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Example sentences for "mishaps"

Lexicographically close words:
mish; mishandled; mishandling; mishap; mishapen; misinformation; misinformed; misinterpret; misinterpretation; misinterpretations
  1. This is a story of the exploits and mishaps of two mischievous twins, and continues the adventures of the interesting group of children in "Loyalty Island.

  2. It relates the haps and mishaps of a small negro lad, and tells how he was led by love and kindness to a knowledge of the right.

  3. Dago tells his own story, and the account of his haps and mishaps is both interesting and amusing.

  4. Taylor attributed these mishaps to a lack of experience, but the enemy regarded them as proofs of inferiority; and when Thornton's party succumbed, the enthusiasm burst all bounds.

  5. Ah, it is not this which grieveth me, nor do I care what mishaps Fortune can wage against me, but the sight of Rosader that galleth unto the quick.

  6. Glut her not, Adam, then with content, but thwart her with brooking all mishaps with patience.

  7. Here we heard again of the two young men from St. Louis, and the mishaps that had befallen them.

  8. The Pontiff "evinced extreme grief" at so untoward an accession to the mishaps of this ill-advised and unlucky campaign.

  9. When the great expenses attendant on these mishaps were paid, she found herself not only absolutely poor, but rendered incapable of the slightest effort to turn her many and varied talents to account in order to earn a livelihood.

  10. Our journey this day was without mishaps or disasters of any kind.

  11. Refreshed and invigorated, we looked forward with pleasure to a recommencement of our journey, confident of meeting no more mishaps by the way.

  12. They have adventures of a perilous kind, and the story of their mishaps and how they overcame them is throughout both exciting and stimulating.

  13. Sidenote: Unruly Leader] At first the weight alone of the reins would tire her, and of course there are more chances of mishaps with four horses than with two.

  14. Many mishaps come from this seemingly trivial occurrence, and a horse frightened by improper treatment is liable to bolt or run.

  15. Tempests, contrary winds and other mishaps had caused vexatious delay; the Comtesse de Noailles and the Conquerant had come into collision and had had to be repaired.

  16. More and more gloomy times were in store for him; mishaps and disappointments multiplied.

  17. The mishaps of the friars did not end here.

  18. Swallows do not more certainly appear in June, than such mishaps are found reported at the sultry season.

  19. Come, friend; it is when one is doubting that mishaps are apt to occur," urged his companion.

  20. All set out apparently in different directions, but they nevertheless kept a close watch upon one another, for the chief occasion of an Indian's mirth is his friend's mistakes or mishaps in the chase.

  21. As time passed, and there was no sign of the aeroplane, he grew more and more restless, imagining all sorts of mishaps that might have occurred.

  22. When the nature of the country through which Kennedy travelled is understood and its difficulties known, it is no wonder that mishaps occurred to him.

  23. Their haps and mishaps make decidedly entertaining reading.

  24. Full of fun in the country, the haps and mishaps of taking film plays, and giving an account of two unusual discoveries.

  25. On the 12th of August, the travellers arrived on the banks of Snake River, the scene of so many trials and mishaps to all of the present party excepting Mr. Stuart.

  26. He stopped every few minutes to laugh long and heartily, as, one by one, the mishaps of Colonel Witham came to his mind.


  27. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mishaps" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.