How to Use wild-goose chase in a Sentence

wild-goose chase

noun

• Likes: Leading millions of minions on a wild-goose chase to a fabled heaven.
  — Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2019
• That year, a man walked into a bank with a bomb locked onto his neck; the F.B.I. was led on a wild-goose chase by the conspirators in order to remove it.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2018
• There are wild-goose chases, setbacks, secrets, bombings.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 13 June 2019
• The book pivots on encounters with two strangers, who attempt to rope Epstein and Nicole into separate wild-goose chases.
  — Peter Orner, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2017
• Some users have complained on social media that the app has sent them on a wild-goose chase for fuel with inaccurate or dated information.
  — Alison Sider, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2017