How to Use misdeed in a Sentence
misdeed
noun- She threatened to expose to the public the misdeeds he had committed.
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In the grand scheme of things, none of these misdeeds matter.
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Oliver Bateman,
Washington Examiner,
12 Jan. 2024
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The greatest scoundrels are the holy men, who take their vows to hide some misdeed.
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Sam Sacks,
WSJ,
18 Jan. 2019
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As for now, the clerk has not been charged with any criminal misdeeds.
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Jared Boyd,
AL.com,
19 Oct. 2017
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At the same time, Andy’s past misdeeds are roaring back to haunt him.
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Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2024
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Think of how many times Jamie was able to blame others for his wormy misdeeds.
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Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
15 Dec. 2024
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But now he is being held accountable for one of his misdeeds.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
31 Mar. 2023
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But the Sharks couldn’t overcome a handful of their own misdeeds.
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Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
28 Nov. 2024
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Rather than report the misdeeds, Ju-yeong decides to use them.
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Kayti Burt,
Time,
21 July 2025
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There’s a lot of cleaning up of past deeds and misdeeds (and, notably, some avoidance to do the same).
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
27 June 2024
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These men attended the same galas and employed the same lawyers to cover up their misdeeds.
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Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
18 Oct. 2019
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But Halperin has yet to undertake any sort of atonement for his misdeeds.
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Jason Linkins,
The New Republic,
19 Aug. 2019
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To hide their misdeeds, Foster rushed to the Clotilda and set it on fire.
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Michael Harriot,
The Root,
23 Jan. 2018
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In order to keep his misdeeds a secret, Beau killed Lester.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
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Matt Cardy But those aren't the only misdeeds in this caper.
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Mark R. Weaver,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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Lumping in routine router-hacking with those misdeeds seems to confuse the stakes.
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Andy Greenberg,
WIRED,
16 Apr. 2018
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Some of the gun unit's misdeeds would test the credence of even the most guileless readers of crime fiction.
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Author: Timothy Williams,
Anchorage Daily News,
7 Feb. 2018
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But Democrats are bothered by more than the specifics of Hunter Biden’s misdeeds.
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Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
3 Dec. 2024
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How long must a bloodline endure the misdeeds of its forefathers?
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George Pendle,
Air Mail,
21 June 2025
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In the past, obituary pirates have been punished for their misdeeds.
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WIRED,
22 Sep. 2023
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Perhaps those misdeeds weren’t as bad or on the same scale as Bathum’s, but far too many people seemed to cite them.
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Hillel Aron,
Los Angeles Magazine,
23 Apr. 2018
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In the latter case, the shooting may or may not be related to prior misdeeds.
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Anna North,
Vox,
21 Nov. 2018
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Nielsen, who once struggled to pay her bills, got a 6 1/2-year prison sentence for her misdeeds.
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Time,
2 Mar. 2020
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The victim’s statue later comes to life and sets him on fire while demons drag him to Hell for his misdeeds.
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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In a world of high crimes and misdemeanors, the misdeeds of yore can seem positively quaint.
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Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
15 Nov. 2019
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The Wolf of God digs deep into how his misdeeds went unpunished for so long.
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PC Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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People are ashamed of their misdeeds, and this constitutes suffering, which makes up for the bad deeds.
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Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2023
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His journey will unravel past ghosts and future misdeeds.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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The emails inquiring about misdeeds were sent from April 7 to May 1.
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Alicia A. Caldwell,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
9 May 2017
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Their sinister goal is to take a kind-hearted person down the path of deception with their clever misdeeds.
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Kurt Knutsson,
Fox News,
23 Apr. 2023
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