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Definition of astray in English: astrayadverb əˈstreɪəˈstreɪ 1Away from the correct path or direction. we went astray but a man redirected us Example sentencesExamples - Presently, they have a mature adult tortoiseshell cat who was spotted astray in Kirkbymoorside for several months before being brought into their care with a nasty skin infection around her head.
- During this period both teams tried hard to open up the play but far too often hand passes went astray and possession was lost.
- Their assessment is that bomb that went astray hit the side of a mountain about 3,000 yards from its intended target.
- We found out later that the actual bombs (as opposed to the simulated ones) never did have such accuracy and that many of them went astray and killed civilians.
- And then when they arrive in Kerry, their problems are compounded as they're confronted with confused and disjointed signage that could send them astray for another hour.
- Her desk was long and perfectly organized, no papers astray, knick-knacks aligned along her bookshelf along with portraits of her children, I assumed.
- Beachfront development, with its artificial lighting, lures turtles astray as they mistake the lights for the moon, causing them to get stranded.
- He was wearing red plaid boxers and his hair was astray.
- A police spokeswoman said: ‘A firework went astray into the watching crowd resulting in a number of people being injured.’
- The half-backs were a little astray at times with Campbell somewhat quieter than his impressive display against Kildare last time out.
- But beware the weather and make sure your navigation is up to scratch lest you be led astray, for this is wild country and the consequences can be serious.
- Nothing seemed to be astray, everything was in its place.
- Bleary-eyed and hair astray, Alice answered the door.
- The Thomians, however, had plenty of chances of surging through to a lead but due to some silly mistakes and penalties being kicked astray, they lost that opportunity.
- The child could accurately be described as cute: her large, smiling green eyes dotted with hazel specks and golden hair that flew astray as she danced in the sunlight.
- Melodramatic, we aimed at looks we didn't quite achieve: our hair a bit astray, our hems a bit uneven.
- The Reds were rewarded with two penalties but they were kicked astray due to poor direction.
- Instead, passes fled astray in alarming numbers amid erratic play.
- Artificial lights are leading some migratory birds to go astray.
- She slid into a seat beside a nice-looking sophomore and tried to focus on something else besides the pending day at school, but her mind never wandered too far astray from the subject.
- The study team suspect the bird evolved into a separate island race having been blown astray and marooned on Wangi Wangi, part of the Tukangbesi archipelago.
- Children are naïve and will often wander astray through curiosity.
- A couple delayed their wedding when bad directions led the groom's parents astray.
- As the rain came down, conditions turned slippery during the second half and passes went astray on both sides.
- He'd have to chance wandering astray in the woods.
Synonyms off target, wide of the mark, wide, awry off course, off track, off the right track, adrift informal off beam 2Into error or morally questionable behaviour. he was led astray by boozy colleagues Example sentencesExamples - The two rulings are a triumph for hardliners at the interior ministry who lobbied for tighter controls on nightclubs that they blame for leading Thai youth astray.
- While I would far rather my daughter grew up reading Jane Austen than Bliss, I do not believe that an early preoccupation with boys, make-up and pop stars will lead her irrevocably astray.
- I acted like a fool in allowing myself to be led astray and placed in such a horrible situation.
- The thrifty young student comes to campus in pursuit of knowledge, only be to led astray by casual sex, recreational drugs and the sweet aromas of the roasted coffee bean.
- The church has long been a major opponent of sex education for the young, arguing that a frank discussion of sex would lead the innocent astray.
- Oh dear, I've been led astray into murky territory.
- Though he describes several ways intuition can lead people astray, he doesn't really dwell on how often that happens.
- All the local churches are being asked to pray against this meeting and any subsequent ones, so that folk in our town are not led astray into things that are evil.
- But equally never were there so many dangers, so many attractions that could lead young people astray.
- Hiding behind the hackneyed theme of a ruler being led astray by evil advisers, Becket could have been in no doubt that the scheme had been orchestrated by Henry.
- Over the next two days, it grew clear to me that this gentleman had simply been led astray by his employers.
- In schools, where parents put their trust in teachers and dinner ladies, even the most well-intentioned child can be led astray by vending machines.
- It's leading people astray giving the message it's ok to drink lots.
- The film will feature a girl who wants to be a journalist when she grows up and her friend, a boy led astray by his badly-behaved friends.
- One of the worst features of this sorry business is that the Australian people have been led astray by the untruths and falsehoods uttered by our leaders on this subject.
- The immediate suspect is Jim Tanner, a famous pop idol who has settled on the island and made himself unpopular with the locals, who accuse him of leading their youngsters astray.
- The culpability is greater when the intention of deceiving entails the risk of deadly consequences for those who are led astray.
