miscarriage
Example Sentences
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During more than a decade of marriage, Mary Greeley was frequently pregnant, bore seven children, and suffered multiple miscarriages.
From Literature
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“A ‘miscarriage of mail’ includes failure of the mail to arrive at its intended destination, regardless of the carrier’s intent or where the mail goes instead,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Sally is processing both the shock of a miscarriage and her ambivalence about her marriage.
From Los Angeles Times
The 90-minute film does not claim to be exhaustive, but aims to offer the public the perspectives of both sides of a case that continues to prompt questions and accusations of a miscarriage of justice.
From Barron's
“They separated them. It’s a miscarriage of justice. And of love.”
From Literature
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