How to Use wide of the mark in a Sentence

wide of the mark

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• But claims from both sides that the young socialist rode a wave of working-class anger are wide of the mark.
  — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
• In the first half of the game, GloRilla took one of just two shots on the night, but her long two-pointer was wide of the mark.
  — Bob Mehr, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 13 Feb. 2026
• However, those predictions would ultimately prove wide of the mark.
  — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
• Admittedly, some of the criticism of America’s leadership is wide of the mark.
  — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
• Suggestions the triumph in Munich was the starting point of a new era of dominance proved somewhat wide of the mark as PSG lost to Chelsea in the Club World Cup final and needed a penalty shootout to prevail over Tottenham in the European Super Cup.
  — Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025