How to Use mispronunciation in a Sentence

mispronunciation

noun
  • This isn’t the first time a game show has crushed a man’s dreams over a mispronunciation.
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Fathizadeh took the mispronunciation of his last name in stride.
    — Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2017
  • But the mispronunciations that bug me the most aren’t uttered by any human.
    — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 17 July 2023
  • Anderson puts it down to a cute bit of mispronunciation.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Hargitay joins a group of celebrities who have been speaking out about the mispronunciation of their names.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Another misstep viewers were quick to point out was the mispronunciation of the town's name.
    — Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Turns out the mispronunciation wasn’t the only thing to come out of the Q&A either.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2022
  • That's not enough to prevent a common mispronunciation, though.
    — Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • Hundreds of comments called out Gerard for the dish and her silence around the mispronunciation.
    — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The narrator has to be up for the task and the producer has to have a good ear for mispronunciations as well as tonal irregularities.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The hugs and cuddles, the adorable mispronunciation of words, the birthdays and holidays and vacations.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2023
  • For him, spills and mispronunciations are not reasons to panic but opportunities for play.
    — Hal Sundt, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The most common mispronunciation of the slugger’s name is San-tan-der — with heavy focus on the anglicized As in his name.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
  • One of my earliest memories of our new life in America is of a mispronunciation.
    — Leah Bhabha, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2021
  • An official transcript of the event confirms the remark was a mispronunciation and provides more context around his statement.
    — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Nigella Lawson is setting the record straight on her iconic mispronunciation.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Miss Manners notes that names are trickier because mispronunciations can give offense.
    — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The people who recorded the original video couldn't help but laugh, astonished at the horrible mispronunciations.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 10 May 2024
  • Perdue's campaign brushed off the mispronunciation as an accident.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Kravitz is a man-about-island, just a regular neighbor and resident, who will pop in and visit friends at work, who responds to Travis, a mispronunciation of his last name.
    — Jazmine Hughes, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Whether someone's interests bore you or a mispronunciation is getting on your nerves, approach every conversation about such subjects with grace.
    — David Oliver, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Given the size of their brood, there is never a dull moment on their large family vacations – Luke’s mispronunciation of ricotta being one of them.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • People change their names for many reasons, including divorce, religion, or to avoid mispronunciation of an unfamiliar name.
    — WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022
  • As years passed, and Newton began following her professional dreams of being an actress, the mispronunciation just stuck.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Both are subject to issues like accents, mispronunciations, and other audible issues.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Audiences also rolled their eyes at the bakers' mispronunciation of words like pico de gallo, while others decried the way one contestant peeled an avocado.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2022
  • While Smokey's mispronunciation was funny, some people saw the positivity in the story.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The 20-second video showcases kids correcting mispronunciations of her name.
    — Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
  • Someone's mispronunciation, for example, might have more do with innocent ignorance as opposed to a mistake worth correcting.
    — David Oliver, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The deliberate mispronunciation is a sort of inversion of centuries of privilege, and the naughtiness of a convenient microwave.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2020

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