- They are easily led astray by persuasive talkers, advertisers, and politicians because they have not developed the skills necessary to analyse and judge their arguments.
- We are good people, decent people, but we are being led astray by a leadership that is perpetrating a wrong.
- It is hardly surprising that some are led astray.
- And in an age of changing values, many are led astray by these convenient moral attitudes persuasively promoted and advertised nationally.
- Youthful idealism can be led tragically astray.
Synonyms into wrongdoing, into error, into sin, into iniquity, away from the straight and narrow, away from the path of righteousness informal off the rails
Phrases (of an object) become lost or mislaid. the money had gone astray Example sentencesExamples - However, the email that he claims to have sent her went astray, and was never received.
- They could both reflect on the matchwinning chances that went astray in a thrilling finish to the drawn game.
- British Airways said today that as many as 20,000 bags had gone astray at Heathrow airport in recent days amid the chaos following the security crackdown.
- An inquiry into the proposed development of the old Rainshore Mill site has been postponed after council documents went astray.
- The community council insists that the boundary details were delivered to the inspector's address before the deadline but somehow went astray.
- Around 60 election staff were there to work through the ballots but they were held up at one point when a box of last-minute postal votes went astray.
- After several first half chances went astray, the best opportunity for the visitors fell to Roy Makaay six minutes after the break.
- Furthermore, they claim that if the money goes astray, it is only after it passes through European and American banks.
- Mr. Cowley records how he received three panic calls from Bermuda that day fearing that their money had gone astray, and had to make a few visits to the local branch manager.
- He said: ‘It is evident that there was an item of correspondence that went astray.’
- The Army lost my records and my mail went astray.
- Over the weekend I'd hoped to get together with brother Kev and some others to jam some tunes, but the best laid plans, as usual, went astray.
- Whilst our regular postman was away, quite a lot of post went astray.
- The marketing strategies of Shanghai also went astray, without shaping a handful of famous brands.
- Today I got your letter, dated the 19th, and see that my last letter must have gone astray or been delayed.
- Eventually, as the crowd drifts away, you realise that your suitcases have gone astray.
- While cruise lines have practices to assist passengers whose luggage has gone astray, those procedures vary widely.
- At the end of the half they looked certain to close the gap further when Warwick threw wide to McPhillips in space, but the chance went astray.
Origin Middle English (in the sense 'distant from the correct path'): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French estraie, past participle of estraier, based on Latin extra 'out of bounds' + vagari 'wander'. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of astray in US English: astrayadverbəˈstrāəˈstreɪ 1Away from the correct path or direction. we went astray but a man redirected us Example sentencesExamples - Nothing seemed to be astray, everything was in its place.
- A police spokeswoman said: ‘A firework went astray into the watching crowd resulting in a number of people being injured.’
- As the rain came down, conditions turned slippery during the second half and passes went astray on both sides.
- Artificial lights are leading some migratory birds to go astray.
- Her desk was long and perfectly organized, no papers astray, knick-knacks aligned along her bookshelf along with portraits of her children, I assumed.
- The Reds were rewarded with two penalties but they were kicked astray due to poor direction.
- Presently, they have a mature adult tortoiseshell cat who was spotted astray in Kirkbymoorside for several months before being brought into their care with a nasty skin infection around her head.
- Melodramatic, we aimed at looks we didn't quite achieve: our hair a bit astray, our hems a bit uneven.
- A couple delayed their wedding when bad directions led the groom's parents astray.
- Instead, passes fled astray in alarming numbers amid erratic play.
- But beware the weather and make sure your navigation is up to scratch lest you be led astray, for this is wild country and the consequences can be serious.
- The half-backs were a little astray at times with Campbell somewhat quieter than his impressive display against Kildare last time out.
- She slid into a seat beside a nice-looking sophomore and tried to focus on something else besides the pending day at school, but her mind never wandered too far astray from the subject.
- Bleary-eyed and hair astray, Alice answered the door.
- And then when they arrive in Kerry, their problems are compounded as they're confronted with confused and disjointed signage that could send them astray for another hour.
- During this period both teams tried hard to open up the play but far too often hand passes went astray and possession was lost.
- The child could accurately be described as cute: her large, smiling green eyes dotted with hazel specks and golden hair that flew astray as she danced in the sunlight.
- Children are naïve and will often wander astray through curiosity.
- Beachfront development, with its artificial lighting, lures turtles astray as they mistake the lights for the moon, causing them to get stranded.
- The Thomians, however, had plenty of chances of surging through to a lead but due to some silly mistakes and penalties being kicked astray, they lost that opportunity.
- We found out later that the actual bombs (as opposed to the simulated ones) never did have such accuracy and that many of them went astray and killed civilians.
