| 单词 | wide of the mark |
| 例句 | And also because the vague suspicions — expectations, really — that I’d been forming all day, as Alice tried to transform me into a beauty queen, were so far wide of the mark. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Maybe longer, even, since his attempted suicide fell just wide of the mark. Dear "24": I loved you, but I'm glad it's over 2010-05-25T12:46:00Z If McAnuff’s update seems wide of the mark, it’s probably a reaction against kitsch. With 'Summer: The Donna Summer Musical,' heaven knows the Queen of Disco deserved better than this 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Marvellously wide of the mark on most matters of fact, it's full of praise for the plays. Shakespeare biographies: the good, the Bard and the ugly | Michael Caines 2010-04-05T11:16:00Z The phrase “wide of the mark” appears twice in three sentences. Yet Another Serving From the Royals Banquet 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z This is wide of the mark and something of an injustice. is not realistic: it is a very smart artifice. Teen fiction and the shadow of cancer 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z An attempt at media satire about two-thirds in is crassly wide of the mark; likewise a heavy-handed metaphor about reading the writing on the wall. SXSW 2011: The Beaver - review 2011-03-17T10:10:14Z Even when it's trying its hardest to be accurate and low key, as "All the President's Man" definitely did, it's going to be wide of the mark because of the intrinsic nature of the medium. 'Selma' just latest history film to face accuracy questions 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Any idea that such big names would spontaneously combust when finally together on stage proved slightly wide of the mark. Tosca ? review 2011-07-15T17:27:49Z But it's definitely for entertainment only: many aspects fall wide of the mark. A district nurse's view on Frankie 2013-06-09T19:00:02Z This is why attempts to compare Jobs to computer entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates or Larry Ellison fall wide of the mark. Steve Jobs always seemed eerily familiar and now I know why 2011-02-13T00:05:36Z Plenty of people had tried to adapt Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel over the years, but after enough attempts hit wide of the mark it developed a reputation for being nigh-unadaptable. "Dune: Part Two will have “much more Harkonnen stuff” 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Reality is not to be trusted and the oft-employed comparisons to the work of David Lynch are not too wide of the mark. Japan mourns anime master Satoshi Kon 2010-08-26T15:49:00Z But this lot's reputation as the "KoL of the valleys" is a tad wide of the mark. New band of the day ? No 812: The Roseville Band 2010-06-21T16:06:00Z Gurulyov isn’t in the Kremlin, so he doesn’t make the decisions, but it’s unlikely he’s wide of the mark. Iran’s role in Israel conflict is like a Russian nesting doll | Op-Ed 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Any fear of a radical Fed rethink on the back of the jobs numbers seemed wide of the mark. Morning Bid: Powell confesses 'This time it's different' 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Burroughs asserted that Thoreau's "observations are frequently at fault, or wholly wide of the mark." How fact-checking Thoreau’s observations at Walden Pond can inform modern research 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z However, guarded optimism for Manchester United and pessimism for Brentford were wide of the mark. Who will finish where in the Premier League in 2022-23? 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Thomas Geoghegan’s July 24 Outlook essay, “When the court shrinks the administrative state, it puts Congress out of work,” was well intentioned, but the conclusion was wide of the mark. Opinion | The EPA wasn’t stripped of power 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Minnekayev was cited as saying by Russia's RIA news agency that media reports of Russian military setbacks were wide of the mark. Russia says it plans full control of Donbas and southern Ukraine; Moldova protests 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Still, just because that kind of boasting sounds ludicrously wide of the mark after six weeks of war, it doesn't mean that Ukraine is starting to plan any victory parades. Ukraine war: Kyiv's successes do not mean imminent victory 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The Hoyas had the best chance of a goal in the first half, but Riviere’s shot in the 35th minute sailed wide of the mark. UW men’s soccer team defeats Georgetown 2-1 to advance to College Cup championship 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z The simulated strike was reportedly some 20 miles wide of the mark, but the test is largely seen as a success. China delivers a hypersonic shot across the bow 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Some of this incompetence falls into the category of inadequate “messaging” skills, which isn’t too wide of the mark. Column: Election day shows that the Democratic Party should make sure voters know how it's helping them 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z But stories about him being "stunned" and "bewildered" about being replaced are wide of the mark. Messi's new start in Paris - the inside story 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z For now at least, any fears that the departure of Sergio Aguero and the lack of a replacement might cost them are proving wide of the mark. Four games, nine scorers - did Man City really need Kane? 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z However, a recent report by the Resolution Foundation think tank suggested that it was "wide of the mark" to suggest the stamp duty holidays were the key driver for rising prices. UK house price rises accelerate, says Nationwide 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z A little wide of the mark there, Spot, but everyone makes mistakes. Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot has been taught to pee beer on command 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z The NSW great turned pundit was not too far wide of the mark, for they were up 6-0 inside four minutes Some five minutes later the scores were level, though parity was fleeting. 'The whole city was gridlocked': Brisbane heaves as fans allowed back en masse | Emma Kemp 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z And a number of individual pre-election polls were embarrassingly wide of the mark. An embarrassing failure for election pollsters 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z This undertone would seem laughably wide of the mark were it not for the fact that so many Americans have paid such a high price for the ignorance. What if Hillary had become president? Curtis Sittenfeld on rewriting Clinton's life 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z All proved to be wide of the mark. Love Bug's creator tracked down to repair shop 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Some of their videos have captured the collective mood of the online community, while others have landed a little wide of the mark. The best and worst celebrity isolation videos 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z “Talk of ‘herd immunity as the aim’ is totally wide of the mark.” U.K. resists coronavirus lockdowns, goes its own way on response 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The dossier was filled with educated guesses, some of them pretty wide of the mark. I've spent 20 years on the trail of a 9/11 suspect. Here's what I've learned 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z "Lazy interpretations related to workshy Brits are very far wide of the mark," the report said. Number of people who have never had a job 'rising' 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Criticism of Saudi Arabian air defences is wide of the mark, says Mr Barrie. Shooting drones out of the sky with Phasers 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Morgan also said reports that Johnson was preparing to fight a general election on a no-deal platform if he were unable to get an agreement were “wide of the mark”. Brexit deal prospects look promising, says Nicky Morgan 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Any thoughts of a season of consolidation for the Wolfpack in Super League are, unsurprisingly, wide of the mark, too. Ambitious Toronto Wolfpack look to stir things up after promotion 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z He said suggestions the UK wanted "clearance zones" for goods as part of a package of alternative arrangements to replace the Irish backstop were wide of the mark. Johnson to set out details of 'final' Brexit offer 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z It proved, shall we say, a little wide of the mark, with Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives winning a landslide at the next election. Five things from the Lib Dem conference 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Speculation about my future is wide of the mark. Boris Johnson heads to Dublin amid fears of more resignations 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z But on reflection, maybe the genesis of Willett’s sentiment – “baying mob of imbeciles” and all – wasn’t that far wide of the mark. Bethpage’s baying, boorish galleries should have no place in golf 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Those intellectual snobs who responded by sniping that she should “stay in her lane”, as if a woman could only have a hot body or a brain, never both, are wide of the mark. Kim Kardashian West is studying law: welcome to the new seriousness | Gaby Hinsliff 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z We had a variety of answers on this one, most of them as far wide of the mark as a Jaap Stam penalty. What are the most random football rivalries and why? | The Knowledge 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Yet criticisms of his supposed surliness could not be wider of the mark. The unapologetic feminism that turned Andy Murray into a global icon | Jacob Steinberg 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z But depictions of the looming showdown between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies as the “fight of the century” are not wholly wide of the mark. Trump versus Xi: China’s best shot at the world title is to box clever 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z "He's totally wide of the mark, he's still in the land of the Care Bears," he complained, referring to a children's animated TV series. Jobseeker: Macron should help me find work 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z He said that talk of England losing momentum by playing a second-string side in that defeat was wide of the mark. England's Alli backs Kane to get better of Spurs team mate Sanchez 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z “Reports that Saudi Arabia is liberalising are completely wide of the mark,” Emmerson said. UN accuses Saudi Arabia of using anti-terror laws to justify torture 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Bookmakers correctly predicted Prince George's name in 2013, but were wide of the mark two years later with the birth of Princess Charlotte. What might the royal baby be called? