mislaid
Example Sentences
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Most people, though not all, would notice if they mislaid a $100 bill.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
After they mislaid evidence a number of times, she says, she carried her home computer and a pile of paperwork into the police station.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
A nation’s stuff, squeezed and zippered and then entrusted to the delicate ballet of air travel, has been mislaid and orphaned this week.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022
One letter missed its issue because the Coop office mislaid it and never sent it to the editor.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
Still, he could not speak out, and he only looked east and west and feigned to have mislaid his pipe in his garments, and he fumbled in his girdle.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
