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Example sentences for "misled"

Lexicographically close words:
mislay; mislaying; mislead; misleading; misleads; misletoe; mislike; misliked; misliking; misma
  1. Only the dear people there must learn to call it Norridge, and not be misled by the mere accident of spelling.

  2. Olive's sagacity and knowledge of her friend's character had not misled her.

  3. Those who like to fancy the workings of providence in human affairs may think that, as Mr. Asquith neglected and misled his party more thoroughly than any other prime minister, so he was overtaken by a more malignant nemesis.

  4. I confess I have been too often misled by the prevalence of example, and my own idle caprice; it is, therefore, the highest charity to shew me to myself.

  5. Joe Smith has been strangely misled respecting them.

  6. Lecky was perhaps misled by the ignorant libel on Pitt in Wraxall, iii, 223.

  7. The aim of joining the armed bands of émigrés and the forces held in readiness by Austria was so obvious as to dispel the myth of "a patriot King" misled for a time by evil counsellors.

  8. As to French bribery, the loyal sailors at Spithead in their address to the Nore mutineers bade them not to be any longer misled by "French principles and their agents, under whatsoever mask.

  9. One of our most frequent and obvious tasks seems to be that of restoring a great mind, misled by error, to its proper rank.

  10. Were I to indulge the reveries into which I could easily fall, I might be as much misled by passion as others, who are so ready to complain and pity themselves for being in love.

  11. At any rate, if the Apostles could be misled by hallucination, much more might they be misled by a natural reappearance, which looked not unlike a supernatural one.

  12. Suppose, for example, that he has been misled by the German writers of the Tubingen school, how will either of the above-named writers help him?

  13. Clarence Hervey, to give her a convincing proof that Mrs. Ormond had misled her as to his sentiments, immediately avowed his passion for Belinda.

  14. It was such a letter as he might have expected, but the beginning misled him, and as his agitation throbbed itself away he suffered an encroachment of despair which made him for a time unable to move or even think.

  15. Milvain was quite capable of playing fast and loose with a girl, and Marian, owing to the peculiar circumstances of her position, would easily be misled by the pretence of a clever speculator.

  16. Go to the foggy Europe," cried Lockman; "you are no Asiatic; the prophet of Nazareth has misled you.

  17. Now, reverend sir," answered Kohlhaas, "the intelligence I received from Dresden misled me!

  18. That they had started right Ellerey knew, and he was inclined to think that so far their guide had not misled them.

  19. Those who made me believe that there was a good chance of success misled me, but if I thought you too would reap the benefit, it is none the less true that I deceived you.

  20. This is my sole excuse if I was misled by what appeared to me strong circumstantial evidence.

  21. The expression of the old valet's face showed a singular mixture of anxiety and admiration for his master which might easily have misled an onlooker.

  22. The letter plunged Claes into a reverie which apparently did honor to his patriotism; but his wife was not misled by it.

  23. Burr undoubtedly misled many good and patriotic men, who abandoned his fortunes when the intimations of treasonable designs were charged against him, which brought him to trial.

  24. The enemy threw into the American ranks many Congreve rockets, evidently misled in the hope that these ugly-looking missiles would strike terror to the ranks of our troops.

  25. We are no longer misled by myths and legends.

  26. Does he want his children misled and corrupted so that he can have the pleasure of damning their souls?

  27. After I had learned a little about the stars I concluded that this writer, this "inspired" scribe, had been misled by myth and legend, and that he knew no more about creation than the average theologian of my day.

  28. Ate was the spirit that tempted, and such was her power that at one time she tempted and misled the god of gods, even Zeus himself.

  29. But the Baroness is unsophisticated; she has been misled by your fallacious arguments and specious pretence of affection.

  30. Misled by these assurances, and consulting only her own passions, Marie de Medicis no longer hesitated.

  31. Among the latter class was one who, misled by false notions of mechanical principles, fancied that in the mere oscillations of a pendulum lay a power sufficient for any purpose whatever.

  32. He continued, to use his own words, "to grope in the dark, misled by many an ignis fatuus.

  33. But however misled I may be in this I cannot err in my vision of the stately conflagration which went up with the hotel one windless night, a mighty front of flame hooded with somber smoke.

  34. Swayne justice of the Supreme Court of the United States he supposed that he was appointing Joseph Swann, and that he was misled by the similarity of the names, not very great either to ear or eye.


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    Other words:
    misdirected; misguided; misinformed