Misunderstanding

Examples

• Helena blushed at this, but, purposely misunderstanding the hint, made demure reply. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Every one heard, of course, that there had been some disagreement--some misunderstanding---- Did she hear that Bertha turned me off the yacht? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Do not allow a trivial misunderstanding to wither the blossoms of spring, which, once put forth and blighted, cannot be renewed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Major Murphy, to whom I owe most of my facts, assures me that he has never heard of any misunderstanding between the pair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I could not get on at all if there was a misunderstanding between you and me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Now, there must be no misunderstanding regarding what I buy for two hundred a year. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is to all our honours, that in all that time we never had among us the smallest misunderstanding. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• There was no misunderstanding her aspect and voice. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• At the end of that time the construction of the engine, though nearly finished, was unfortunately abandoned, owing to some misunderstanding with the government. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There may be a brief misunderstanding between England and America, but that will not last. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You will find she is some young lady who has had a misunderstanding with her friends, and has probably injudiciously left them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I don't ask who you have heard abusing the men; for I see you persist in misunderstanding what I said the other day. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The term storage, as applied to this species of battery, is, however, a misnomer, and has been the cause of much misunderstanding to nontechnical persons. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• There was a little family misunderstanding among us. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You talk as if this was a misunderstanding which a few words might have set right! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• After five years of misunderstandings on the stairs, it pleased an all-wise Providence to relieve us of each other by taking my wife. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But she probably had something of that in her thoughts, when alluding to the misunderstandings which he had given us hints of before. Jane Austen. Emma.
• There were misunderstandings between them, Emma; he said so expressly. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I believe there were some misunderstandings between them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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