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mislaying

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Example Sentences

I picked up her handkerchief when she dropped it; and, above all, I looked for her snuff-box, which she was continually mislaying.

You may be a great hand at mislaying thingsI dont know much about that; but I do know that youre a wonder at hiding them.

Let us, therefore, turn to a particularly ambiguous and untransparent error, that of losing and mislaying objects.

At the same time she explained that she had been late with her theme on account of mislaying it.

He remembered it as uncomprehendingly as one remembers mislaying a lost object in a forgotten place.

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On this page you'll find 163 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mislaying, such as: accident, casualty, catastrophe, cost, damage, and debt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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