How to Use errant in a Sentence

errant

adjective

• The teacher blamed the prank on errant students.
• Taj Gibson gathered the errant pass and streaked to a two-handed dunk.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• As Collin Sexton came around a screen, Porter threw an errant pass that was stolen away by Westbrook.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2019
• And the only thing a few errant photographs of the sky will temporarily cost you is SD card space.
  — Trevor Mahlmann, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2019
• All of those balls careening off the rim from errant Citadel 3s helped pad Cockburn’s rebound total.
  — Terry Towery, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• But Whiteside skied out of nowhere and followed the errant shot with a left-handed tip-in with 8.8 seconds left, sealing the win.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2019
• When Fultz first missed a shot — a 3-point attempt from the right wing in the third quarter — Vucevic was there to grab the errant shot that didn’t draw iron.
  — Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2019
• Her decomposing body was found in a car, along with a note to her teen-age son, Diego, and a bottle of pills: a terrible conclusion to an errant life.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2019
• Then, our hero (played by Anthony Edwards) discovers from an errant pay-phone call that nuclear war has started.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 July 2024
• Down five with 2:55 to go, Adams was called for traveling, and then Gilbert made an errant pass and the Hawks cashed both in to put it out of reach.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 13 Nov. 2019
• There’s machinery for his line of cold brew, a unit for separating out errant pebbles that make it into the jute sacks, a packaging machine that fills the one bags, and, in the corner, the roaster.
  — Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 5 Dec. 2019
• To keep errant balls on the greens, strips are framed with 5⁄4 x 4-in.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2021
• The lack of time led to errant throws, and Welch never seemed to be able to get in rhythm.
  — Nathan Long | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 9 Oct. 2020
• TE Jared Cook didn’t turn around on an errant throw that the Pats turned to the winning pick-6.
  — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2021
• Lyles' errant throw on a pickoff attempt in the fifth helped the D-backs push to a 3-0 lead.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2020
• Bob goes out of his way to cover for me on any errant balls.
  — Mike Bass, The Enquirer, 9 July 2021
• Studdard scooped up an errant punt snap and scored from the 5 at 9:36 in the first quarter.
  — Skip Vaughn, al, 30 Oct. 2021
• Blame Wade's two errant throws for the Hawkeyes' success reaching the end zone.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2022
• Woods made a sloppy bogey at the par-5 eighth, where a poor wedge shot and errant chip led to a 6.
  — Paul Newberry, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2022
• Up until the Ole Miss game, there hadn’t been many errant snaps.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 7 Oct. 2021
• Kjerstad also scored on the play thanks to an errant throw, giving the ‘Birds a 9-2 lead.
  — Randy McRoberts, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2022
• The errant tee shot led to a triple bogey 7 and put Spieth at the bottom of the leaderboard.
  — Scott Bell, Dallas News, 18 June 2020
• One run scored when India made an errant throw to the plate as the runner stopped at third base.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 14 May 2021
• The sketch is told as a plaintive song performed by Chalamet, the best friend of the errant horse.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• The reason the call was correct is because the ball stayed within the tackle box, even with the errant snap.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 8 Sep. 2022
• Garcia went up 5-2 on a forehand down the line and went on to win the set on an errant backhand by Gauff.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
• Then, Bennie-Powell saw an errant Viking ball hit the ground in front of him and his eyes lit up.
  — The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2022
• Yuli Gurriel grounded to third, and Solano had a play at the plate but made an errant throw to permit the run.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• Think of all the errant post-entry passes that sail out of bounds or get picked off by an opponent.
  — Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
• The glass tubes are easily broken, whether by an errant toss of a ball or the corner of a box truck that backs up carelessly, and have to be replicated by hand.
  — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025