How to Use wrong-foot in a Sentence

wrong-foot

verb

• And Alex is very good at wrong-footing people.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
• Investors wary of being wrong-footed by twists and turns in the Iran war are trading stocks at a record intensity, one market measure shows.
  — Joel Leon, Bloomberg, 7 Apr. 2026
• But Brunson, as usual, was sublime, wrong-footing the 76ers over and over with his staccato moves and magnetized shots.
  — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
• Malik Freeman’s blast skimmed off a defender, wrong-footing Belgium’s world-class goalkeeper.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
• This one is twice as good in slow motion because of how thoroughly Jokic wrong-foots Lopez, a generational defender who was roaming the back line for Milwaukee.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
• Williams, unfortunately, is so wrong-footed by the requirements of the period’s rhythms that her first heavily accented appearance, in a dockside saloon, is her most unsteady.
  — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
• On the next point, Eala drilled the ball into Jović’s forehand before wrong-footing her with a change of direction, then hit a 112 mph serve — a lightning strike compared to Eala’s usual serve — and Jović’s return sailed out.
  — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026