Sentence example with the word 'misstep'

misstep

balk, bloomer, blunder, false move, faux pas, goof, inadvertence, indiscretion, lapsus calami, loose thread, mistake, oversight, slipup, trip

Definition n. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

Last update: October 9, 2015


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With one misstep he knew she would run like a frightened deer.   [Please select]

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The sagacious animal seemed to know every foot of the path; even in the gloom of night he made no misstep.   [Please select]

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Confident they were close upon the men they sought, he was glad of the misstep that had warned them of the fact.   [Please select]

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If Ida made a misstep--if she went down in a heap--Betty was pretty sure that she, herself, would be hurt.   [Please select]

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Napoleon after his downfall himself admitted that his passage of the Pyrenees was the fatal misstep in his career.   [Please select]

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My brother immediately saw that he had made a misstep, and again inspired Thiuli with hope.   [Please select]

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But the long run, the excitement, and his weakened nerves caused the fatal misstep.   [Please select]

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He proceeded with great caution, for none knew better than he the danger of a single misstep.   [Please select]

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The volcano was not a large one and the crater, though somewhat threatening at times, was correspondingly minute, which explains--in apology--to some extent, his unfortunate misstep.   [Please select]

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For this reason I am keeping it out of your power, unless I make some misstep that points to where I am.   [Please select]

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