How to Use misrepresent in a Sentence

misrepresent

verb
  • The movie deliberately misrepresents the facts about her life.
  • The company is accused of misrepresenting its earnings.
  • Jick is quick to point out that his letter has been misrepresented.
    — Nadia Kounang, CNN, 1 June 2017
  • But users could still misrepresent their birth dates when setting up an account.
    — Tatum Hunter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022
  • In other words, the purpose is not to misrepresent the facts.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 2 May 2022
  • Regardless of how—and why—others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Any effort to misrepresent sound, strong science poses a threat to the health of children.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Regardless of how - and why - others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth.
    — Billboard, 28 July 2021
  • Means replied that her views were being misrepresented.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Shame on them for co-opting and misrepresenting their voices.
    — WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
  • This includes sound bites that can be taken out of context and misrepresented.
    — Chad Angle, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • One of my biggest pet peeves is when a movie willfully misrepresents how a disease works to advance a plot.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, 23 Mar. 2018
  • On that point, Biden may be right on the surface, but misrepresenting the numbers.
    — Abigail Abrams, Time, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Treating it as a cyber line item misrepresents the scope of those decisions.
    — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Husted accused Schumer of misrepresenting how the mail-in ballot process would work.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The trio are among more than a half-dozen bond professionals who have been charged with misrepresenting prices to customers.
    — Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg.com, 30 May 2017
  • On one occasion the manager altered the date of a contract to misrepresent when it was signed, the suit says.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Not even to misrepresent myself.
    — Laura House, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • They may have been misrepresented.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • Mamdani has said his views were often misrepresented.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Meta said the report misrepresented its efforts on teen safety.
    — Michael Casey, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Now, both the church leader and congregant say the post misrepresented what happened.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Suspect is white male, brown hair, wearing black body armor over blue shirt and blue pants and may misrepresent himself as law enforcement.
    — Ben Kelly martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
  • Both of those numbers are often misrepresented by outdoor brands.
    — Adam Trenkamp, Outside, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Henry feels that the advisor was misrepresenting him, and he should be checked for an extra purse of coins in his possession.
    — Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • But Samsung and Huawei are seen to have stepped over line, to have cheated or misrepresented their own product.
    — WIRED, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Trump echoed the same in his tweets, insisting the deal was being misrepresented and demanding more credit from the press.
    — Jill Colvin, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2019
  • Many agreed that the term misrepresents what is often a rational response to systemic issues in the workplace.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Shapiro says his comments were misrepresented.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Dacosta stopped a few blocks away, then kept going and later misrepresented what happened to police, the sources said.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024

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