mislaying

Example Sentences

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Her soaring film career has by now supplied Brown with such an array of other fictional gifts and odd abilities that mislaying her telekinetic powers doesn’t seem quite so bad.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2021

Losing AirPods would be much more frustrating than mislaying a $15 pair of headphones from the airport.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2016

In addition to unsettled weather, ominous portents include the groom’s mislaying of the ring, and his first squabble with Dolly, in which he refuses to take her beloved pet turtle on the overseas voyage.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2012

This was more than a few individuals mislaying their moral compass or being encouraged to think they could get away with something because of light-touch regulation.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2012

The theft—or mislaying, as the Department hopes it will prove to be—took place several days ago.

From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)