How to Use wrong number in a Sentence

wrong number

noun
  • The Labubu has the wrong number of teeth.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Fakes often have the wrong number.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Somebody entered the wrong number.
    Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • The man later claimed Gerodemos dialed a wrong number.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • Fakes often have overly bright colors or the wrong number of teeth (authentic dolls have nine).
    Devonne Goode, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
  • No more accidentally calling the wrong number.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
  • When calls went to a wrong number or voicemail, Krishnamoorthi swore at staffers and demanded new phone numbers, one former campaign staffer said.
    Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton met at the intersection of a wrong number and a bold invitation.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Collectors can usually spot fakes by telltale signs like overly bright colors, missing holographic Pop Mart stickers, or the wrong number of teeth.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Finding Emily centers on a smitten musician who receives the wrong number for his perfect woman and teams up with an ambitious psychology student to locate her.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The end result could be financial scam such as a crypto investment, or a romance scam where the by-chance encounter with a wrong number seems to lead to more, or that could escalate into a sextortion scam, if the exchange includes sharing images.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The end result could be financial scam such as a crypto investment, or a romance scam where the by-chance encounter with a wrong number seems to lead to more, or that could escalate into a sextortion scam, if the exchange includes sharing images.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The end result could be financial scam such as a crypto investment, or a romance scam where the by-chance encounter with a wrong number seems to lead to more, or that could escalate into a sextortion scam, if the exchange includes sharing images.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The broad strokes have been well-known — the ticking of a woman’s biological clock increases risk of miscarriage and infertility, often caused by eggs with the wrong number of chromosomes, the structures that carry DNA.
    Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026

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