Wrong example sentences

Related (12): incorrect, mistaken, inaccurate, false, improper, inappropriate, error, mistake, fault, right, correct, accurate

"Wrong" Example Sentences

  1. I knew something was wrong the moment he walked through the door.
  2. She's been getting the wrong impression of me this whole time.
  3. The doctor said there's nothing wrong with the test results.
  4. You've got the wrong number — I'm not who you're looking for.
  5. Honestly, I think you're wrong about this one.
  6. That's the wrong way to approach the problem, trust me.
  7. He kept insisting he was right even though he was completely wrong.
  8. I felt wrong about the decision, but I went along with it anyway.
  9. The wrong person got blamed for what happened.
  10. What did I do wrong this time?
  11. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong that day.
  12. She knew it was wrong to lie, but she did it anyway.
  13. The timing felt wrong, so we decided to wait.
  14. I've been saying it wrong my entire life, apparently.
  15. There's nothing wrong with asking for help when you need it.
  16. He turned down the wrong street and got completely lost.
  17. It's wrong to judge people based on their appearance.
  18. I'm pretty sure you've got the wrong end of the stick here.
  19. The wrong choice can haunt you for years.
  20. She sensed something was deeply wrong but couldn't put her finger on it.
  21. You're barking up the wrong tree if you think I'm going to agree.
  22. The system is fundamentally wrong and everyone knows it.
  23. I did everything wrong in that relationship.
  24. That's the wrong attitude to have going into an interview.
  25. Nobody wants to admit when they're wrong.
  26. The wrong word can change the entire meaning of a sentence.
  27. I felt like I was on the wrong side of history.
  28. There's a wrong way and a right way to handle this.
  29. She kept pushing even though something felt deeply wrong.
  30. The wrong assumption led us down a completely different path.

Common Phrases

  1. go wrong
  2. get it wrong
  3. prove someone wrong
  4. wrong side of the tracks
  5. wrong time, wrong place
  6. rub someone the wrong way
  7. on the wrong foot
  8. dead wrong
  9. nothing wrong with
  10. what went wrong
  11. wrong number
  12. wrong impression

Examples by Level

A1
  1. This is the wrong answer.
  2. Is this wrong or right?
A2
  1. I got the wrong bus and ended up on the other side of town.
  2. She said I was wrong, but I knew I wasn't.
B1
  1. Looking back, I realize I was wrong about him from the start.
  2. There's nothing inherently wrong with changing your mind.
B2
  1. The wrong decision at that moment cost him everything he'd worked for.
  2. She'd spent years trying to prove everyone wrong about her abilities.
C1
  1. What felt intuitively wrong about the proposal was precisely what made it innovative.
  2. The assumption that progress requires sacrifice is fundamentally wrong, or so the argument goes.
C2
  1. There's a particular kind of defensiveness that comes from knowing you're wrong but being too invested to admit it.
  2. The wrong choice, made with full awareness and acceptance of its consequences, somehow feels less like failure.

Examples by Scenario

🏠 Everyday Life
  1. I've been pronouncing that word wrong for thirty years and nobody ever corrected me.
  2. The dog went the wrong way and dragged me halfway down the street.
💼 Workplace
  1. He sent the email to the wrong department and now everyone's confused.
  2. I think we're approaching this the wrong way, but nobody's asking my opinion.
📊 Business
  1. The wrong target market cost us millions in wasted advertising spend.
  2. We made the wrong call on that acquisition and it's haunted us ever since.
🛒 Buying / Shopping
  1. I grabbed the wrong size and didn't realize until I got home.
  2. This is the wrong brand — I specifically asked for the other one.
✈️ Travel
  1. We took the wrong exit and ended up in a completely different country.
  2. The hotel gave us the wrong room key and we spent twenty minutes trying to figure it out.
📚 Education
  1. The teacher marked my answer wrong even though I followed the instructions perfectly.
  2. He's been learning the wrong technique this whole semester.
❤️ Relationships
  1. I said the wrong thing at the worst possible moment and I've regretted it ever since.
  2. She knew marrying him was wrong, but she did it anyway.
📰 News / Politics
  1. The media got the story completely wrong and nobody bothered to issue a correction.
  2. The government's approach has been wrong from the beginning, according to experts.
💻 Technology
  1. I clicked the wrong button and accidentally deleted everything.
  2. The algorithm is recommending the wrong content to the wrong people.
📝 Formal Writing
  1. The data suggests that the previous methodology was fundamentally wrong in its assumptions.
  2. It would be wrong to conclude that correlation implies causation in this instance.

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