Sentence examples for a trail of missteps from inspiring English sources
The financial crisis that has made Detroit one of the largest cities ever to face mandatory state oversight was decades in the making, a trail of missteps, of trimming too little, too late, of hoping that deep-rooted structural problems would turn out to be cyclical downturns that might melt away as the economy picked up.
If Checketts's ascent has been dizzying, so has his Clintonesque ability to maintain a Teflon reputation despite a trail of public missteps and private blunders.
Major acquisitions are hard for the best companies, and Power-One has left a trail of operational missteps and missed goals, such as the recent earnings shortfall caused by a fumbling contract manufacturer.
A physical thing, a trail of it.
But there's a trail of smoke.
How did the campaign trail become a trail of tears?
We witnessed a trail of destruction.
A trail of tears, more like.
The suspect: A trail of petty crime.
Now, in an apparent effort to shore up his support among women after a series of missteps, Mr. Trump is enlisting his wife, Melania, on the campaign trail.