- The study team suspect the bird evolved into a separate island race having been blown astray and marooned on Wangi Wangi, part of the Tukangbesi archipelago.
- Their assessment is that bomb that went astray hit the side of a mountain about 3,000 yards from its intended target.
- He was wearing red plaid boxers and his hair was astray.
- He'd have to chance wandering astray in the woods.
Synonyms off target, wide of the mark, wide, awry 2Into error or morally questionable behavior. he was led astray by boozy colleagues Example sentencesExamples - Youthful idealism can be led tragically astray.
- Hiding behind the hackneyed theme of a ruler being led astray by evil advisers, Becket could have been in no doubt that the scheme had been orchestrated by Henry.
- I acted like a fool in allowing myself to be led astray and placed in such a horrible situation.
- The film will feature a girl who wants to be a journalist when she grows up and her friend, a boy led astray by his badly-behaved friends.
- In schools, where parents put their trust in teachers and dinner ladies, even the most well-intentioned child can be led astray by vending machines.
- One of the worst features of this sorry business is that the Australian people have been led astray by the untruths and falsehoods uttered by our leaders on this subject.
- We are good people, decent people, but we are being led astray by a leadership that is perpetrating a wrong.
- It is hardly surprising that some are led astray.
- The culpability is greater when the intention of deceiving entails the risk of deadly consequences for those who are led astray.
- It's leading people astray giving the message it's ok to drink lots.
- While I would far rather my daughter grew up reading Jane Austen than Bliss, I do not believe that an early preoccupation with boys, make-up and pop stars will lead her irrevocably astray.
- They are easily led astray by persuasive talkers, advertisers, and politicians because they have not developed the skills necessary to analyse and judge their arguments.
- Though he describes several ways intuition can lead people astray, he doesn't really dwell on how often that happens.
- The two rulings are a triumph for hardliners at the interior ministry who lobbied for tighter controls on nightclubs that they blame for leading Thai youth astray.
- But equally never were there so many dangers, so many attractions that could lead young people astray.
- Oh dear, I've been led astray into murky territory.
- Over the next two days, it grew clear to me that this gentleman had simply been led astray by his employers.
- All the local churches are being asked to pray against this meeting and any subsequent ones, so that folk in our town are not led astray into things that are evil.
- The thrifty young student comes to campus in pursuit of knowledge, only be to led astray by casual sex, recreational drugs and the sweet aromas of the roasted coffee bean.
- The immediate suspect is Jim Tanner, a famous pop idol who has settled on the island and made himself unpopular with the locals, who accuse him of leading their youngsters astray.
- And in an age of changing values, many are led astray by these convenient moral attitudes persuasively promoted and advertised nationally.
- The church has long been a major opponent of sex education for the young, arguing that a frank discussion of sex would lead the innocent astray.
Synonyms into wrongdoing, into error, into sin, into iniquity, away from the straight and narrow, away from the path of righteousness
Phrases (of an object) become lost or mislaid. the money had gone astray Example sentencesExamples - The community council insists that the boundary details were delivered to the inspector's address before the deadline but somehow went astray.
- Eventually, as the crowd drifts away, you realise that your suitcases have gone astray.
- Around 60 election staff were there to work through the ballots but they were held up at one point when a box of last-minute postal votes went astray.
- Furthermore, they claim that if the money goes astray, it is only after it passes through European and American banks.
- The Army lost my records and my mail went astray.
- An inquiry into the proposed development of the old Rainshore Mill site has been postponed after council documents went astray.
- After several first half chances went astray, the best opportunity for the visitors fell to Roy Makaay six minutes after the break.
- However, the email that he claims to have sent her went astray, and was never received.
- The marketing strategies of Shanghai also went astray, without shaping a handful of famous brands.
- While cruise lines have practices to assist passengers whose luggage has gone astray, those procedures vary widely.
- They could both reflect on the matchwinning chances that went astray in a thrilling finish to the drawn game.
- Over the weekend I'd hoped to get together with brother Kev and some others to jam some tunes, but the best laid plans, as usual, went astray.
- He said: ‘It is evident that there was an item of correspondence that went astray.’
- Mr. Cowley records how he received three panic calls from Bermuda that day fearing that their money had gone astray, and had to make a few visits to the local branch manager.
- At the end of the half they looked certain to close the gap further when Warwick threw wide to McPhillips in space, but the chance went astray.
- British Airways said today that as many as 20,000 bags had gone astray at Heathrow airport in recent days amid the chaos following the security crackdown.
- Whilst our regular postman was away, quite a lot of post went astray.
- Today I got your letter, dated the 19th, and see that my last letter must have gone astray or been delayed.
Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘distant from the correct path’): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French estraie, past participle of estraier, based on Latin extra ‘out of bounds’ + vagari ‘wander’. |