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z President Trump’s initial response to the Parkland, Fla., shooting massacre was self-absorbed and wide of the mark. Opinion | Washington doesn’t care. So the youth are taking matters into their own hands. 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Redknapp’s comment is well wide of the mark but the Brazilian is certainly one of Manchester City’s best signings in the last 15-20 years. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Ahead of the meeting Chancellor Philip Hammond said a report that he and Home Secretary Amber Rudd were "isolated" was "wide of the mark". Hammond plays down Brexit rift reports 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z To say that they're good people but misguided seems very wide of the mark. Roy Moore Gets Trump Endorsement and R.N.C. Funding for Senate Race 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Sanders’s bar tab analogy went similarly wide of the mark. Opinion | Donald Trump Jr., Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the chain-email presidency 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z One of the most precise players in history, he began to hit shots well wide of the mark, and his backhand looked anemic. Roger Federer Advances, but Some Nagging Questions Remain 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z But for Siobhan Dolan, arguments that vegan groups are benefiting from a failure to better promote the virtues of eating meat are wide of the mark. The firemen's sausages that sparked strong emotions - BBC News 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z There might be quite a few showers, but previous forecasts of electrical storms might be wide of the mark. US PGA Championship 2017: third round – live 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Appearances can be deceptive, just as received wisdom can be wide of the mark. Premier League at 25: the best match – Liverpool 4-3 Newcastle, April 1996 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z In Dizzee’s defence, those critics were often wide of the mark. Dizzee Rascal: ‘I’m the one person who can say, Grime? Nah, I seen it, sorry!’ 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z But the criticisms advanced by Edward Bonekemper III were wide of the mark. Opinion | Hindsight and Confederate generals 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The bright orange jumpsuit worn by De Niro for HBO is, by contrast, wide of the mark. Bernie Madoff photos offer rare glimpse of convicted fraudster in prison 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z It suggests last week’s overheated media predictions of an imminent, second Korean war were absurdly wide of the mark. US carrot and stick approach to North Korea is clumsy but significant 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z To say that the latest Disney production, “Beauty and the Beast,” is offering something brand-new would be wide of the mark. “Beauty and the Beast” and “T2 Trainspotting” Reviews 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The forecasts of economic growth are usually wide of the mark too. Olympic bidders face harsh reality of costs heavily outweighing benefits | Sean Ingle 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Navarro’s specific criticism about currency manipulation is wide of the mark. Greek debt crisis: an existentialist drama with no good end in sight | Larry Elliott 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Comparisons to the “winter of discontent” in 1978-79, when rubbish piled up in Leicester Square, are wide of the mark: in the worst month of 1979 nearly 12m working days were lost. A series of planned strikes over Christmas puts Britain’s trade unions back on the agenda 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Yet nearly six months on from the referendum, the forecasts look wide of the mark. Why house prices haven’t fallen since the Brexit vote 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Doomsday scenarios assuming a snap election if he resigns following a 'No' vote may also prove wide of the mark. Markets swing violently against Italy without clear idea of outcome 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Consider it an act of self-preservation to avoid the all-too-convenient puns that pop up whenever one of his kicks sails wide of the mark. Panthers not getting ahead of themselves after Clemson upset 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z His throw, Mr. Leaning said, went wide of the mark. Canada’s Gay Curling Leagues Take Pride on Ice 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Palomarez also accused the Clinton campaign of being culturally wide of the mark in its pitch to Hispanics. Latino leader attacks Clinton campaign for taking Hispanic vote for granted 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, however, changes in technology and trade patterns mean that these rosy assumptions are far wide of the mark. Britain’s manufacturing sector is changing beyond all recognition 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But fears that it could start a war with Russia are probably wide of the mark. The agony of Aleppo 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z But with this line about Chinese currency policy, Trump struck wide of the mark. “A fundamental misunderstanding of accounting”: Scholars give Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton the fact-check treatment 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z I don't think the reviews were too wide of the mark. The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon: I can't resist an earworm - BBC News 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the head of Welsh police in France said reports that Belgians would heavily outnumber Welsh fans were "wide of the mark". Euro 2016: Wales fans face long Eurotunnel delays - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Despite their vitriol, these denunciations are wide of the mark. Exxon-Mobil is abusing the First Amendment 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z But this narrative is wide of the mark. Real Greek Drama Is About Reforms, Not Debt Relief 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Your implied criticism of Hillary Clinton is wide of the mark: she is, far and away, the best qualified candidate and will be an excellent president. Sanders and Kasich Should Ignore Any Pressure to Quit 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z I think those banters are very wide of the mark. Pakistan v Australia: World Twenty20 – live! 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z News that GlaxoSmithKline will have a new chief executive in 12 months has fueled speculation about a break-up of Britain's biggest drugmaker but outgoing boss Andrew Witty says this is wide of the mark. GSK break-up? Don't bank on it, says drugmaker's outgoing boss 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z “This idea that consumers are not spending is just wide of the mark,” Mr. Dumas said. Swedish Bank Move Creates a Global Shudder 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z But the smug American assessment that Putin is an able tactician and a poor strategist now looks hopelessly wide of the mark. Vladimir Putin: from pariah to powerbroker in one year 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z His more numerous admirers find this accusation wide of the mark. Oliver Sacks 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z I think those banters are very wide of the mark. Pakistan v Australia: World Twenty20 – live! 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z The exception is Malaysia, where comparisons with 18 years ago are not entirely wide of the mark.” China syndrome: how the slowdown could spread to the Brics and beyond 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Predictions from some Arab commentators of a new US-Iranian alliance in the Middle East are also hugely wide of the mark. Is this Iran’s time in the Middle East? - BBC News 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Perhaps the assumption that money is no object to companies like Sky is wide of the mark, after they spent £4.2bn on Premier League TV rights. The shifting landscape of TV sport 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z If the agreement, or, more likely multiple agreements, ends up wide of the mark, there is already talk of building in ratcheting-up mechanisms for after Paris and perhaps a new round of INDCs. Climate change: The bumpy road to the Paris talks - BBC News 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Branding demonstrators as separatists, even if wide of the mark, serves China’s political interests by discrediting moderates in the eyes of some Hong Kong residents. Determined 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Earlier media reports suggesting that was he was considering stepping aside were wide of the mark, the 39-year-old Jordanian royal told Reuters and other media in a face-to-face meeting later on Monday. Prince Ali says one FIFA challenger could be best 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Google issued a statement Wednesday defending its business practices, calling the E.U.’s accusations “wide of the mark.” In E.U. antitrust suit, Google is up against ‘a tough cookie’ 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Bowler Stuart Broad says claims England are "playing with fear" are wide of the mark, despite a poor start to their World Cup campaign. England's Broad rejects 'fear' claim 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Such reports were "wide of the mark", the sources said. UK considers further Ukraine help 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Quips that net global debt is still zero, whatever the sums being borrowed, are wide of the mark. Not kicking the habit 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The idea that Lendl had strutted around barking orders, while Mauresmo provides a benign sounding board, is wide of the