astray

Example Sentences

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He left 15 years ago and has spent much of the time since cataloging how he thought the institution was going astray.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Then again, those New Year’s Eve revelers may have had their powers of basic detection and deductive reasoning sharpened by being led astray by AI slop.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

The effect of what sounded like ticking clocks going astray felt like an inviting dip in the lake.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

But historian, writer, and quasi-optimist Jill Lepore has thoughts about where the American constitutional experiment went astray and what might be deployed in order to save it.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025

These photos were her map, and Joaquin knew then that he was rudderless, that he would only lead her astray.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway