Example sentences for: mishearing

How can you use “mishearing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • My favorite such story, often told in the drug-dimmed dorm rooms of my youth, was that Ralf Hutter (of Kraftwerk) wrote "(Wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der) Autobahn" after mishearing the Beach Boys' "Fun, Fun, Fun" as "She'll have fahren, fahren, fahren till her daddy takes her T-Bird away."

  • Had you heard Miller's anecdote about Dylan mishearing the Beatles before?

  • Yes, I loved the anecdote about Bob Dylan's mishearing "I can't hide" as "I get high."

  • I admit to feeling sympathetic to his mishearing the name.


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