mislaying

Example Sentences

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Losing AirPods would be much more frustrating than mislaying a $15 pair of headphones from the airport.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2016

In addition to unsettled weather, ominous portents include the groom’s mislaying of the ring, and his first squabble with Dolly, in which he refuses to take her beloved pet turtle on the overseas voyage.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2012

This was more than a few individuals mislaying their moral compass or being encouraged to think they could get away with something because of light-touch regulation.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2012

To this day, he admits that something as simple as mislaying a pen in his "monstrous London uber-pad" can trigger a whole new wave of furious self-hatred.

From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2010

In a third class this characteristic of transience is lacking, as for example in mislaying things so that they cannot be found again, or in the analogous case of losing things.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund