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How to use misdirection in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word misdirection? Here are some examples.

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For reasons already given we do not accept that the judge's self-direction was vitiated by legal misdirection.
It is only if it is plainly and unarguably right notwithstanding the misdirection that the decision can stand.
I would be disposed to allow the appeal because this misdirection was of fundamental importance.
I do not think that the tribunal's misdirection regarding section 129 can be said to have led to any substantial wrong or miscarriage.
Often, as is the case here, it is a handy tool for misdirection or a neat handle from which to hang accusations.
This was a decision within the discretion of the judge, not vitiated by misdirection or manifest error.
Hunches, guesses, insights, feelings, and intuitions lead to misdirection and error.
It just takes a bit of misdirection on the part of the passer, and it helps to get the pass on the way as the screener is turning around.
You report that rescuers and paramedics lost precious time because of confusion and misdirection, implying that they might have saved his life?
He gave a fair and judicious summary of all the matters properly to be considered, and I find no misdirection of the law.
Any magician will tell you that misdirection is the first principle of sleight-of-hand tricks.
He was using misdirection to shift attention away from his former alliance with the dictator.
The FBI was investigating claims of voter intimidation and polling place misdirection.
Bearing in mind his assessment of the lack of credibility of the applicant, there was no legal misdirection.
I see no evidence of misdirection or error, and accordingly I see no realistic prospect of success on appeal.
There has been not a single apology from any of them for that costly misdirection of police protection.
Was an invasion in the name of reducing the threat of terror an overreaction or a misdirection of our energy?
He was a kindly man with much sympathy for refugees from totalitarian countries, whose misdirection of science he detested.
He is too subtle for drama, and it's the tragic misdirection of his talents that propels much of the novel's action.
Countless hours are spent calculating exactly how this misdirection of assets should be carried out.
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Examples from Classical Literature
But no gift of God does or can contradict any other gift, except by misuse or misdirection.
Ignorance is not simply the negation of knowledge, it is the misdirection of the mind.
But they effect, as we have seen, not an encouragement, but a misdirection of industry.
It is time to eliminate all the misdirection and mismanagement that Bashar Al Assad regime has organised through many years, Corbin said.
All this contributed to a partial notification and misdirection of the County's over 500 member highly trained volunteer firefighting force.
One cause of misdirection is the prevalence of a strong side wind.
She necessarily recalled to him his life, with all its misdirection and little happiness.
Characteristic presenting signs as well as response to therapy suggest aqueous misdirection was the cause of ocular hypertension in this owl.
Assertions that the church does not currently have a big problem are self-serving misdirection, as events this March in Philadelphia clearly demonstrated.
However, in the real world there are gangs of light-fingered lowlifes who rely on cunning, the power of misdirection and teamwork to relieve hard-working folks of their cash.
There are elements of surprise, exaggeration, uncomfortableness, incongruity, misdirection, and a little bit of a naughty feeling all rolled into one.
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