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How to Use "Wrong" with Example Sentences

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wrong (adj): not correct or right; bad

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Used with verbs:

"She is wrong most of the time."
(be: is/am/are, seems)

"You are sending her a wrong message."
(be + sending, be + giving)

Used with adverbs:

"It was seriously wrong to steal the money."
(seriously, terribly, very, horribly)

"You were absolutely wrong about her."
(absolutely, completely, quite, totally, just, simply, clearly, obviously)

"There is something ethically wrong about him."
(ethically, morally)

"There is nothing physically wrong with her."
(physically)

Used with prepositions:

"You were wrong about her boyfriend."
(about)

"That outfit is totally wrong for you."
(for)

"Things always seem to go wrong in her life."
(in)

"Is there something wrong with me?"
(with)

Used with nouns:

"You gave her the wrong advice."
(advice, address, answer, message, number, signal, thing, time, word)

"It was the wrong choice."
(choice, decision, diagnosis, kind, moment, move, person, place, reason, street, way)

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Used with verbs:

"She proved him wrong."
(proved)

"She guessed all of the math problems wrong."
(guessed, got)

"Things went wrong from the beginning."
(went)

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Used with adjectives:

"He wishes he could correct all of his past wrongs."
(past)

"He regrets the great wrongs in his life."
(great, terrible, horrible)

"She committed many civil wrongs in her life."
(civil, criminal)

Used with verbs:

"The dictator has committed many wrongs during his time."
(has committed, has done)

"How can I correct the wrongs I have done?"
(correct, right, undo, fix)

"She suffered many wrongs in her life."
(suffered)

"We cannot forgive all of his past wrongs."
(forgive, forget)

"He apologized for the many wrongs during their marriage."
(apologized for, regretted, acknowledged, recognized)

Used with prepositions:

"He would not admit that he was in the wrong."
(in)

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