Wrongfully is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Wrongfully meaning
In a wrongful manner; unjustly.
Using Wrongfully
- The main meaning on this page is: In a wrongful manner; unjustly.
- In the example corpus, wrongfully often appears in combinations such as: wrongfully convicted, was wrongfully, wrongfully detained.
Context around Wrongfully
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wrongfully
- In this selection, "wrongfully" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, boxer, meter, singer, convicted, detained and accused stand out and add context to how "wrongfully" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a boxer wrongfully convicted of and against 10 wrongfully convicted people. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wrongfully" sits close to words such as acumen, agri and ajayi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wrongfully
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Both Gershkovich and Whelan have been designated as wrongfully detained by the State Department. (14 words)
The couple was wrongfully suspected of fleeing a nearby hit-and-run in July. (14 words)
Cases were dismissed against 10 wrongfully convicted people and dozens of sentences or charges have been reduced. (17 words)
His case was taken up in 2017 by The Innocence Project, a nonprofit that works to exonerate the wrongfully accused, after a dedicated cousin, Clarence Hughes, spent five years writing letters begging anyone to look into Kendrick’s case. (39 words)
Not included in the planned prisoner swap are US permanent residents, who despite their cases' similarities to Tabhaz, Namazi and Shargi's are not considered “wrongfully detained” by the US State Department. (32 words)
In 1979, Haynes starred in Gregory Goodell’s horror film “Human Experiments” as a country singer wrongfully convicted of a murder who faced horrific shock therapy treatments while in prison. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
A state court halted the execution of Melissa Lucio over claims she was wrongfully convicted for the death of her child.
Besse initially claimed she was wrongfully laid off and that her employer owed her $5,000 in unpaid wages and severance pay.
Both Gershkovich and Whelan have been designated as wrongfully detained by the State Department.
Cases were dismissed against 10 wrongfully convicted people and dozens of sentences or charges have been reduced.
Denzel Washington stars as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongfully convicted of murder who fights for his freedom from behind bars.
Energy firms have been given a deadline by the Government to decide on what action to take for customers who have had a prepayment meter wrongfully installed.
Gershkovich and the deny the allegations, and the US government has declared him to be wrongfully detained.
His case was taken up in 2017 by The Innocence Project, a nonprofit that works to exonerate the wrongfully accused, after a dedicated cousin, Clarence Hughes, spent five years writing letters begging anyone to look into Kendrick’s case.
In 1979, Haynes starred in Gregory Goodell’s horror film “Human Experiments” as a country singer wrongfully convicted of a murder who faced horrific shock therapy treatments while in prison.
Jimkuta had won the APC primary election for Taraba South but was wrongfully substituted by his party with Shiddi.
Kyrgyzstan’s international partners should urge the Kyrgyz authorities to release the wrongfully detained activists and guarantee fair trials.
Most of their attention was directed towards the liberation of wrongfully convicted Panthers abandoned by the movement.
Not included in the planned prisoner swap are US permanent residents, who despite their cases' similarities to Tabhaz, Namazi and Shargi's are not considered “wrongfully detained” by the US State Department.
Now, Jay-Z and his legal team are coming to the defense of the Wisconsin man wrongfully arrested.
She is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology.
The couple was wrongfully suspected of fleeing a nearby hit-and-run in July.
The first, brought in 2021, focused on 12 originals, which the estate accused the church of wrongfully assuming ownership over and relocating without authorization.
The play will tell the story of Benjamin Barker, a man who was wrongfully sentenced to a prison term in Australia by a judge who covets his wife.
The Police Service Commission (PSC) did not show up to discuss settlement with former top cop Wendel Robinson who has accused the group of wrongfully terminating him.
The State Department says the WSJ reporter was “wrongfully detained” and transferred his case to the office of the Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs.
Common combinations with wrongfully
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: