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Examples of mishandle in a Sentence
The police mishandled the investigation.
Apples are easily bruised when they are mishandled.
The shortstop mishandled the throw.
The quarterback fumbled when he mishandled the snap.
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Not only that, in 2023, around 1.4% of wheelchairs and scooters carried by US airlines were damaged, lost, or otherwise mishandled.
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2024
Within hours in office, Trump would also overtake the Justice Department and install an Acting Attorney General who would fire Special Counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor who indicted Trump for willfully mishandling classified information and conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Further points of conflict include insisting on a contract renewal for Ferland Mendy when Perez didn't want him, and mishandling an underused Arda Guler who has been frozen out thus far in 2024/2025 despite showing signs of promise when afforded cameos in his maiden campaign.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey traces the pageant princess’s murder along with how law enforcement and the media are alleged to have mishandled the case.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2024
Within hours in office, Trump would also overtake the Justice Department and install an Acting Attorney General who would fire Special Counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor who indicted Trump for willfully mishandling classified information and conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Further points of conflict include insisting on a contract renewal for Ferland Mendy when Perez didn't want him, and mishandling an underused Arda Guler who has been frozen out thus far in 2024/2025 despite showing signs of promise when afforded cameos in his maiden campaign.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey traces the pageant princess’s murder along with how law enforcement and the media are alleged to have mishandled the case.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for mishandle
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“Mishandle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishandle. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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mishandle
verb
mis·han·dle
(ˈ)mis-ˈhan-dᵊl 
1
: to treat roughly : maltreat
2
: to manage wrongly
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