One of his favorite themes at his regular Saturday night talks there was the "misguided" desire of modern writers to tell the stories of "lowly common men."

You paid me a compliment, I didn't believe you, and in some misguided desire to make me feel pretty, you kissed me to drive home the point.

Wahhabism feeds on a misguided desire to get "Muslim society to set aside traditional religious institutions, in the same way the Europeans have managed to oust the church."

It is for that reason - not for some misguided desire to be controversial, but for that reason alone - that the invitation has been extended.

The mother, Joyce Chalfen, is a horticulturist and part-time housewife with an often entirely misguided desire to mother and 'heal' Millat as if he were one of her plants.

Wanting the less well-educated to be involved in difficult decision-making because of some misguided desire for "equality"

It seemed to him that the sort of person who would perform this kidnapping out of some misguided and heroic desire to save the planet would not be the sort to care about money.

It is bad enough that cameras are allowed in courtrooms, another manifestation of the public's misguided desire for omniscience.

During Sarah's journey to self-awareness, she bruises feelings on every side, and keeps apologizing, the price she pays for her "misguided desire to help people."

Educators must show courage, invoke meaningful penalties for academic dishonesty and stand up to parents' misguided desire to "advocate" for student plagiarists.