mark. Murray - leaner, quicker & positive 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Reports of an agreement over a £2m compensation deal between the clubs are said by one source to be wide of the mark. Newcastle & Palace in Pardew talks 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Maybe The Apprentice is not so wide of the mark after all. New Leaders 'Need To Leave Their Comfort Zones' 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Many argue that newspaper predictions about being Britain being 'swamped' by a new wave of migrants from Eastern Europe proved wide of the mark. Senior Tory wants EU migrants cap 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z It also showed that talk of City being a one-man team is wide of the mark. United looks to make things worse for Liverpool 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z But what is clear is that Ecclestone believes reports of his impending demise are wide of the mark. My way: Ecclestone on F1's future 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The Chancellor’s response, to extend the scheme for another year with £500m of additional funding, is wide of the mark. Five Ways George Osborne Has Failed Small Businesses This Week 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Both attempts were wide of the mark, forcing the Vikings to punt in the first quarter and kick a field goal in the third quarter. Lacy, Packers grind past Vikings 24-21 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z But despite the worrying form, Lancaster says talk of a crisis is wide of the mark. England need momentum - Lancaster 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z But the theory that immigrants are by nature more criminal than indigenous people is wide of the mark. Ten myths about migration 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Rumours emanating in China that rival power brokers at the heart of the state apparatus have ousted Kim are wide of the mark, according to analysts. Where is Kim Jong-un? Speculation about North Korean leader intensifies 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “Saying that ‘nothing works in France’ shows how wide of the mark those comments are. John Lewis boss apologises for calling France ‘hopeless’ and ‘finished’ 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z That apparently hyperbolic statement doesn’t look too far wide of the mark, given anyone not running the latest release, Android 4.4, is affected. Widespread Android Vulnerability 'A Privacy Disaster', Claim Researchers 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Forecasts by European central bankers, the Bank of Japan, International Money Fund et al, invariably run wide of the mark on GDP momentum, inflation and consumer spending. Let's Kill All Nego Pundits 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The popular myth, however, that ancient windows are thicker at the bottom because the glass has sagged with the centuries, is wide of the mark. Tedium, tragedy and tar: The slowest drops in science 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z As wide of the mark as the brazen Dutch hack, but at least Liddell knew a thing or two about playing on the wing. World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No23: The 1966 World Cup 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z How deep the crisis is in Argentina is debatable and comparisons of the situation here with a much more volatile and polarised situation in Venezuela are wide of the mark. Argentina's economy prompts protests 2014-03-12T11:41:51Z The bullet throw arrived just as Kozma slid in but was slightly wide of the mark. Cards punish sloppy Red Sox to level series 2013-10-25T05:50:54Z But such gloominess looks wide of the mark. Is Spain's Experiment About to Succeed? 2013-08-04T23:07:36Z And the signs are that its price planning is wide of the mark. Google Glass-Like Products Can Launch As Low As $400 2013-07-21T19:31:00Z Headline growth figures mask significant regional variations and price falls – but it was the national picture the industry was forecasting, and that so far seems to be wide of the mark. House prices up 4% – did anyone predict this rise? 2013-07-06T06:01:17Z Rumours she would be parachuted into the House of Lords as a Tory peer have proved wide of the mark so far. TV experts turned tsars: How did they do? 2013-06-06T00:32:01Z Walsh said reports linking Qatari investment groups with the purchase of Spanish lender Bankia's 12 percent stake in IAG were wide of the mark. British Airways owner's losses grow on Iberia hit 2013-05-10T10:19:30Z But like many self-evident truths that emerge from Westminster, it's a bit wide of the mark. Ed Miliband has many challenges – but the spending review isn't one of them 2013-05-07T11:43:56Z Suggestions that this was deliberate are wide of the mark; this did not look like a protest. Málaga's fortunes fade after six minutes of madness at Valencia 2013-04-22T14:23:47Z Sports Minister Hugh Robertson said that "any suggestion this is a return to the bad old days of the 1970s and 1980s is wide of the mark". Anger after fights at footy matches 2013-04-15T16:13:05Z But predictions of impending Silicon Valley hunger strikes and employees chaining themselves to pinball machines are probably a little wide of the mark. Google: no such thing as a free lunch 2013-04-10T16:29:19Z I’m not a doctor, and my armchair diagnosis may be wide of the mark. Tucker Carlson, you’re no Andrew Breitbart! 2013-03-25T11:45:00Z Google’s suggestion that real time information will be the major selling point is not necessarily wide of the mark. Why I Would Buy Google Glass But Not an iWatch 2013-03-12T19:54:52Z However, rumours that he was a season-ticket holder are wide of the mark. All aboard the League Liner – football's disco train 2013-02-27T00:06:01Z Virginia Wade's intemperate "drama queen" jibe that followed could not have been further wide of the mark. Andy Murray's fine-tuned training keeps him off the Melbourne sicklist 2013-01-10T14:39:55Z Crouch claimed in September that the pair could still be a force for England but on this evidence he is wide of the mark. Ten talking points from the weekend 2013-01-07T09:00:00Z But a spokesman for the Association of British Insurers said that doom-laden stories in the industry's trade press are likely to be wide of the mark. FSA ban on commission-based selling sparks 'death of salesman' fears 2012-12-30T18:07:26Z Asia pivot for goading smaller countries to join an anti-China "containment strategy" - a view many analysts say is wide of the mark, given vast U.S.-China bilateral trade, investment and exchanges. Disputes over small islands pose big conundrum for U.S 2012-12-16T21:29:41Z Segnit thinks Owen Paterson's complaint about modern cookbooks is wide of the mark. Food's latest hot trend: leftovers 2012-12-15T00:01:04Z Terrifying as that scene was, it landed wide of the mark, said Mr. Rosen, who was the embassy's press attaché. City Room: The Day: After 'Argo,' a New Spotlight on a Hostage Crisis 2012-11-27T14:18:10Z Katherine Murphy, chief executive of healthcare charity the Patients Association, said the original posting was wide of the mark. A&E 'stay away' plea criticised 2012-08-26T15:41:26Z But suggestions that SFO prosecutors had let Nadir slip through their fingers were wide of the mark. Asil Nadir fraud: true scale could exceed £380m, says SFO 2012-08-22T18:46:38Z Early expectations that the Olympics will raise retailers' fortunes look to be wide of the mark. West End luxury brands see Games boost 2012-08-08T23:23:02Z Sadly July was a lacklustre month and it's doubtful this trend will change as early expectations that the Olympics will raise retailers' fortunes look to be wide of the mark. Retailers fail to get Olympics boost in 'lacklustre' July 2012-08-06T23:01:02Z Retirement is a bit ridiculous, I'm a big Froch fan but I think he's wide of the mark on this one. Khan's career a write-off - Froch 2012-07-15T10:18:05Z That said, claims that all those previous games were flops are wide of the mark: a number were work-for-hire projects, including Burnout and Need For Speed: Carbon for Electronic Arts, which sold well. Rovio hopes that Amazing Alex will fly as high as Angry Birds 2012-07-12T12:09:32Z This speculates on the contents of Danny Boyle's 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, which to my knowledge is not wholly wide of the mark. Psst - want to pass the new citizenship test? 2012-07-02T08:50:20Z This estimate proved to be wide of the mark. Coalition Of The Clueless Loses A Round In Its Pointless Telephone Excise Litigation 2012-06-21T02:30:47Z Coming up to date, the Bank's economic forecasts, predicated on recovery being just around the corner, are regularly wide of the mark. Can Mervyn King save the British economy? 2012-06-18T19:00:09Z And visions of him pounding round the Olympic course in full costume would be wide of the mark: he generally runs his marathons in standard athletic kit. Japanese cat star's Cambodian Olympic bid 2012-05-24T07:42:18Z Barcelona staunchly defended Lionel Messi over a claim he racially abused a black Real Madrid player several seasons ago, calling it "well wide of the mark." Vikings' stadium approved by Minnesota Senate 2012-05-11T04:28:34Z There is ever a lingering uncertainty as to which is making a truthful report, or whether they are not all shooting wide of the mark. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z With a sudden scream, the girl flung herself on Bill and spoiled his aim, so that when the revolver spouted smoke the bullet flew wide of the mark intended. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z Various speculations have been indulged in, from time to time, as to the respective parts contributed to the work by the two authors, but these are generally very wide of the mark. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z No arranging, and then re-arranging: no missing the mark—no going beyond or wide of the mark. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z But we have strayed wide of the mark in this interesting discussion. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z And if his memory was impeccable, his prescience-- But we grow wide of the mark. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z But he would have been wide of the mark. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z That started the discussion the two under the table had been waiting for, and the various guesses, falling wide of the mark, were so amusing that their mirth nearly betrayed their hiding-place. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z I, pulling his sleeve at the moment, caused the stone to fly wide of the mark. