How to Use derail in a Sentence

derail

verb

• The train derailed in heavy snow.
• The train was derailed by heavy snow.
• And there are more than one thing that could derail the deal.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 25 Oct. 2022
• The key to not derailing is to get the right systems in place.
  — Colin C. Campbell, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Stay the course and don’t let emotions derail your plan.
  — Liz Elting, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• Two of the 16 CSX train cars that derailed were breached, spilling molten sulfur.
  — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
• But the pain from Alex's cancer threatened to derail those plans.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2023
• Russia’s war in Ukraine may derail plans to build Project 80.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Nov. 2022
• The cause of the accident was an overheating wheelset that caused a car in the middle of the train to derail.
  — The Editors, National Review, 26 Feb. 2023
• Challenges are bound to arise in the month ahead, but don’t let this derail your journey.
  — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
• Without him in the lineup, that two-month stretch could derail the whole plan this year.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
• The train derailed just west of the village of Reeseville in Dodge County around 2 p.m. Tuesday.
  — Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023
• Don’t let a lack of momentum or a bad mood derail your healthy habits.
  — Good Housekeeping, 6 Jan. 2023
• In 2018, one of their trains derailed while travelling to Fort Worth.
  — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
• Stafford and the Rams struggle to find the rhythm on offense in a 22-10 loss to the Cowboys that threatens to derail their season.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022
• The sense that nothing can derail the quest for the idyllic night out sits at the core of Scott’s art — not beef, not death, not taxes.
  — Vulture, 2 Aug. 2023
• Snell’s groove was derailed in the third, starting with Kyle Schwarber’s two-run, no-doubt-about-it home run over the right field wall.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
• So for all the people who keep trying to steal my focus, or derail me.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 3 Sep. 2024
• The power struggle has derailed a shift to civilian rule and raised fears of a wider conflict.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023
• There are so many interests that have a claim to this site that can derail almost any kind of project.
  — James Barron, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• In Mount Vernon, the storm tore off roofs, smashed into mobile homes and derailed train cars.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2024
• But, once again, a makeshift offensive line will derail his progress.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
• As such, the prospect of a merger is no longer tainted by the sort of antitrust concerns that derailed the first attempt 22 years ago.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2024
• The issue derailed talks for more than a week last month before studios returned to the table.
  — TIME, 11 Nov. 2023
• Water submerged streets and highways, broke dams and derailed a high-speed train.
  — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 3 June 2024
• Minaj went on to allege that the airport stop was all part of a scheme to keep her from Manchester and to derail her tour.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 3 June 2024
• The other day, in Madison Square Park, Gadsby was derailed mid-thought by the sound of a passerby rustling a paper bag.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
• The two trains collided head-on, causing both to derail and burst into flames.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 5 Mar. 2023
• State of play: The 49ers started the year hoping to return to the Super Bowl, but the injury bug showed up early and often, derailing any chance of a deep postseason run.
  — Ross Terrell, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
• Christine Dunn, a lawyer representing the victims in the complaints, said that many of their lives had been derailed by the abuse, leaving them with intense anxiety.
  — Kate Selig, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 25 Jan 2025