Sentence example with the word 'mislay'

mislay

be bereaved of, default, drop, forfeit, go astray from, incur loss, kiss good-bye, let slip, lose, lose out, mislocate, misplace, misput, miss, sacrifice, suffer loss, undergo privation, wander from

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Last update: October 29, 2015


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One should take care not to mislay things.   [Please select]

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In his absent-minded way Tennyson was very apt to mislay objects; in earlier life he had lost the MS. of Poems, chiefly Lyrical, and had been obliged to restore the whole from scraps and memory.   [Please select]

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--so that I will not mislay them ordinarily, or drop them in the rushing current during some exciting moment.   [Please select]

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"And remember this: You are not to destroy or mislay any documents you may find in the gold room."   [Please select]

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"Did you ever lose or mislay a receipt, sir."   [Please select]

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And, as they can't find any place where he hocked the jewelry, or put it up to carry out some gigantic Wall street plan, they are forced to believe that he really did mislay the jewelry while temporarily out of his head.   [Please select]

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