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z One could, no doubt, imagine a good many other reasons, and most of them would probably be as wide of the mark. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The man turned as the light flashed out and fired, the bullet going wide of the mark. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z The popular conception of Mr. Lincoln as one not seeking public honors, but not avoiding public duties, is a post bellum growth, very wide of the mark. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z For example, when a lad innocently asks the family surgeon, or his parent, where the last new baby came from, he is put off with a reply, wide of the mark, yet sufficient for him. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z But these taunts were wide of the mark. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z No accusation made by a critic ever fell so wide of the mark. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z I chattered away, and must have uttered many ridiculous things and some of them wide of the mark, although I cannot remember. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z White -- who will run the diversified products company while his colleague Richard Gonzalez becomes CEO of pharmaceuticals -- said this idea was wide of the mark. Abbott dismisses talk of pharma unit sale 2011-12-05T11:04:26Z The reported IMF funding level appeared “wide of the mark,” Marc Chandler, chief currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., wrote in a note to clients. Asian Stocks, Euro Advance on Europe Outlook, U.S. Retail Sales 2011-11-28T05:11:47Z The reported IMF funding appeared “wide of the mark,” Marc Chandler, chief currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., wrote in a note to clients. Euro Climbs Versus Dollar on Italy Aid Speculation; Kiwi Gains 2011-11-28T04:01:02Z Dewey's criticism, therefore, went wide of the mark. John Dewey's logical theory 2011-11-28T03:00:21.547Z It is still wider of the mark to assume that they passed through it at the same time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In this observation of the Bishop of Winchester a false issue is deliberately raised; the quotation given by Colenso is not touched, and for it another, wide of the mark, is substituted! Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Seeing that we did not intend to heave to, as she ordered, our antagonist sent another shot after us, but this time it fell altogether wide of the mark. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Personalities to-day fly wide of the mark; then they went right home. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z The comments on individuals are often wide of the mark, but the general drift is quite correct. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z If one of the recent missions had flown wide of the mark, all that would have been lost would be data; if an intercept mission fails, you could lose the planet. NASA Finds Fewer Asteroids That Can Threaten Earth 2011-10-03T09:00:00Z A spear or two was thrown, but these went wide of the mark. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z On the contrary, their comprehension of our country and of our forefathers was far wide of the mark. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z As for gilts, it appears that suggestions that gilts were yielding less than ever before were wide of the mark. Markets fall further: gilt yields update 2011-08-18T10:05:29Z In their frenzy, however, they shot wildly, and their arrows flew wide of the mark. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z It is just as wide of the mark to discuss miracles as though it were a question of evidence. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z No such blatant commercialisation this time: though reports that the Queen had stamped a regal foot and forbidden her granddaughter from similarly cashing in seem wide of the mark. Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall's 'other' royal wedding to be a humble affair 2011-07-29T17:41:02Z It would not therefore be very wide of the mark, if we adopt this line as a boundary dividing Hon-to with regard to the difference in the standard of the civilisation in general. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z The miraculous boy was to fulfil many prophecies; but although he often purposely acted in order to fulfil them, several given as illustrations are singularly wide of the mark. Ludicrous Aspects Of Christianity A Response To The Challenge Of The Bishop Of Manchester 2011-07-22T02:00:20.277Z Some rockets were also tried from this point, both against the ship and the enemy's works, but those directed against the vessel flew quite wide of the mark, and totally failed. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z His joking remark to Macready, that he “thought of changing his present mode of life, and was open to an engagement,” was after all not so very wide of the mark. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z Any talk of transport arrangements being chaotic is very wide of the mark. Coe in IOC plea over 2012 tickets 2011-07-07T14:40:57Z "My master is wide of the mark," said Dogvane with a smile of satisfaction. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z “Yes, but how many times was she wide of the mark for every time she made a good shot?” said Raynier. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z “You’re going rather wide of the mark, Mr Webster,” said Frank sternly. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Nor is this view so wide of the mark. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z I must begin a little apparently wide of the mark, and ask you to reflect if there is any way in which we waste money more in England, than in building fine tombs? Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z Your guesses are all wide of the mark. Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion 2011-06-19T02:00:25.633Z With this she left Willis to his vain surmises, confident that he would aim the shrewdest of them wide of the mark. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z They saw approaching a revolving cloud of smoke, out of which there flashed flames of fire, and the cruiser fairly turned and fled, pouring in a scattering broadside which went wide of the mark. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Seldom was Voltaire wider of the mark than when he called T�l�maque a Greek poem in French prose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Betty had felt it due to our mother to acknowledge that a part, at least, of this exalted expectation was not so wide of the mark. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z True, the older punchers had been in fake fights before; but they had been in real ones, too—where the bullets flew wide of the mark—and this had seemed mighty real. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z The Brazilian was also fearless with his returns and a tired-looking backhand wide of the mark from Murray handed Bellucci a break point in the sixth game. Ragged Murray beaten by Bellucci 2011-05-05T19:06:33Z Not really: the IMF was wider of the mark than most forecasters. China's current-account surplus: Incredibly Misleading Forecasts? 2011-04-28T10:55:18Z Nor was he very wide of the mark. Courtship and Marriage And the Gentle Art of Home-Making 2011-04-27T02:00:20.023Z Much has been said that is wide of the mark about Gray's religious belief. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z The popular opinion, amongst these men, was not very wide of the mark. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z And indeed an impartial reader will have to confess that much of this eighteenth century polemic against religion, however well-intentioned, is singularly wide of the mark. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z A press report about the use of a sarcophagus - such as that used to enclose the doomed Chernobyl reactor - was wide of the mark, said Mr Roulstone. Water clear-up 'urgent' at reactor 2011-03-30T14:26:50Z My sister's forecast, I see, was not wide of the mark. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Visually, the building housing reactor 4 is the most damaged on the site - suggesting that reports of the two fires being relatively minor were wide of the mark. Surprise 'critical' warning raises nuclear fears 2011-03-16T14:31:32Z The suggestion that today's national team is too pampered by riches to bother really trying for their country is also wide of the mark, he says. Gary Lineker: 'After football, you have to make yourself interesting' 2011-03-13T22:30:00Z Gudewife, it doth strike me that thou art very wide of the mark. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z As a matter of fact, Julia had been a little wide of the mark when she had declared to her mother that Madame did not speak one word of English. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z The assertion that Mr. Tennyson was born with an inaptitude for musical verse, though I conceive it to be very wide of the mark, I can at least understand. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Despite Fianna Fáil, talk of an imminent transformation of the Irish political landscape is wide of the mark. The Irish people's act of revenge 2011-02-23T19:52:53Z Mattie's plan of action would have done credit to a detective policeman; her questions seemed so wide of the mark, and kept suspicion back from her whom she loved so well. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:19.937Z So when the Englishman calls himself, with swelling pride, a Briton, he speaks wide of the mark. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z It was a little wide of the mark. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z The finished letter is, accordingly, often wide of the mark aimed at. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z The reflections in the paragraph under consideration all strike wide of the mark. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z "Speculation that this is aimed at any particular local authorities in Wales is wide of the mark," she said. Council merger proposal attacked 2011-01-28T11:31:07Z At least, in what concerns myself, people are rarely wide of the mark. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z If she went too wide of the mark in generalities, Mrs. Stone was entirely capable of raising a disturbance which would ruin business for the rest of the day. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z But Moody told the Daily Telegraph that reports he would miss the first three games were wide of the mark. England's Lewis Moody says he will be fit to face France in Six Nations 2011-01-21T00:48:23Z Ah! now I catch glimpses, and seem to half-see, somehow, that the uttermost ideal of moral perfection in man is wide of the mark. