MISAPPREHENSION in a Sentence

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Example sentences for MISAPPREHENSION, such as:

1. Oh, there must be some misapprehension.
2. It had originated in misapprehension entirely.
3. Here is some great misapprehension which must be rectified.
4. He saw the smile, and a strange misapprehension came over him.
5. He laboured under the constant misapprehension that nobody liked him.

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 Meanings and Examples of MISAPPREHENSION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
misapprehension
 n.  wrong apprehension of one's meaning or of a fact; misunderstanding
Classic Sentence:
1  I shall never reflect on my former acquaintance with your family in Devonshire without the most grateful pleasure, and flatter myself it will not be broken by any mistake or misapprehension of my actions.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29
2  He saw the smile, and a strange misapprehension came over him.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 29
3  In spite of all his social experience Vronsky was, in consequence of the new position in which he was placed, laboring under a strange misapprehension.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 28
4  Here is some great misapprehension which must be rectified.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
5  It had originated in misapprehension entirely.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
6  Oh, there must be some misapprehension.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 2 He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song
Example Sentence:
1  To avoid misapprehension, I am going to ask all of you to repeat the instructions I have given.
2  He laboured under the constant misapprehension that nobody liked him.