Example sentences for: misquote

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

  • That task involves choosing what diaries, letters, drafts, and laundry lists to donate to a university or to leave in a closet for legions of biographical ragpickers to quote, misquote, or variously interpret in as yet unimaginable contexts—or to burn.

  • Speaking of playing dirty, don't misquote me.

  • When the gospel writers read Isaiah 7:14 in the Greek, they read parthenos , the Greek translation of ` almah . This term had a narrower range of meaning than ` almah , and more specifically meant “virgin,” but it was within the range of equivalence for the Hebrew term ` almah . The gospel writer did not misquote the Bible in this matter.

  • Or, as my uncle once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote Santayana.”

  • I was tempted to misquote Mae West: "God has nothing to do with it, honey."


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