misadventure

Example Sentences

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Gen. Jay Garner, the American tasked with overseeing Iraq’s postwar reconstruction, would constitute a towering moment of hubris in a foreign policy misadventure tragically replete with them.

From New York Times

This team also needs reinforcements along the interior defensive line, where stopping the run has become an annual misadventure of inconsistency.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, Ruby being Ruby, there’s still the occasional misadventure.

From Seattle Times

Russia’s wild hunting culture was captured in the slapstick 1995 Russian movie hit, “Peculiarities of the National Hunt,” in which a group of drunken hunting buddies stagger through many chaotic, vodka-sodden misadventures.

From Seattle Times

Many of the commenters made jokes and puns about the dog’s misadventure.

From Fox News