How to Use misstep in a Sentence

misstep

noun

• Their decision to relocate the company was a major misstep.
• Coach Brett Usinger blamed the misstep on a glitch in the system.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
• All these missteps and more are laid out in the lawsuit.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2023
• There’s not one misstep in the whole two hours and six minutes.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• This seems like a genuine misstep, at least on the Gulf Coast.
  — al, 27 July 2022
• As girlfriend to the future king, the tabloids hoped to catch her in a misstep or tacky moment.
  — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2024
• End of carousel My Side: Your parents made a big misstep here.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
• And the first votes are nearly six months away in Iowa, where Mr. Trump has made missteps of his own.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 23 July 2023
• Making a misstep while crossing a stream in hiking boots means wet feet for the rest of the trek.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2022
• Mostly a misstep, but still fun for fans of the franchise and of slasher films.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 14 Oct. 2022
• That misstep led to Rasika being asked to pack her knives and go.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
• Both for its promise and its missteps, then, The Changeling can be a frustrating show to watch.
  — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• In what may have been a crucial misstep, rather than hold a new hearing, the city appealed.
  — Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
• Being able to laugh through tough times, or look back at past missteps in humor—not in anger.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
• Despite the hardware misstep, the near future looks good for Snap.
  — Adario Strange, Quartz, 18 Aug. 2022
• But despite some missteps, the swicy pairing is likely here to stay – at least for a while.
  — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
• So one misstep can turn a team’s championship dreams to slush.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
• The lack of cruise control is also a misstep by Suzuki.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2022
• Producers have a lot of fun with Zach's misstep, though.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022
• That misstep has been one of the few blemishes for the Bears’ offensive line.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Oct. 2022
• This late in the game, even the smallest misstep can lead to elimination.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
• But the rest has been, in the British political euphemism of the moment, missteps.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
• Even by the standards of long-shot campaigns, this one has made some baffling missteps.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
• Youngkin's focus on parental rights blossomed from a misstep by McAuliffe.
  — Dan Merica, CNN, 17 Jan. 2022
• Adam Carolla is looking back at a few of his missteps on Dancing with the Stars.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
• Bloom’s biggest misstep could be traced back to the spring, when the Sox offered Bogaerts a deal worth $90 million over four years.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2022
• What does fairness look like in a case with so many missteps and injustices?
  — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
• But in truth, such fears have been around for decades, and regulators are yet to make a fatal misstep.
  — Kjartan Rist, Forbes, 27 May 2022
• With the correct reaction, even a misstep can become a good branding opportunity and a way to reach out to a new demographic.
  — Zaheer Dodhia, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
• That professed confidence in each’s own instincts and indifference to most dissident opinions is how both led the country and made some pretty colossal missteps.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Dec 2024