"This will create more sanctions, more quickly if there's bonafide misdoing.". From Wordnik.com. [McDonnell defends his changes to ethics legislation] Reference
In school little Dan had been guilty of some misdoing for which he was called up to the teacher to be caned on the hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference
And if the Attorney General found evidence of low-level crimes (say, minor financial misdoing), he could threaten prosecution. From Wordnik.com. [The Softer Side of Ashcroft] Reference
Plincourt won't be out and about Weird Way until night falls " he's a vampire, remember " and who else is to accuse us of misdoing?. From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
The state machine's entire mechanism is now involved in repressions, and any hint of misdoing is considered as a “Hunt!” signal. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » Kazakhstan: “Statistical Error”, a new corruption scandal] Reference
It follows, then, that in proportion to the greatness of the benefit conferred, the greater his misdoing who fails to requite the kindness?. From Wordnik.com. [Memorabilia] Reference
I had no adequate idea of the extent of my misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [Waring's Peril] Reference
Maudie stood by in great trouble at Hoodie's misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [Hoodie] Reference
But you must never confuse it with mere social misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Souls] Reference
Did he wish to escape the consequences of his own misdoing?. From Wordnik.com. [An Eye for an Eye] Reference
The tone was dry and short; it flung a challenge to misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage à la mode] Reference
Some strand of our own misdoing is involved in every quarrel. From Wordnik.com. [The Pocket R.L.S., being favourite passages from the works of Stevenson] Reference
I don't doubt that Karnani can find examples of corporate misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit] Reference
I don't doubt that Karnani can find examples of corporate misdoing good. From Wordnik.com. [NextBillion.net - Development Through Enterprise - Eradicating Poverty through Profit] Reference
Cruelty and unkindness, malice and bitterness, had no part in her misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [The Empire of Love] Reference
When Aunt Maria made her next visit they told her the story of their misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [Holiday Stories for Young People] Reference
But whatever her misdoing, you certainly didn't wish to drive her to suicide. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Odd Women] Reference
Henry's name does not occur at all in connexion with any disturbance or misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth] Reference
Bureau was officially exonerated from any wilful misdoing, and his work commended. From Wordnik.com. [The Souls of Black Folk] Reference
The Prince stands entirely free from blame, and clear of all suspicion of misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth] Reference
She gave way utterly, appalled at her own misdoing, and behaved like a penitent child. From Wordnik.com. [Marcella] Reference
And that problem of arranging life to his mind had been the source of all his misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [Romola] Reference
She knew (and they had taken care that she should know) the full extent of her misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [The Creators A Comedy] Reference
Anti-Corn-Law League asks not, Do something; but, Cease your destructive misdoing, Do ye nothing!. From Wordnik.com. [Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII.] Reference
The few American minors who have been found guilty of misdoing have been banished to their native land. From Wordnik.com. [Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers] Reference
He had fully made up his mind as to what his course should be, and what was the extent of Mira's misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [Under Fire] Reference
They explained the meeting with the steamer and Seldom's misdoing; then requested information about the salvage laws. From Wordnik.com. ["Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea] Reference
The first was definite, concrete, and immediate; he could give himself chapter and verse for all the girl's misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [The Man] Reference
Had there been an inkling of human misdoing in Florida, the police should have been called in to arrest the wrongdoer. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Star > News Feed] Reference
I was well thrashed by Mr. Carvel, who thought the more of the latter misdoing, though obliged to emphasize the former. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Carvel — Complete] Reference
But his action prevented Whitie from further misdoing, and then the two dogs pattered down, carrying the rabbit between them. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Purple Sage] Reference
To put a brave face on it, and to shield Evelyn from the result of her own misdoing -- there lay his simple duty in a nutshell. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Desmond, V.C.] Reference
No words were needed to assure the two that once again they were linked together by misdoing as they often had been in the past. From Wordnik.com. [Steve and the Steam Engine] Reference
Help was given in case of theft, fire, sickness, or almost any kind of loss which was not chargeable to the member's own misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England] Reference
He had loved his pretty, bright-eyed, auburn-haired Rose very dearly, and he could not quite forget her, in spite of her misdoing. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel] Reference
Just then, observing the wildness of the storm, I felt the joy of a midnight misdoing, even more than my desire to find the answer to. From Wordnik.com. [The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle] Reference
You may be sure I was well thrashed by Mr. Carvel, who thought the more of the latter misdoing, though obliged to emphasize the former. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Carvel — Volume 01] Reference
But we cannot die just because we wish to escape the consequences of our own misdoing; we are obliged to live, and face them day after day. From Wordnik.com. [Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story] Reference
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