How to Use mislay in a Sentence

mislay

verb

• I'm always mislaying my bus pass.
• In the same incident, Riplinger was charged with theft of mislaid property in the 300 block of South Rand Road.
  — Phil Rockrohr, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2019
• The past was a small notebook, much scribbled-upon, that I had somehow mislaid.
  — Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
• Some, however, think the fixation on Winslet's statements is mislaid and missing the point.
  — Evelyn Wang, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2017
• Taylor was also charged with theft of lost or mislaid property for an incident that occurred in the 400 block of Lake Street.
  — Pioneer Press, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017
• However, bank guarantees can get mislaid, and some find the process of handling them to be too laborious and slow.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2017
• For those who picked up cash and kept it for themselves, charges could include theft of lost or mislaid property and could be a felony or misdemeanor, depending on the amount.
  — Amanda Watts, CNN, 10 July 2019
• Commanders were under a lot of pressure to spend down their CERP accounts, meaning that a lot of projects were done with poor oversight — the same school being rebuilt several times, for instance — or the funds were mislaid.
  — Spencer Ackerman, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2011
• Van is the one who pulls Earn toward responsibility and stability, out of bad decisions and mislaid schemes and back into the real world.
  — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 1 Mar. 2018
• But this wasn’t abandoned property; it was mislaid property.
  — New York Times, 16 July 2019
• Perez is charged with two counts of felony home invasion with a dangerous weapon, as well as misdemeanor charges in connection with resisting or obstructing a peace officer and theft of lost or mislaid property.
  — Stacy St. Clair, chicagotribune.com, 29 May 2017

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024