How to Use mislay in a Sentence

mislay

verb
  • I'm always mislaying my bus pass.
  • In the same incident, Riplinger was charged with theft of mislaid property in the 300 block of South Rand Road.
    — Phil Rockrohr, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2019
  • The past was a small notebook, much scribbled-upon, that I had somehow mislaid.
    — Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
  • Some, however, think the fixation on Winslet's statements is mislaid and missing the point.
    — Evelyn Wang, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2017
  • It’s not mislaid soup spoons or white shoes after Labor Day unsettling me.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Taylor was also charged with theft of lost or mislaid property for an incident that occurred in the 400 block of Lake Street.
    — Pioneer Press, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017
  • What counts is the manner of slaughter, and—this being the most courteous of films—the vital importance of never mislaying one’s cool.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2019
  • However, bank guarantees can get mislaid, and some find the process of handling them to be too laborious and slow.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2017
  • For those who picked up cash and kept it for themselves, charges could include theft of lost or mislaid property and could be a felony or misdemeanor, depending on the amount.
    — Amanda Watts, CNN, 10 July 2019
  • Broadening the base has always been the plan, but its been mislaid for 80 years.
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • So many things, dropped and lost and mislaid, twinkling all over the place like a museum/ junkyard.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Too, the suspicion that it could not be done again, that the ability to pull it off had been mislaid.
    — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Texas law only recognizes three of those property terms– abandoned, lost and mislaid.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2025

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