mishaps

Example Sentences

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A few unnecessarily curt speech interruptions threatened the calm, but mainly, this was a smoothly run machine of a show, devoid of mishaps.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

In fact, the people profiled here are so skilled, their motions so routinely perfect, that the only real surprises are the mishaps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Drivers emerge unscathed from the worst-looking mishaps because of safety precautions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The pattern of mishaps continued at the start of run two but the competition changed complexion when Ferreira posted 90.50 to set a new standard.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

At length, we reached our proposed camp near Lake Champlain, not without some slight mishaps not worth recording.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson