How to Use astray in a Sentence

astray

adverb or adjective
  • Google Maps will often lead you astray.
    — Fiction Non Fiction august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Mora geed the crowd up but his passes went astray.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • And Pelosi didn’t lead me astray with his unique topping.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • What are some ways that the standard approach can lead you astray?
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 24 Sep. 2025
  • These people are being led astray.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
  • My homeland had gone astray, but its beauty was not only its own.
    — Boris Fishman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Yet lust, in its most rudimental form, overtook him and led him astray.
    — Tony Lobl, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But in many cases, assumptions can lead us astray.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But, judging by the events of the trailer, her hopes for the season may have gone astray.
    — Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • From breakfast to a sweet afternoon treat, these pastries won't lead you astray.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Arriving early also helps, as bags checked at the last minute are more likely to go astray.
    — Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Nichushkin’s cross-ice pass in his own zone went astray and right onto Kirill Marchenko’s stick.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Their confidence rose either way, whether the AI had helped them or led them astray.
    — Chris Rosenberg, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • But Franklin is the more forceful and insightful critic of all the ways the county has gone astray.
    — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • Oliva does his best to brush this off, but Wallace can’t shake her suspicion that they’re being led astray.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Some airlines are adopting new technology to reduce the number of bags that go astray.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
  • In many cases, the issue is something simple, like an incorrect address or a piece of mail that went astray.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The assumption of British men and law in this period was that a woman criminal in a pair was merely an accomplice led astray by the man.
    — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • The slightest alteration can cause something to go astray, which is magnified when everyone in the stadium expects each snap to be perfect.
    — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The Washington Nationals could have pulled out a number of excuses to get them by had things gone astray Monday.
    — Danielle Allentuck, Washington Post, 26 May 2026
  • But this bias toward visible hardware has historically led investors astray.
    — Alex Lazovsky, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Conversations overheard in the Geffen Galleries mostly revolve around attempts to meet up when one in a party has gone astray.
    — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
  • And his input in attack may not go astray with Roman Yaremchuk sidelined and Gelson Martins a doubt to be fit in time.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • With only the signals of the digital world, these systems can go astray without the human co-pilot cited within architecture.
    — Agur Jõgi, Forbes.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • At times, these human-AI relationships have been shown to go astray, especially in people with mental health challenges.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Sales have certainly perked up, but whether history remembers the J250 as taking the path that saved the badge or leading it astray remains to be seen.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
  • When the consequences of being wrong are immediate and severe, making predictions can lead decision makers astray.
    — Frank Diana, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Theranos is a prominent example of innovation gone astray.
    — Stephanie Dillon, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • For example, suppose the AI goes astray and encourages a person to bluntly and aggressively continue to fuel their anger.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • In calling for change at the national level, Almond pointed to Jesus’ parable of the shepherd who leaves 99 sheep to rescue one that has gone astray — a lesson about valuing every life.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2025

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