miscarry
verb
mis·car·ry
ˌmis-ˈker-ē 
-ˈka-rē,
ˈmis-ˌker-ē,
-ˌka-rē
miscarried; miscarrying; miscarries
1
obsolete
: to come to harm
2
: to suffer miscarriage of a fetus
3
: to fail to achieve the intended purpose : go wrong or amiss
the plan miscarried
4
: to fail to reach the intended destination
the letter has miscarried
Examples of miscarry in a Sentence
the scheme to save the stranded dolphins miscarried, and all were lost
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Collins miscarried her pregnancy in last week’s episode, and some significant personal things happen to various doctors and nurses later on.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
The standard of care for miscarrying patients in the second trimester is to offer to empty the uterus, according to leading medical organizations, which can lower the risk of contracting an infection and developing sepsis.
—Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 20 Feb. 2025
Remember, at the end of the one o’clock hour, Heather miscarried in the bathroom.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Three miscarrying Texas women, mourning the loss of their pregnancies, died without getting a procedure; one was a teenager.
—Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
The standard of care for miscarrying patients in the second trimester is to offer to empty the uterus, according to leading medical organizations, which can lower the risk of contracting an infection and developing sepsis.
—Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 20 Feb. 2025
Remember, at the end of the one o’clock hour, Heather miscarried in the bathroom.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Three miscarrying Texas women, mourning the loss of their pregnancies, died without getting a procedure; one was a teenager.
—Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for miscarry
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“Miscarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miscarry. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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miscarry
verb
mis·car·ry
(ˈ)mis-ˈkar-ē
1
: to have a miscarriage : give birth prematurely
2
: to go wrong
the plan miscarried
Medical Definition
miscarry
intransitive verb
mis·car·ry
(ˈ)mis-ˈkar-ē
miscarried; miscarrying
: to suffer miscarriage of a fetus
miscarried several times before a viable offspring was born
compare abort
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