How to Use awry in a Sentence

awry

adverb or adjective
  • The movie’s last act gets splashed with gore, as the dinner goes awry.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • In a world that has lost its moral compass, nature goes awry.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Once on the water, things go awry in ways predictable and not.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
  • In either case, back up your files in case something goes awry.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The brothers go along with the deal, but things inevitably go awry.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2020
  • And there’s plenty of time to have things go awry, experts say.
    — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Even when there was an attempt to liven things up, things went awry.
    — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Having a plan in place, in case your stunt goes awry, is crucial.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Who gets to make these decisions, and who bears the cost if plans go awry?
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Then, things start to go awry, as a green, shrieking light emanates from the ground.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The first inkling that something was awry came later that morning.
    — Darrell Smith, sacbee, 23 Feb. 2018
  • But by season four, the show’s plotting was starting to go awry.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • But when the time came to pull off the robbery, things started going awry.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The Aztecs are prepared in the event either the snap or the hold goes awry.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2019
  • And when things go awry, Ellie simply stabs them in the neck then and there.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 15 June 2020
  • However, plans go awry and the dinos wind up on the mainland.
    — Katie Walsh, kansascity, 21 June 2018
  • Something went awry in the process of the quarantining on that ship.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2020
  • This isn't the first time a pop star has had a performance go awry on the national stage.
    — Joe Sutton, CNN, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Then again, if the Bulls are debating on this pick, the lottery went awry.
    — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
  • But for now, at least, the risk that the labor market somehow goes awry seems lower.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 6 July 2018
  • But, of late, Bryant has found himself as the scapegoat for a season gone awry.
    — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 13 Apr. 2018
  • But just as Saint-Gaudens’ plans had gone awry, so, too, did Freer’s.
    — Victoria Dawson, Smithsonian, 18 July 2017
  • When things go awry, Clawdeen must embrace the true monster at heart to save herself and her school.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 20 Sep. 2022
  • When a prom prank goes awry, Clara and Rose are held responsible.
    — Katie Ward Beim-Esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2018
  • Things go awry, and soon Grady is promising to find Stensland and murder him.
    — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The opening day for Cedar Point’s new roller coaster briefly went awry over the weekend.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 7 May 2018
  • That remained the score until the snap on an RBV attempt went awry.
    — Tom Saxe, San Diego U-T Preps, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The tests went awry and caused their heads to swell to a massive size, according to the book Weird Ohio.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The hope is that, if talks go awry (which seems all too possible), China is more likely to step in to help.
    — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Things go awry when Cameron invites hookers to party with the boys while the wives are in Noto.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022

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