mislead - use in sentences

Object

  • consumer: Sales Director Colin McCann explains: " It's not in our interests to mislead consumers into joining us.
  • electorate: They have such a strong sense of their own righteousness that they feel entitled to mislead the electorate.
  • parliament: From now on, a prime minister will be able to mislead parliament and the public on the gravest matter and pay no price.
  • viewer: The complexity and visually seductive nature of computer graphics makes it easy to mislead viewers that there is rigorous science underlying it all.

Modifying Another Word

  • deliberately: You mustn't deliberately mislead the police, give them false information, waste their time or obstruct them.
  • knowingly: They should not deceive or knowingly mislead Parliament or the public.
  • intentionally: I had been intentionally mislead in thinking that cotton was a natural and fantastic fabric.

Preposition: by

  • forum: Many webmasters, including myself, have been mislead by industry forums, and Internet " chatter " .

Infinitive complement

  • suggest: It is misleading to suggest that a new hospital in the City Center is a feasible option.

Modifying Another Word

  • inadvertently: Observer: But did you inadvertently misled the House on that Monday?

Preposition: by

  • feedback: His paper presents evidence to show that there are ways in which learners delude themselves and can be misled by feedback.
  • appearance: Do not be misled by the innocuous appearance of this building.

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