How to Use mistime in a Sentence

mistime

verb
  • Tense up, mistime the jump, overlean — all futile.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Abraham, the England striker, had mistimed his run and was a yard offside when the kick was delivered.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • When those challenges are mistimed early on, the attacker takes the upper hand, which was the case in that 1-1 draw a couple of months back.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Will Jacks, stationed at deep square leg, settled under the simplest of chances as Travis Head, on 121, mistimed a pull.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The centre-back had little choice but to make a play for the ball, mistiming his challenge and seeing red after a lengthy VAR review.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • On an early third down, the Vikings offense mistimed a motion, and Jefferson slipped after being jammed at the beginning of his route.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Kartik Tyagi finally provided the breakthrough when Head mistimed and holed out at mid-on to the fast bowler’s 142kph short-of-length delivery.
    — ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The current set of players United have at the back simply don’t look comfortable with this brand of proactive, front-footed defending, where mistiming even slightly can cause the structure to collapse.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The outstanding Adam Wharton clipped a glorious pass into the penalty area, but an unmarked Tyrick Mitchell mistimed his header and could only direct the ball wide from close range.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Isak sent a header straight at goalkeeper Matvei Safonov early on before failing to convert a chance created by Ryan Gravenberch when his blushes were spared by the offside flag after mistiming his run.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026

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