Sentence examples for mislay from inspiring English sources

WHILE some may mislay their keys on a difficult day, octopuses can lose their arms.

The list goes on, though each wearer will have their own favourites, like the wrist-based boarding pass that's hard to mislay or the tap on the skin to let you know it's about to rain.

Then there's the failure of Oprah's Big Give, a prime-time philanthropy show that was launched with huge fanfare before Christmas, only to mislay nearly a third of its audience during an eight-week run.

Even if, as in poor old Stuart's case, all you have done is mislay a few items.

Today the province is dotted with "villages of widows", where many men have disappeared.In this section China's worried boss Australia mislays its republic Four terrible days An Asian Balkans?

By November 7th, reinforcements had arrived to shore up defences at Vavuniya, only 220km (136 miles) from the capital, Colombo.In this section China's worried boss Australia mislays its republic Four terrible days An Asian Balkans?

Though he was foreign minister from 1973-77 and taoiseach twice, in 1981-82 and 1982-87, he remained somehow an innocent, mislaying as he travelled overcoat, pyjamas, watch; and not realising, so carried away was he with his theories for redistributing wealth in Ireland, that to put value-added tax on children's shoes might spell suicide at the polls.Economics was a relatively late interest.