Sentence examples for mishap from inspiring English sources

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mishap

noun

An accident, mistake, or problem.

  • Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.

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Charlton managed to get to half-time without further mishap and looked more organised in the second period, with Diarra heading a decent chance over the bar.

There was no mishap, though, and the next day he produced a brilliant, nerveless display to set the tone, really, for the rest of his career.

If a defensive mishap brought the breakthrough, Wigan's invention and energy could have yielded more goals.

Tomorrow, if it passes without serious mishap, will represent the end of official mourning and the discordant hurdy-gurdy of the fairground can be turned up again to full volume and the old merry tunes on the cash register.

As for the alleged policy of unopened cans that led to this mishap: Shuttle America who was operating the United Airlines flight 3504 that Ahmad was on doesn't actually have one that discusses cans being used as potential weapons if unopened.

Sandra Bullock's character, Ryan Stone, floats from one mishap to another, always escaping disaster at the last possible moment.

He got no credit from ordinary Japanese for hosting this year's G8 summit without mishap.

A sudden jolt (a sharp economic downturn, a new outburst of terrorist attacks, or any mishap that might befall Mr Putin himself) could tip the country over the edge again.

Arthur Levitt, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said that Nasdaq was making the same mistakes after Thursday's trading halt, when Mr. Greifeld and other Nasdaq executives again refrained from publicly commenting on the mishap.

And for anyone who had hoped Mexico's mishap might be the last of its kind, disappointment arrives daily.Thailand's banks have seen their bad debts grow alarmingly as the property market deflates.

Engineers will have to take out each fuel assembly one by one without mishap, and overcome the risks of fire, earthquake and the pool boiling dry.

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