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Examples of misadventure in a Sentence
His vacation turned into a series of misadventures.
a string of financial misadventures eventually left him broke
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And at the end, there is an effective compilation of archival footage that illustrates how that misadventure concluded, and reconciliations were affected.
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Joe Leydon, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
The series follows a group of toddlers, most often led by Tommy Pickles (voiced by E.G. Daily in the original series), their misadventures and the lives of their parents.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
One of Hollywood’s periodic attempts to find the fun in America’s misadventures in the Muslim world, Army of One stars Cage as Gary Faulker, the real-life construction worker who flew to Pakistan on a mission from God (played here by Russell Brand) to find Osama bin Laden.
—Emily Heller, Vulture, 12 July 2024
But the 20th anniversary of SIDEWAYS, a classic comedy of male misadventures on a pre-wedding trip to the bucolic California wine country, is as a good reason to go this fall as any.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Joe Leydon, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
The series follows a group of toddlers, most often led by Tommy Pickles (voiced by E.G. Daily in the original series), their misadventures and the lives of their parents.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
One of Hollywood’s periodic attempts to find the fun in America’s misadventures in the Muslim world, Army of One stars Cage as Gary Faulker, the real-life construction worker who flew to Pakistan on a mission from God (played here by Russell Brand) to find Osama bin Laden.
—Emily Heller, Vulture, 12 July 2024
But the 20th anniversary of SIDEWAYS, a classic comedy of male misadventures on a pre-wedding trip to the bucolic California wine country, is as a good reason to go this fall as any.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Misadventure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misadventure. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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misadventure
noun
mis·ad·ven·ture
ˌmis-əd-ˈven-chər 
Legal Definition
misadventure
noun
mis·ad·ven·ture
ˌmi-səd-ˈven-chər
: an accident that causes serious injury or death to a person and that does not involve negligence, wrongful purpose, or unlawful conduct
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