How to Use derail in a Sentence

derail

verb

• The train derailed in heavy snow.
• The train was derailed by heavy snow.
• Russia’s war in Ukraine may derail plans to build Project 80.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Nov. 2022
• The holidays don't have to derail your team's momentum.
  — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
• That’s a troubling discrepancy, the type that can derail a promising season.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Nov. 2022
• Sheridan, however, was threatening to derail the whole thing.
  — Sridhar Pappu, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
• If someone solicits feedback, try to discern how much will be helpful and what might derail someone’s confidence.
  — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 13 Nov. 2022
• The rude, off-tune blasts of a boat horn that sounded somewhere between an F and a G-flat could not derail the poise and charm of their performance.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
• Even if a storm does not arrive in Cocodrie, its presence in the Gulf of Mexico can briefly derail a research project.
  — Boyce Upholt, WIRED, 19 Nov. 2022
• Hegseth also did not comment when asked if he was concerned the latest allegations could derail his nomination as defense secretary.
  — James Laporta, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2024
• Political opposition remains in some corners to long-term gas deals that some say could derail climate goals aimed at lowering greenhouse-gas emissions.
  — Jenny Strasburg, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
• While humor can energize a brand, but any missteps—or outright misinformation—can derail its reputation.
  — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
• The key to not derailing is to get the right systems in place.
  — Colin C. Campbell, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Two of the 16 CSX train cars that derailed were breached, spilling molten sulfur.
  — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
• But the pain from Alex's cancer threatened to derail those plans.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2023
• The cause of the accident was an overheating wheelset that caused a car in the middle of the train to derail.
  — The Editors, National Review, 26 Feb. 2023
• Challenges are bound to arise in the month ahead, but don’t let this derail your journey.
  — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
• Without him in the lineup, that two-month stretch could derail the whole plan this year.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
• The train derailed just west of the village of Reeseville in Dodge County around 2 p.m. Tuesday.
  — Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023
• Don’t let a lack of momentum or a bad mood derail your healthy habits.
  — Good Housekeeping, 6 Jan. 2023
• The sense that nothing can derail the quest for the idyllic night out sits at the core of Scott’s art — not beef, not death, not taxes.
  — Vulture, 2 Aug. 2023
• Snell’s groove was derailed in the third, starting with Kyle Schwarber’s two-run, no-doubt-about-it home run over the right field wall.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
• So for all the people who keep trying to steal my focus, or derail me.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 3 Sep. 2024
• The power struggle has derailed a shift to civilian rule and raised fears of a wider conflict.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023
• There are so many interests that have a claim to this site that can derail almost any kind of project.
  — James Barron, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• In Mount Vernon, the storm tore off roofs, smashed into mobile homes and derailed train cars.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2024
• But, once again, a makeshift offensive line will derail his progress.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
• As such, the prospect of a merger is no longer tainted by the sort of antitrust concerns that derailed the first attempt 22 years ago.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2024
• That miscalculation led to major delays that derailed the college-going process of many students, according to Gaby Pacheco, the president of TheDream.
  — Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
• Earlier this month, French prosecutors asked for prison time and a five-year ban from politics for Le Pen, potentially derailing her bid to become president in 2027.
  — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024