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Allegations of corruption in the organisation were wide of the mark, according to the 74-year-old. Blatter resists reforms to voting system 2011-01-13T23:00:03Z But Grant, who was the first team coach at Celtic last season and worked with Keane during the striker's loan spell there, insists speculation that a deal is imminent is wide of the mark. Birmingham's attempts to sign Robbie Keane still some way off 2011-01-06T12:16:04Z Suggestions that Steele himself intends to take a direct hands-on role in team affairs are understood to be wide of the mark. New role for Rob Andrew in RFU's vision for England's 2015 success 2011-01-05T22:01:02Z But speculation that he and Faulkner met Houllier in Manchester after the debacle at Eastlands is wide of the mark and the Villa manager travelled home on the team coach. Lerner lends his support to Houllier 2010-12-30T10:57:21Z But all of them were equally wide of the mark. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z "I'm looking at you, Father ... because I'm amused to see you so utterly wide of the mark." Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z This was wide of the mark, but chemistry using arsenic may be easier on freezing worlds like Saturn's moon Titan. Highlights of 2010 2010-12-25T00:54:29Z A comment that implies there is no culture or literature in Esperanto is wide of the mark.There are tens of thousands of books, hundreds of magazines , a huge amount of poetry. Spread the word 2010-12-20T01:04:44Z Churls convinced that the famously taciturn winning jockey would absent himself from the post-race interview podium were well wide of the mark. Moore rides to victory in Hong Kong 2010-12-12T14:58:00Z The club, fans and the staff who have recently gone unpaid must keep fingers crossed that all the unsubstantiated talk of Ridsdale's horror over the levels of structural debt is wide of the mark. Russia and Qatar not the only ones rubbing their hands after Zurich 2010-12-08T00:01:00Z So you were wide of the mark, Daddy. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z Quite easy, just utterly wide of the mark. Roberto Mancini is showing the bottle needed to be a success 2010-10-16T23:10:00Z Despite the bloodshed, Western media depictions of Putin's Russia as a totalitarian police state or a rebirth of the Soviet Union are wide of the mark. Witness: Two deaths and four years in Putin's Russia 2010-10-14T10:05:00Z Of course, my speculation may be wide of the mark. Sorry Rupert, money is power and your BSkyB deal could threaten rivals 2010-10-12T11:44:00Z To me, suggestions that Top 14 clubs were lukewarm about the competition always seemed pretty wide of the mark. Timely French exchange should help break down refereeing inconsistency 2010-09-30T23:11:00Z But as a judge on the awards panel, he's wide of the mark this time. Bike wheel too clever for its own good 2010-08-19T07:30:00Z Airy suggestions that the significance lies entirely on one side are wide of the mark. England v Germany: A new chapter will be written 2010-06-25T19:11:00Z But to suggest there is international consensus is way wide of the mark. Europe embraces the cult of austerity ? but at what cost? 2010-06-12T23:06:00Z His attempts at humor usually fall wide of the mark, which is evident to nearly everyone I know except his employers at ESPN. Welcome to the 142nd Belmont Stakes 2010-06-05T21:53:00Z Either way, both have embodied the upward mobility of the game's ambitions in the Premiership, and we should have known that all that biscuit talk would prove wide of the mark. Dan Hipkiss seals Sarries' sorrow and gives season a fantastic finale 2010-05-29T19:51:00Z Talk of a new era of collaboration to replace the sterlile old politics looks a bit wide of the mark now, amid confusion as to just who has responsibility for cleaning up Britain's financial sector. City is right to fear Vince Cable 2010-05-12T16:01:00Z The notion that speculators push up prevailing interest rates, though, is wide of the mark right now. Answers on Europe's Debt Crisis, Part 3 2010-05-11T18:24:00Z What the know-alls on studio couches said happened against Inter Milan last week, rushing to denounce Barça as a team with no Plan B, was actually wide of the mark. Global Soccer: Youth Rises, From Bayern to Bar?a 2010-05-02T17:50:00Z But Mr Cuffe admits some of the recent headlines in the Irish press on the subject are not completely wide of the mark. Ghost estates 2010-04-30T13:42:00Z Andrew Barrowman tries his luck from distance but the ball trickles well wide of the mark. Live - Saturday's Scottish football 2010-04-10T10:34:00Z Villa are unwilling to comment officially on reports which they are adamant are wide of the mark. Villa sources deny O'Neill has walked out 2010-03-30T14:51:00Z It is clear, though, that reports about a merger between the two teams are wide of the mark as US F1 effectively has nothing to merge with. US F1 team on verge of collapse 2010-02-25T17:52:00Z Their job was to project the demand for rail service, and while their guesses proved generally accurate during the 1830s, they were wide of the mark a decade later. All Aboard The Bubble Express 2010-02-25T11:00:00Z Predictions that they simply do not care this time around may be wide of the mark, said independent political analyst Ong Kian Ming. 2010-02-05T08:41:00Z The Ministry of Information said that 36 people had been killed and 71 injured, but early estimates of casualties often prove wide of the mark. 2010-01-25T15:09:00Z I knew the condition I was in and that I was shooting wide of the mark. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. In my errors, too, I often shot wider of the mark. Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology Not always; of course, sometimes the answers sound ambiguous, sometimes they are wide of the mark, and then again they hit it so exactly that no one could doubt their supernatural origin. At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas But in assigning causes he himself goes wide of the mark. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments All this seems to me wide of the mark. The Vagabond in Literature For once the illustrious Franklin shot wide of the mark. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day I imagine that my figure was not, on a balancing of considerations, far wide of the mark. The Great Miss Driver Be not angered, sir, I was merely guessing—and not guessing methinks very wide of the mark. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel "Crack! crack!" but that was wider of the mark. Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 Lowell’s criticism of Thoreau, indeed, is quite wide of the mark. The Vagabond in Literature The charge recently made against him that he is only a sportsman and has only a sportsman's interest in nature is very wide of the mark. Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt But Doppersdorp, as not infrequently happens, is wide of the mark. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance The missiles for the most part fell wide of the mark. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel The Zulu promptly sprang forward, and lifting the body in his arms commenced to carry it away, whilst two more shots spirted out from the ground, both fortunately being wide of the mark. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa This, however, as was to be developed an hour later, was wide of the mark. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin To say that there are no happy marriages would be wide of the mark. Oriental Women Friends, this speech of our wise queen is not wide of the mark, nor far from our deeming, so hearken thereto. Greek Women It is hard when one means to wound, to find the surest arrows falling wide of the mark. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel He laughs in his sleeve at our impassioned vivacity, imprudent frankness, and ungoverned impetuosity, which cause us to pass wide of the mark. Priests, Women, and Families Of course Captain Meredith did not perceive how very wide of the mark his sensible phrase led him. Command This time also your arrow was pointed and sharp, and the string of your bow drawn tight; and yet your arrow flew wide of the mark. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace "There 's no use in looking for it, Colonel Haggerstone," said she, pettishly; "I'm certain I was very wide of the mark." The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life But in their haste the aim of each was poor, and the bullets flew wide of the mark. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck He had set in his own mind the same figure Hal had given, but he had caught that smile of the two trappers and he suspected that Hal was rather wide of the mark. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp But though the guessing was both varied and ingenious, it was all wide of the mark. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted A minute later two more reports were heard, but they were faint and far away, and the bullets sped wide of the mark. Through Apache Lands But when given by superior persons in ignorance of its true character, it gives results very wide of the mark. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The prevailing notions of freedom were imperfect, and the endeavours to realise them were wide of the mark. The History of Freedom These bursts are mostly far wide of the mark, although two of them make ugly black blotches against the whiteness of the vapour through which we are rising. Cavalry of the Clouds As a fact, my assumption was not very wide of the mark. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography The missiles went wide of the mark, and the Foote leisurely returned to the Cincinnati to report the result of her work. The Boys of '98 "It may be," said Pastor Lindal; "but in all such matters we may dogmatize, and be very wide of the mark, although we cannot deny the possibility." A Danish Parsonage Yet it is I he needs, and I for whom His greed exceeds, his dreams fly wide of the mark! Collected Poems Volume One But for a few shells, very wide of the mark, we are not interrupted, for there are no German craft in sight. Cavalry of the Clouds Unless Miss Ocky's suspicions were wide of the mark, he, too, had come under the deadening influence of Varr's dominance—ah! but had he entirely? The Monk of Hambleton This was what Elam told himself, but he had shot wide of the mark. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget Whitney, who guessed, as is usually the case, wide of the mark, as to the cause of the secret Daisy dare not to reveal to her guardian or herself. