How to Use misadventure in a Sentence

misadventure

noun
  • His vacation turned into a series of misadventures.
  • That doesn’t make this misadventure come off like any less of a major letdown.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2022
  • Don’t bring the misadventures of your trip back into the workplace.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
  • But the near-hurl misadventure was a reminder that my days of freely boarding motion rides are long gone.
    — Dan Moran, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • But he was caught after a series of misadventures.
    — Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
  • As for his misadventure while putting on the final hole, Scheffler took it in stride.
    — New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Finlay's misadventures are also set to hit the screen.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • Each account is filled with a mixture of heroism and doomed misadventure.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
  • Costumes make the misadventures of the droll co-workers all the funnier.
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Characters appeared to be sitting on air at one point in a movie about the misadventures of knights.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Throw in the odd Green misadventure, and this would be glorious.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • When asked where the band’s penchant for misadventure comes from, Quirk chuckles.
    — Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
  • For Winston, that likely points to an off-the-field misadventure.
    — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 July 2017
  • Even if a trip turns out to be a misadventure, just getting to travel is still a thrill to Regan.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Even when the show ended in 2004, the hunger for more misadventures didn’t.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • The title of this sweet, slight tale nods to the misadventure to which Diana consents.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The Times did not include an opinion from the wives on their husbands’ misadventure.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Among said cheeky misadventures, Jepsen puttered around with a rollerskate on one foot and a high heel on the other.
    — Eder Campuzano, OregonLive.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Through divine wordplay, the MC is able to learn from his misadventures.
    — Bianca Alysse, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Chances are the little guy is far more frightened (and a lot less irritated) by the whole misadventure than you.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The rest of the world might not know or care, but the specificity makes the daylong misadventure authentic.
    — Fred Topel, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
  • One is a deft comedy about the misadventures of two young brides in rural India.
    — Anupreeta Das, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Almost five years later, that bet has become one of the most expensive misadventures in tech.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Lao told Sophia colorful stories about his misadventures as a kid.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Back in the courtyard, Ava wraps up her own romantic misadventure.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Lee’s culinary misadventures celebrate the joy of failure in the kitchen.
    — Adam Reiner, Bon Appétit, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Are the misadventures in the present day the result of decades of interlocking secrets and bad choices, or is there a curse in play?
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
  • Here’s a snapshot of four recent shows that extract maximum drama from the misadventures of strangers in a strange land.
    — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
  • Through a series of magical misadventures, a group of mannequins are brought to life which leads to a second chance to fulfill his dreams.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 July 2024
  • The size of those two groups helps explain why the GOP’s health care misadventures could be very costly.
    — Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, 12 Apr. 2017

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