How to Use miss in a Sentence

miss

1 of 2 verb

• The shot missed the goal by inches.
• The batter swung and missed.
• He swung and missed the ball completely.
• She could have joined us, but she missed her chance.
• They missed a payment on their car loan.
• She took three shots and missed every time.
• He was in such a hurry that he missed breakfast.
• I would hate to miss this opportunity.
• Culinary Masters 2024 Don’t miss the food event of the year.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024
• Culinary Masters 2023 Don’t miss the food event of the year.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 June 2023
• See you in the stratosphere! Don't miss the next big beauty sale.
  — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
• There was no way to miss the snake, which Elfenbein said stretched out almost the length of the road.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2023
• Murphy then missed his first kick of the day, shanking the extra point to the right.
  — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2023
• Justin Medlock missed a 35-yard field goal in the third quarter, a pivotal play in a tight game.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• Since the cicadas emerge all at once, their sound is hard to miss, but the CDC advises folks not to fret.
  — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
• Kyiv said at least four people had died and 13 were missing.
  — Fox News, 9 June 2023
• James’ hand was in Leonard’s face when Leonard missed a fallaway jumper that could have tied the score with five seconds left.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• Soon after, Sam Coffey fired one at goal from the edge of the box that narrowly missed at the far post.
  — oregonlive, 12 June 2023
• Laura had missed the Big 12 championships due to surgery.
  — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
• Remarkably, Judge still leads the team in home runs (19) and RBI (40) despite missing the last six weeks.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
• Dunbar had a chance to win the game at the line with two-tenths of a second left, but both free throws were missed sending the game to overtime.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2024
• The Warriors had hustled down the floor for a final shot, but David Mack’s wild 3-point try missed badly.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
• Curry, Green and Klay Thompson were mostly healthy all year, and the Warriors still missed the playoffs.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
• Glasnow missed more time at the start of last season, sidelined until late May by a left oblique strain.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• And a mother searched 172 days for her missing son, only to find out police had buried him.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2023
• He's regained his confidence that was missing in the spring.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2023
• An essential piece for mom had always been missing from the space, too.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
• Young, who somehow missed only one of 17 games due to injury, kept getting up to get knocked back down again.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2024
• Ohtani has also missed only one game so far this year, a routine day off May 1 during the team’s road trip to Arizona.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
• Advertisement There’s no missing the passion fruit in Wong’s version.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2024

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miss

2 of 2 noun

• The miss left him 1 of 4 this season on kicks from 50 yards or longer.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
• With 8 seconds left Horne made one of two tries and a tie-up was called on the miss.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
• If there’s little to be gained beyond the food, give it a miss.
  — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• Pundits were quick to pronounce Pixar had botched the recipe in a rare miss.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
• With the score 56-50, Cheli sliced through the lane for a rebound and put back a teammate’s miss.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
• The 27-year-old got 16 swings and misses, with at least one on all five of his pitches.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2023
• JJ Traynor on a free-throw miss from Oscar Tshiebwe with 15:02 to play in the first half.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2022
• If the Oscars don’t have Ryan perform that will be a big miss on their part.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 28 Nov. 2023
• His 14 free throws without a miss tied the school single-game record.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024
• Apple’s Friday night MLB games have been a swing and a miss.
  — Aden Ikram, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
• York wasn’t in the best mindset last season as the misses piled up.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
• Perhaps the biggest miss from the free-throw line was by Wendell Green with 1:53 left.
  — al, 18 Feb. 2023
• Aimaq then tipped in a miss by Jaylon Tyson, giving the lead back to Cal with 45 seconds left.
  — Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2024
• Doc Rivers popularized the aphorism that the NBA is a make-or-miss league.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
• Berman went 0-of-4 from beyond the arc against Iowa, including a miss that hit off the side of the backboard in the second half.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2023
• But the strategy of hiking prices can often be a hit or a miss.
  — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2023
• That resulted in the Bass miss, and two plays later, an Isiah Pacheco run picked up a first down and sealed the win.
  — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
• Another sign that could be a hit or a miss with Aquarius is Pisces.
  — Aryelle Siclait, Women's Health, 2 Feb. 2023
• That said, an artist not matching their opus isn’t the automatic mark of a miss.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2023
• Less than one minute later, Jordan Walsh cleaned up a miss by Makhi Mitchell and got a putback to go.
  — Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2023
• The ball hit the ground on only six of them, and only two were actual misses.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2023
• His major miss, however, is in the magnitude of the change.
  — WSJ, 15 June 2023
• He didn’t get caught on pump fakes, stayed low and used his length to bother the shots, which led to several UH misses.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2024
• Youngsters scrambled about to pick up the cards with each miss until one card ascended to the world-record height.
  — cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
• Their margin of error became thinner with each miss just as the Bucks’ lead grew with each make.
  — Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
• My point is, the hits outnumber the misses — and there’s no going home hungry.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• Osman appeared to have a clear path to an easy layup, but a Portland defender caught up to him in time to force a miss.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Dec. 2023
• Most resulted in swings and misses, weak contact and a lot of frustrated walks back to the dugout.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2023
• The misses were smaller and the strikes were more competitive.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Jokic sank a 3-pointer, Caldwell-Pope rebounded his own miss for a layup, and within minutes, Porter had a chance at a game-tying 4-point play.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024