Sentence examples for great mishap from inspiring English sources

"There may be no great mishap in life than skin problems," he quoted her as saying.

The great mishap of the first term was failing to direct, as a new president with a sky-high approval rating, a sea of enthusiasts.

Rossini wrote cavatinas of various kinds, but his preferred use of the form was as part of a larger scenic sequence in which a heroine meditates upon some great mishap in her life.

At the station they barely avoid the mishap of being too late and the greater mishap of a fatal "scene".

I was headed for a vacation this week, to give my back some more corrective rest after the great train mishap last week.

"In spite of the tragedy unfolding around you, we hope you'll begin your great journey without mishap," wrote the correspondent, Peter Lake.

Learning from your mistakes and mishaps is great.

In the past, he could make up for a first-step mishap with his great speed.

But when a mishap reveals his great strength to the professor, the elderly man suggests Danner use his father's formula to create a new race of men known as the "Sons of Dawn", who will use their powers to right the world's wrongs.

The risk of a mishap will be greater after the Greek elections in February if the country's political mood sours yet further.

Dating mishaps make for great blog fodder or chick lit, but something more interesting than punch lines or cliches has emerged for me in the course of dating.