misadventure

Example Sentences

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An inquest into the deaths was held at the end of 2017 and the jury found the family had drowned due to misadventure.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Nine, to be specific, after Mike Tomlin exited the Pittsburgh Steelers Tuesday after 19 seasons—the last a stirring but doomed misadventure with enigmatic Malibu life guru Aaron Rodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

A lurid tale of misadventure, moral bankruptcy and mean girls, “His & Hers” has other qualities, too, notably Tessa Thompson, whose recent turn in “Hedda” haunts her role in this potboiler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Unforced but ever-present in Reichardt’s mise-en-scène, they remind us that this bored aesthete’s misadventure is an especially empty way to buck conformity.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

As it was, he thought that on the attendant’s evidence he could give a certificate of death by misadventure in falling from bed.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker