Sample Sentences forawry (editor-reviewed)
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Our plan went awry when the bus broke down.awry = in an unintended way
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She noticed the picture frame hanging awry above the fireplace.awry = crooked (in an improper position)
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Her calculations were awry, so the experiment had to be redone.awry = wrong
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She doesn't care about the technology—she suspects that something is awry with my test results. (source)
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When Hitler rose to power in 1933, though, the painting business fell slightly awry. (source)awry = in an unintended way
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Avada — Harry launched himself across the floor and grabbed the Death Eater around the knees, causing him to topple and his aim to go awry. (source)
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Where her mother was prone to express her impatience with the slightest of the world's imperfections, Sofia seemed to presume that if the earth spun awry upon occasion, it was generally a well-intentioned planet. (source)awry = improperly
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As soon as he was out of the room, Edgar was up running through the kitchen, but his sense of balance had gone awry. (source)awry = wrong (off kilter)
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Something definitely was awry. (source)awry = wrong
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A hostage rescue operation had gone awry, he and two other operatives were about to be killed.† (source)
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A monument to kitsch gone woefully awry.† (source)
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The one set of plans she had made—getting away from Sweet Home—went awry so completely she never dared life by making more.† (source)
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BOSTON, FEB. 13 (UPI) —Plans for a Valentine's Day wedding went awry because a tall bride-to-be has disappeared after leaving a note to her still taller fiancé, and her engagement ring pinned to a pillow.† (source)
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Your task as you deliberate together on these proceedings is to ensure that you do nothing to yield to a universe in which things go awry by happenstance.† (source)
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I entered a scene that felt like a holiday party gone awry—a few bottles of champagne rested on one desk, surrounded by tiny paper cups.† (source)
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We ran through the doorway, dodging a random wombat that went flying over our heads—possibly someone's spell gone awry—and stepped into complete pandemonium.† (source)
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