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love It was extraordinary enough that he should actually be finding himself, when Thursday arrived, none so wide of the mark. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Chebron’s arrow was equally well aimed, but it struck a twig which deflected its course and it flew wide of the mark. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt She had been prepared for something of the sort, although the reason she assigned to his interest was very wide of the mark. The Hound From The North The black eyes of the three warriors followed the arrow until it was only a flickering speck, far below them; but, before that moment arrived, they saw that it was speeding wide of the mark. A Waif of the Mountains Once when the trap caught and prisoned him an instant, I swung my club, sure of ending the race, but it collided on a limb overhead and went wide of the mark! A Mountain Boyhood Any of these opinions might have been right, just as any of them might have been very wide of the mark. The Twins of Suffering Creek The explanation is probably not very far wide of the mark. The Story of the Cotton Plant From Mr. Gladstone to Mr. T. P. O'Connor politicians had prophesied and were hopelessly wide of the mark. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 Both my Philosophers have hit wide of the mark this time. The Book of Khalid He flung his riot club, and it flew wide of the mark. In the Orbit of Saturn Finally, the desire for some infallible guide in the midst of our doubts and difficulties is equally wide of the mark. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The ill-concealed fright that came into the Indian’s face and manner told Menard that he was not wide of the mark. The Road to Frontenac Many and various were the guesses hazarded but each fell wide of the mark. Dorothy's House Party The "estimates"—mere guesses—of certain mercantile houses and newspapers, to express the bulk of the crop are, beyond a doubt, far wide of the mark. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses Your range is imperfect, and your shots go wide of the mark, and that encourages the enemy; and it is desirable not to heat the guns. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field Yes, Florence was stupid; she did not half know her questions; her replies were wide of the mark. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School And Blythe, in her preoccupation, proceeded to throw two rings out of three wide of the mark. A Bookful of Girls But—my guess was wide of the mark. Dorothy's House Party For I’ve been learning, this last two or three days, just how wide of the mark he shot. The Prairie Child Tim fired, but more than likely the ball went wide of the mark. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux Though still wide of the mark, there is here an evident descent from the supernatural to the physical, from the superstitious to the true. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland He could not have gone wider of the mark than Trotters—except Polonies. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Unless I am wider of the mark than usual, this is the pigment used on Chinese seals. The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator The common report of the character of a people is, however, an indefinable product, and is apt to strike the traveller who observes for himself as very wide of the mark. A Little Tour of France Truth compels us to say, however, that his shot went as wide of the mark as the one aimed at him. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux While the merit of Maimonides in foreshadowing this modern understanding of ancient religion cannot be overestimated, it is clear that in some of his other interpretations of Jewish ceremonial, he is wide of the mark. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Needless to say, these interrogatories were answered at least thrice a day, and were always wide of the mark. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition The vessel again slightly changed its course, and this time the torpedo went wide of the mark. The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet Although it is generally conceded that “three make a crowd,” the rule was certainly wide of the mark in this case. Lucile Triumphant Thrice Charley fired at the dim skulking form, but, in the darkness, his bullets went wide of the mark, and he stopped wasting more ammunition. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Among the many wild and unjust criticisms which have been published concerning my views, none is wider of the mark than that I have borrowed from this man or that in my statement of them. The New Theology Unless his calculations were very wide of the mark, it was Beatrice Richford who was seeking admission. The Slave of Silence She must gain her end as she can, and, as a beginning, to flatter her man and challenge his fondness for her can never fall wholly wide of the mark. The Wagnerian Romances But the English version is absolutely wide of the mark, since tastes can be accounted for just as much as climate, history, and bodily complexion. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life With the best intentions in the world, Dorothy’s cooking nearly always went wide of the mark, and Harlan welcomed the change with unmistakable pleasure. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern He listens imperturbably to facts which may hang him, to lies which may lend color to the facts, to well-meaning guesses which are wide of the mark. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley According to the statement made by Hussey the man was begging to be killed and the policeman shot at him, but his aim was defective and the bullet went wide of the mark. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror There are so many conditions to govern results in house building, that even an approximate estimate may fall very wide of the mark. Woodward's Country Homes He did not pretend, he said, to be always right; he could recollect many occasions when he had been considerably wide of the mark. Love at Paddington The first bomb was rather wide of the mark, but it woke me, and I saw the Sub's eyelids flicker. The Long Trick “You are going wide of the mark,” he answered. The Long Portage Nothing, indeed, could be wider of the mark than the notion that a system of political education would increase the number of self-seeking, power-hunting "politicians." The School and the World The beam went wide of the mark, slowing the other down, and Wayne charged forward. The Judas Valley But, whether it were the caitiff's evil shooting or the Carline's wizardry, ye must choose between the two, the arrow flew wide of the mark, and the Carline laughed merrily as she rode along. The Sundering Flood I was unable to think what to say—some things seemed too wide of the mark and others too importunate. A London Life and Other Tales And the question of Canon Green's whether we could turn out a better universe than the one that actually exists, is wide of the mark also. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative The shot went very wide of the mark, and the Yankee sailors shouted with derision. Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds The first result of this was a shower of bullets from the Spanish rifles that fortunately for the most part went wide of the mark. A Prisoner of Morro In the Hands of the Enemy The Giants threw too far and the Dwarfs could not throw far enough, while the Asyniur and the Vana threw far and wide of the mark. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths "There can be no mistake about it, for there is not another light within thirty-five miles of it; and we could not have gone so wide of the mark as that." Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida As a matter of fact nothing could be wider of the mark. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 The young man smiled to think how wide of the mark his chief was. The Tyranny of the Dark By some such explanation as this, possibly not altogether wide of the mark, I sought to account for my disposition in the days that followed Elsa's arrival. The King's Mirror As for happiness, those who think they can best attain it outside the gentle yoke of matrimony are quite as wide of the mark. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother The Indian was badly mounted, and gradually lost ground, whereupon he sent after the fugitives several more arrows which all fell wide of the mark. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains The club flew high into the air and would have fallen some fifty yards or more wide of the mark, had it not touched the limb of a tree in passing. Sunk at Sea Halting at long-range, they fired their carbines and escopettes; but their bullets cut the grass far in front of us, and one or two that hurtled past were wide of the mark. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Philippa’s next question was not so wide of the mark as it seemed. The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel “Should I be very wide of the mark in guessing him to be a prince of the blood royal?” A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas Yet unless this aspect of things had been well considered, his unanswerable reasons were sure to fall wide of the mark. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. Later I learned how wide of the mark my interpretation of that look had been. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure All of this is undeniable, but it is quite wide of the mark. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice The fearful rush and the unearthly appearance of Davidson took his enemies by surprise; their missiles fell wide of the mark, and with a few tremendous bounds he passed the wives and the bridge. Cattle and Cattle-breeders In that prediction Ensign Darrin was destined to find himself fearfully wide of the mark. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty But Bill's guess proved wide of the mark. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier I've been told no more than the rest of you," the other replied; "and my guess may be wide of the mark; so just now I'm not going to say anything more. Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys The Birch Bark Lodge We scarcely spoke unless she addressed us, and then we made answers as wide of the mark as a boy's first shots. