How to Use misbehavior in a Sentence

misbehavior

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  • The post states that other customers have been driven away due to the misbehavior of the kids.
    — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Celebrity misbehavior has fueled many, many of the show’s sketches over the years—some of them quick-witted and clever, some of them bizarre duds.
    — Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Make sure that your child's misbehavior isn't serving them well.
    — Amy Morin, Parents, 24 July 2024
  • Talking of tourist misbehavior, Italy has been having quite a summer of it.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The next week, the Thorns announced that Riley would not coach the team the next season, thanking him for his service and making no mention of any misbehavior.
    — New York Times, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Which isn’t to say that Alito’s misbehavior is a reason for Congress to stay its hand.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 29 July 2024
  • The details of the arrangement, intended to be easy on Mr. Thompson, appear to have been lost in a haze of friendship and misbehavior.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 June 2021
  • As a result, Moscow would refrain from misbehavior because the cost would be too high.
    — Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2022
  • It’s situated at the juncture where freedom is just about to give way to misbehavior.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Last year’s hot dog incident wasn’t even the worst example of fan misbehavior by Philly’s baseball fans, who at one point were voted the worst sports fans on the planet by GQ.
    — Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Even if your dog is a reliable heeler, put her on a lead, as there’s no room for miscues or misbehavior when hunting a small parcel.
    — Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
  • On days when the prison did not have enough staff, young people would be confined to their cells, not because of any misbehavior, but because the prison didn't have enough staff to safely supervise them.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2022
  • But their numbers were too small to be an effective police force against bank misbehavior.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2023
  • First, they’re surrounded by strangers, and any social consequences of misbehavior won’t last any longer than the cruise itself.
    — Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2023
  • And the discipline records reviewed by The Hechinger Report do capture a sampling of more severe misbehavior.
    — Sarah Butrymowicz, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
  • But Arnold thought the existing antitrust laws could still be used to curb corporate misbehavior.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Schools are never allowed to use 911 calls as a punishment for misbehavior.
    — Abigail Kramer, ProPublica, 4 May 2023
  • Using a spray bottle of water to punish a cat for misbehavior is a bad idea regardless of how the animal feels about water, both vets agree.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Nonetheless, the movie was shot well before any reports of misbehavior.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • But the adults leading schools can both control themselves and enough of the student experience to prevent misbehavior.
    — Tara García Mathewson, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
  • He was impeached for misbehavior that included a veto of most of the University of Texas’ budget.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
  • Chiefs begin three-peat quest The Chiefs’ second straight Super Bowl title was followed by an offseason of tragedy, off-field misbehavior and turmoil.
    — Mark Maske, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
  • New details about how that informant misbehaved, and the FBI's discovery of his misbehavior, were disclosed in a new court filing this week.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2022
  • To do so, officials are spelling out how a series of measures will mean harsh consequences for misbehavior — and discomfort even for those who simply want to have a good time.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The reluctance to criticize egregious misbehavior such as this week's Supreme Court leak is awful politics and even worse civics.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 6 May 2022
  • The boy’s consequence for his morning misbehavior was four run-throughs of a frustration-free transition.
    — Tara García Mathewson, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
  • In fact, Moscow has spent the past several months ratcheting up its most egregious misbehavior.
    — The Editors, National Review, 17 June 2021
  • Other misbehavior by presidential children has been more serious, and run afoul of the law.
    — Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
  • This takeover effectively ensured that no misbehavior by the government would be called to account.
    — Zsuzsanna Szelényi, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2022
  • This imbalance and misbehavior has fed disdain for tourists across Europe over the past few years, culminating in drastic measures from city authorities and locals alike.
    — Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024

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