Sentence examples for off the stray from inspiring English sources

After plucking a few hairs, brush off the stray hairs and look in the mirror to make sure you didn't over pluck.

'After the ground radar was turned off, the missile strayed from its target and unintentionally landed in Bulgaria.' Military analysts said yesterday it was unclear whether the missile was 'seduced' by Bulgarian radar operating at the time or merely 'went rogue' after it could not find its intended Yugoslavian target.

(My bladder control gradually returned. But I can still be caught off guard by the stray sneaky sneeze).

There is no reason for strangers to turn off the highway and stray into the town, but any who do so are struck by the huge homes, which house on average 20 family members, according to Engels.

If and when traditional outlets stray off the serious path, they risk being pilloried.

Should anyone stray off the positive, however, the convention's speechwriting operation stands ready to catch any errant rhetoric.

But bargains still remain, especially for travelers willing to stray off the tourist map, and all the beaches are free.

To be consistent on principle and thereby avoid heavy cognitive dissonance, I chose to stray off the Bush reservation.

The paper's in house lawyer, Tom Crone, had emailed Coulson to say he feared that in a meeting with a probation officer, Goodman might "stray off the preferred line".

Freed from the chains of preset forms and phrases, some respondents in our survey tended to stray off the subject.

"Everybody wants less gamesmanship, the problem is that managers and players are under so much pressure to deliver results they will sometimes stray off the straight and narrow," said Clarke.