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 He swung his ax but it went wide of the mark. Giants on the Earth Only Werner had been successful, the others shooting wide of the mark. The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods They discussed it and made guesses which flew wide of the mark. Shelled by an Unseen Foe And the reply was by no means wide of the mark. The Brentons Your first harpoon, you know, was a little wide of the mark, if I recollect right, wasn’t it?” The World of Ice The captain took a fervently careful aim, but went far wide of the mark, to his intense chagrin. The Crew of the Water Wagtail As few of them had before handled muskets, their bullets flew wide of the mark, while the garrison kept pouring down a continual fire among them. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley He was, however, so agitated that he sent a bullet wide of the mark. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert For in classing this book with the writings of authors who are not men of letters one surely does not go wide of the mark. The Bibliotaph and Other People There were whispering and consulting on every side, but the first suggestions fell wide of the mark. Pixie O'Shaughnessy And as the frigate broached-to we saw that my surmise was not very far wide of the mark, her mizzen-topgallant-mast and mizzen-topsail yard having been shot away, the latter in the slings. The Log of a Privateersman I concluded that he was annoyed, or that the message was quite wide of the mark. Seen and Unseen A little different from the usual impression, but not very wide of the mark after all.” A Dog with a Bad Name Comrades," resumed Diurbanu, addressing the group before him, "all this is wide of the mark. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania One collector labels the shanty 'The hog-eyed man,' and another goes still further wide of the mark by calling it 'The ox-eyed man.' The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties Nellie screamed, and knowing nothing else to do, gave the Indian a vigorous shove in the side, which destroyed the aim and made the bullet fly wide of the mark. The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma Her answers showed considerable shrewdness, but not much depth, and were often rather wide of the mark. Seen and Unseen We should like to point out that General Bradley's reported observation ... was decidedly wide of the mark. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 When Moore said of the poems that Scott intended to illustrate all the gentlemen's seats between Edinburgh and London, he was not altogether wide of the mark. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Nor did my forecast of the probabilities prove at all wide of the mark. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble The Frenchman again pulled the trigger, but the eleventh shot flew wide of the mark. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series I must begin a little apparently wide of the mark, and ask you to reflect if there is any way in which we waste money more in England than in building fine tombs? A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) There is very much in his announcements to his equals wide of the mark set up in the New Testament. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 On the 30th of April, the assailants began firing muskets, which they had captured from Korovin's massacred hunters; but the shots fell wide of the mark. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward But May Gaston laughed; it was all very familiar, sounded very old, and was ludicrously wide of the mark. Quisanté Admitting this, then, it is but natural that much of their deliberation and many of their conclusions should be wide of the mark. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 And the woman who had picked up the stick hurled it in a frenzy after them, but wide of the mark. The Long Night And, since the natural inference was that there had been no opportunity to mail it, the conscientious little confession went as wide of the mark as if it had never been made. The Price No word of censure, however wide of the mark, has been unwelcome to him, whether from the sceptical or orthodox press. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology None of these stones did any harm to the pirates, for the cliffs were so rough and broken that the skipping boulders always flew wide of the mark. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. As a matter of fact anything which we may imagine about the discarnate life may be almost unbelievably wide of the mark. Modern Religious Cults and Movements Once more we come to a much debated question, about which not a little has been written, and most of it wide of the mark—the question of the origin of the Third Degree. The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry His prefigurings had not been so wide of the mark, after all. The Price For Quinnion's bullet had sped wide of the mark, striking the wall a full yard to Lee's left. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch Satire is the rapier; lampoon the broadsword, or even the cudgel—the former points to the heart and wounds sharply, the latter deals a dull and blundering blow, often falling wide of the mark. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 His observations are frequently at fault, or wholly wide of the mark; but the flower or specimen that he brings you always "comes laden with a thought." The Last Harvest Garry's conclusion, borne of his own lesson in doubt, was wide of the mark. Then I'll Come Back to You The Lieutenant made his men fire again, but the distance was now so great that their bullets flew wide of the mark. Captain Sam The Boy Scouts of 1814 "You have listened to men here whose statements were just as wide of the mark, and whose proposals were just as useless." King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Flower pot would have been too wide of the mark. My Second Year of the War On the other hand, one's culpability is not lessened by the accidental fact of one's intended insults going wide of the mark and bearing no fruit of dishonor to the person assailed. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals Once he had failed, signally, to read behind his friend's moody silences; his surmise concerning the reason for Steve's changed bearing was not so wide of the mark this time. Then I'll Come Back to You Most of them break wide of the mark and it sails on unscathed over the enemy's lines. With Our Soldiers in France I hurled it wide of the mark; it rolled clattering among the bushes into dell. The Last Man My servant, whose vocabulary was limited, called it a paradox, and was not very wide of the mark. Leaves from a Field Note-Book This conjecture, however probable, was wide of the mark. Memoir of Jane Austen Yet, at that, Garry's surmise was erroneous; his conclusion wide of the mark. Then I'll Come Back to You Most of the shots seemed to go wide of the mark. With Our Soldiers in France Whence it seems to me that every thing that has been brought forward to dispute our formulae has fallen wide of the mark. Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism Diana made valiant efforts, and grew crimson in the face, but the arrow still went wide of the mark. A Little Mother to the Others His habitual quiet thoughtfulness of expression helped to settle so definitely his supposed origin; yet had his admirers been better learned in physiognomy they could never have guessed so wide of the mark. Up in Ardmuirland Almost as wide of the mark is Mr. Swinburne's description of the volume as "worthless." Adventures in Criticism They strike me as honest in their main intention, and never very wide of the mark. Andrew Marvell He sent a shell toward the American vessels, but, in accordance with the rule, it went wide of the mark. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders The arrow went wide of the mark, the arrow went everywhere but where it ought to. A Little Mother to the Others How far wide of the mark these conjectures were he would learn by and by. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax Gussie could not understand this at all, but her spiteful remarks were so wide of the mark that they were only amusing. Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Various surmises were afloat as to the object, but all at this time were wide of the mark. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Had he followed that guidance in the present case, he would have been less wide of the mark. Auguste Comte and Positivism It was wide of the mark, therefore, to attribute that which bears the stamp "made in Germany" to England. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe MacRae had suggested, with an irony that went wide of the mark. Poor Man's Rock The witness objected to state what his thoughts were, as they could have no bearing on the fact, and might be absolutely wide of the mark. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs When applied to operations directed by the consummate and highly trained genius of Bonaparte, speculations so swayed naturally flew wide of the mark. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain The first few were wide of the mark, but we were not long to go scatheless. Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War "My late partner's daughter," he observed, keeping wide of the mark, "usually does the cooking." What Necessity Knows In the future we shall probably find that our best attempts at rational answers to many questions have gone wide of the mark. The Ascent of the Soul Partly, it is because you talk so wide of the mark. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 This is a guess very wide of the mark. Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment Surmises which went wide of the mark were better than the real truth would have been, and that he could not tell. The Cromptons Byron's sneer at Keats, as "a tadpole of the Lakes," was ridiculously wide of the mark. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century I care nothing for the crack of the rifle, if the bullet flies wide of the mark. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest But he would have been wide of the mark. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France There could be no conjecture wider of the mark than that of his success being due to any charlatan tricks in his music or in his conduct of life. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians And when they draw the bow-strings, their arrows shall go wide of the mark by reason of the unsteadiness of eye and hand. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends If what I have said is not wholly wide of the mark, it should be clear what is the deadliest enemy of the true spirit of Philosophy. Recent Developments in European Thought You are strange," said her companion, "and guess wide of the mark. