How to Use misstep in a Sentence

misstep

noun

• Their decision to relocate the company was a major misstep.
• When a single misstep could shatter your entire world, why leave life to chance?
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 19 Aug. 2022
• Here are common carpet cleaning missteps and how to avoid them.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2024
• Producers have a lot of fun with Zach's misstep, though.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022
• Despite the hardware misstep, the near future looks good for Snap.
  — Adario Strange, Quartz, 18 Aug. 2022
• Getting too caught up in the possible return on investment could be a misstep as well.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022
• One misstep on social media can cost you major points in terms of your reputation.
  — Josh Wilson, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• But for one small misstep in mid-May, Triston Casas almost certainly would have been in the big leagues by now.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
• And a misstep during the chase, the recruitment of a double agent, led to one of the bloodiest days in the agency’s history.
  — New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022
• Cole’s misstep allowed Guerrero to beat the throw and the original call was overturned when Toronto challenged.
  — Larry Fleisher, ajc, 20 Aug. 2022
• At one point, Hambro, the great-grandaughter of Winston Churchill, had a misstep, falling and bursting into tears.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
• Nothing gets reality stars more riled up than a social misstep, and the cast of Selling The OC are no exception.
  — Topher Gauk-Roger, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022
• That’s a reasonable enough position to hold, but maybe a misstep with framework that’s at once mind-numbingly straightforward and bafflingly incomplete.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
• And rather than belaboring the past, Dorfman suggests considering how the event or misstep affected your child and your family in positive ways.
  — Amy Paturel, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022
• But add in a vertigo-inducing three-story interior with balconies and a catwalk and plenty of places where one misstep would send you plummeting to your doom, and some might argue this home should win some kind of a prize.
  — Paul Edward Parker, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
• Coach Brett Usinger blamed the misstep on a glitch in the system.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
• All these missteps and more are laid out in the lawsuit.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2023
• There’s not one misstep in the whole two hours and six minutes.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• As girlfriend to the future king, the tabloids hoped to catch her in a misstep or tacky moment.
  — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2024
• End of carousel My Side: Your parents made a big misstep here.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
• And the first votes are nearly six months away in Iowa, where Mr. Trump has made missteps of his own.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 23 July 2023
• Mostly a misstep, but still fun for fans of the franchise and of slasher films.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 14 Oct. 2022
• That misstep led to Rasika being asked to pack her knives and go.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
• Both for its promise and its missteps, then, The Changeling can be a frustrating show to watch.
  — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• In what may have been a crucial misstep, rather than hold a new hearing, the city appealed.
  — Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
• That misstep has been one of the few blemishes for the Bears’ offensive line.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Oct. 2022
• This late in the game, even the smallest misstep can lead to elimination.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
• Adam Carolla is looking back at a few of his missteps on Dancing with the Stars.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
• Bloom’s biggest misstep could be traced back to the spring, when the Sox offered Bogaerts a deal worth $90 million over four years.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2022
• What does fairness look like in a case with so many missteps and injustices?
  — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024