astray

The effect of what sounded like ticking clocks going astray felt like an inviting dip in the lake.

"He was one of the most powerful men in the most powerful country on earth and there was no way he'd lead me astray or lead me to do anything illegal, or so I thought."

Line-outs went astray, mauls were jammed up and disrupted, the continuity wouldn't come.

Some of the intricacies, tip-on passes in midfield particularly, went astray.

As she was recovering from her assault, she underwent a nasal surgery that went astray, leading her to lose her voice for years; it took three subsequent surgeries before she regained her ability to sing.