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest However, you will be relieved to hear that it went wide of the mark. The Keeper of the Door His wonderful powers of succinct statement may perhaps give the impression of shallowness; but this is an entirely false impression—no impression could indeed be wider of the mark. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality That Freeman's general conclusion was entirely wide of the mark a single letter from Froude to Skelton is enough to show. The Life of Froude Well, this is wide of the mark, I suppose. A Village Ophelia and Other Stories The pursuers, closely following, kept up a running fire, but notwithstanding the fact that they were right at the Negro's heels their aim was poor and their bullets went wide of the mark. Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics A guess which, as it chanced, was not altogether wide of the mark! The Keeper of the Door No, no, no; you are wide of the mark! Elsie's Womanhood Fortunately his condition made his aim unsteady, and the stone flew wide of the mark. Andy Grant's Pluck There he lost him, and shot very wide of the mark. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay I do not profess to be an expert, and, as likely as not, my estimate is very wide of the mark.” Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance The bullet went wide of the mark and the next instant he saw the whip-lash cut the air and descend on the flank of the startled mare. The Redemption of David Corson Dear me!" she said, "I did strike wide of the mark. My Friend Prospero These speculations were extremely amusing, but in the long run they were proved to be, one and all, wide of the mark. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 All of which may be, and very likely is, extremely wide of the mark. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 "You aim wide of the mark, then," she retorted valiantly, though confusion waved a red flag in either cheek. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Overwhelmed by the fear that he might be baffled in his vengeance, he drew the other pistol and fired again more wide of the mark than before. The Redemption of David Corson And, strange to say, Yvonne was not far wide of the mark. Nightfall But as regards the book at which it was partly aimed, it is wide of the mark. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians Sceptics of a century ago would have been as wide of the mark if they had laughed at the idea of a phonograph or telegraph. Five Years of Theosophy The method of reaching his conclusions does not commend itself to the present writer and his results seem absurdly wide of the mark, when compared with more carefully gathered figures. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Hasty words, I think!—and, in my belief, very wide of the mark. Fields of Victory And meanwhile Lawrence wide of the mark began to coax her. Nightfall Lamb was in this as wide of the mark as Voltaire had been. The Art of Letters Each of them, therefore, shot wide of the mark; while Moli�re, who wrote at once for patrician and plebeian, scored a hit. The Theory of the Theatre She did not believe that her estimate of this young man was in any way wide of the mark. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories I think I must have a pretty good natural aim to shoot with the left hand in the dark and not fire wide of the mark. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan Discharged from such a barrel, there being nothing to keep the point in the direction of its flight, it soon tumbles over, like an arrow without a feather, and strikes wide of the mark. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Such a statement might be somewhat wide of the mark. The Evolution of Dodd Other boats there were, but wide of the mark. Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune Yet the opinion was often well worth hearing on its own account, though it might be wide of the mark as criticism. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I Divers were the interpretations hazarded, but all were wide of the mark. The Decameron, Volume II Truly, it seemed that his urgent solicitation was reasonable enough, for the first fire my ball was several feet wide of the mark. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described Various, conflicting, and all of them wide of the mark, were my speculations on its outward and visible form, and the martial equipment by which it was to strike terror in all beholders. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 I consider, therefore, the insinuating references to my quarrelsome disposition and fickleness distinctly wide of the mark. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle "Missed him by inches," growled McClure after waiting long enough to be convinced that the torpedo had sped wide of the mark. The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet For the first time Booverman's shot went wide of the mark, straight into the trees that bordered the river to the left. Murder in Any Degree "You are somewhat wide of the mark as respects my jeopardy, my lad," said Boone; "for had you been hostile Osages, most assuredly ere this you had both been killed." Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described But it was little enough that Morna saw, and Langholm's guesses were as wide of the mark as only the guesses of an imaginative man can be. The Shadow of the Rope They hit wide of the mark, and the second of them was idle, because the king, while he remained an absolute prince, was certain not to consent to it. Cavour This may be an exaggeration, but from references contained in the dispatches of various royal officials one may fairly conclude that Duchesneau's estimate of the number of traders was not far wide of the mark. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 Colonel Yule's suggestion that Marco's allusion is to the tripartite Empire of China 1000 years previously is surely wide of the mark. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 No trace of a twelfth-century wall remains; but the chroniclers may, for all that, have been not very wide of the mark. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 The random hits of these Pool gossips, which were here interrupted by the departure of the coach, were not very wide of the mark. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney It was a bold shot at the truth, and his look satisfied me that I was not very wide of the mark. A Roman Singer I "think back" and remember in what parts I liked him best, but I may be quite wide of the mark. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections Of what lies beyond it, I can form no idea; all our theories are probably quite wide of the mark. Father Payne I had the satisfaction of seeing where my bullets struck up the dust, even though they did go wide of the mark. Tales of lonely trails Nevertheless, they were in very many cases wide of the mark. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert He was wide of the mark, as I am. A Roman Singer Malcolm had to confess that "yellow and pink trees" were not so wide of the mark, after all, and that they were very pretty. Among the Trees at Elmridge And, as a matter of fact, the story is so ridiculously wide of the mark that it deserves mention only because, in itself false, it is founded on a truth. Collections and Recollections It was fortunate for Ethel Blue that she was released from the promise, for her guesses went wide of the mark. Ethel Morton's Enterprise Perhaps some of these surmises have shot far wide of the mark. In the Claws of the German Eagle "Then you will not be far wide of the mark," observed Judith, coarsely. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire The courts abroad have considered his patents in a liberal spirit and given him his due; the decisions in this country have fallen wide of the mark. Edison, His Life and Inventions I repeated the question twice before I got an answer, and then, though easily to be accounted for, it was wide of the mark. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains However wide of the mark my conjectures may have fallen, they were as satisfying to me as facts would have been. Ponkapog Papers But, of course, no one knew positively, and all these guesses were very wide of the mark. The Enchanted Island of Yew O'Connor fired, but so wide of the mark that some one in the crowd exclaimed: 'Fired in the air.' The Purcell Papers — Volume 1 Thy reasoning is on a parity with thy fears, both have flown wide of the mark. The Outlaw of Torn This talk is all very wide of the mark. The Market-Place She spoke to the Red Queen, whose answer was a little wide of the mark. Through the Looking-Glass But that guess was away wide of the mark. The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island But the stranger who did so would have been singularly wide of the mark. The Coryston Family A Novel His hand was unsteady, and the bullet flew wide of the mark. Five Thousand Dollars Reward Campo fired at the retreating form, but the bullet went wide of the mark. The Second Deluge Each is based on the same fallacy, and the aim of both is wide of the mark. Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians It began to seem as though that guess made by one of their number could not have been so wide of the mark as at the time some of them believed. The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island Should he get a little wide of the mark, it will not be the first document of that nature, which has possessed the same weakness. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Not exactly; but still you're not very wide of the mark. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 I should say if I put the value of the jewels at 50,000 pounds I am not much wide of the mark. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret He made two quick, steady throws, but each shot wide of the mark. The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand In either case they were wide of the mark. Jean-Christophe, Volume I She resolved therefore to say nothing, or else to tell some lie or other quite wide of the mark. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day It amused and piqued me at the same time to see how wide of the mark my missiles went. A Crystal Age The extreme Socialists went wide of the mark in their reasoning that industry would inevitably crush the worker. My Life and Work Now as to what I think myself, my doctrine is this; I am quite of the old gentleman's mind about some things, and about others I hold him to be quite wide of the mark. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 Naturally her observations were often wide of the mark. Jean-Christophe, Volume I |
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