Gemma misreading the signs?
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The Davos crowd, though, has been known to misread economic signals.
    Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023

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