How To Use Astray In A Sentence

His mind was blank; and then from nowhere came the silly lyrics: `We are poor little lambs who have gone astray, baa, baa, baa... FAMILY PICTURES
His mind was blank; and then from nowhere came the silly lyrics: `We are poor little lambs who have gone astray, baa, baa, baa... FAMILY PICTURES
But their recording finds them in less than top form, and Solti sometimes leads them astray.
Nothing seemed to be astray, everything was in its place.
The players were subdued, passes went astray, and the game lost any intensity.

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One early high note goes alarmingly astray. Times, Sunday Times
Even the vanilla buttercream piped onto an otherwise agreeable vanilla cupcake had a grainy, crystallized texture on one of my visits, as if the ratio of butter to sugar had gone astray.
It was a good company with a terrible balance sheet that had gone astray on some things. Times, Sunday Times
Your closest retainers and flatterers have never led you astray before and they will not fail you now.
He found him in a dull room, fadedly furnished, much as I had found him in his barrack-room but a little while before, except that he was not writing but was sitting with a book before him, from which his eyes and thoughts were far astray. Bleak House
This is what leads Internet companies astray. THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF BRANDING
They are infinite, I am thinking, all these hungry, grasping people chasing after the new and improved, the super and imperishable, and I stand alone against them - but that's the kind of thinking that led me astray all those years ago.
During this period both teams tried hard to open up the play but far too often hand passes went astray and possession was lost.
Use a fireguard if you have children, and fit smoke alarms in case a spark goes astray.
He says that when burning oak powder it's possible that a spark could have gone astray.
Many girls living alone in the city, go astray for lack of parental control.
The transactions are secure, so the cash does not go astray or disappear; nor can it be forged easily.
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.
In catering to the largest possible audience, producers and reporters are led astray from their social and civic responsibilities.
Luggage that went astray every time (then being expected to tip the delivery guy when it was dropped off the next day) and yes - just like you, some of the surly announcements over the tannoy, by jaded, well-past-there-useby staff. Unexpected
Frequently we tend to be led astray by the fanciful language of introspective psychology.
P.S. No name needful, for you will not be astray about the hand. Tales and Novels — Volume 04
But where you and I diverge is this fear that consumers might somehow be led astray by these designations. Cautiously Raising a Glass to Single-Vineyard Finger Lakes Wines
As a result, he'd get us all into trouble by leading us astray. Times, Sunday Times
But a steaming hot one with a detachable nozzle wouldn't 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.
He'd have to chance wandering astray in the woods.
I actually had not planned on seeing this movie until today, but a misprinted movie schedule led me astray with tales of Sunday afternoon French movies.
The judge thought he'd been led astray by older children.
Over the next two days, it grew clear to me that this gentleman had simply been led astray by his employers.
If an axe handle was handy, that wouldn't go astray, either.
The letter must have gone astray in the post.
To understand just how far astray an institution can go in the name of modernization and expansion, one need only consider the recent botched redesigns of New York's Morgan Library & Museum and Brooklyn Museum. Modernizing the Academy
Yet withal, such was our restraint, that we talked of her still as one much misguided, as one who burthened us with anxiety, as a lamb astray, and Mrs. Milton having eaten, continued to show the finest feelings on the matter. The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll
If ye hae led me astray, ye skirmishing blastie, I'll let ye ken the weight o 'this! The Dew of Their Youth
a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
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.
I was drawn astray by the promise of power, and it corrupted my poor mind.
The boy was led astray by bad companions.
: 00AM 'Twas the fifth day 'fore Christmas and all through the towns Recalling the past year brought smiles and frowns The readers were anxious, and so we will show 'em It's time once again for the Action Line poem Recession, economy, job loss and more Were issues that really should come to the fore Reality's something we don't reconcile When everyone lives in a state of denial For instance, the Realtors push ritzy condos On people with pickups all covered with Bondo The city spends fortunes to make Chapman snow While staffers and programs are told they must go And what's the surprise of a fierce winter storm We live in the mountains and it's just the norm You'd think that the city would figure by now When flakes are a'falling, you go out and plow The county commission, its head in the sand, Can't seem to come up with the zones for the land With gas money dwindling and going away The budgeting process will lead us astray Joelle switches parties, the Dems she did ditch Progressives were angry and cried "bait and switch Durangoherald.com
There were no expletives or any pouting and sledging; just a mere raising of the eyebrows if a shot went astray. Times, Sunday Times
We were led astray by predictions from the neighbor across the street, whose big house actually has a front door on the busy street even though their driveway is across from ours. Halloween Animations
To ensure that information does not go astray you should apply the following criteria, which will fit most scenarios. Corporate Cloak and Dagger
Frequently we tend to be led astray by the fanciful language of introspective psychology.
Parents complained that teachers were leading students astray by discussing contraception and abortion in the classroom.
Call me a wet Guardianista liberal, but a bit of peace, love and understanding wouldn't go astray.
Bleary-eyed and hair astray, Alice answered the door.
Now that Providence had seen fit to cast him ashore, if he was to be permitted to continue his flight alone, he would go straight for his goal, the Swiss border, and not be led astray (that is what he called it, _led astray_) by any other enterprise. Tom Slade with the Boys Over There
Couldn't it be an illusion of people gone astray in elation and ecstasy?
If they have sinned and gone astray, the bishop should still be their father in Christ; he should not deal with them at arm's length, as if he were their prosecutor.
Fortunately the gunman's shots went astray.
Conversations with Maisie had a habit of going astray like this.
He found him in a dull room, fadedly furnished, much as I had found him in his barrack – room but a little while before, except that he was not writing but was sitting with a book before him, from which his eyes and thoughts were far astray. Bleak House
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 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.
First, it has to be said that the game scenario is a very cunning one, cleverly designed to lead the unsuspecting player astray.
The fact of the matter is that, for whatever reason, both the original and the copy of that 1990 letter have gone astray.
After the graduation, the boy made friends with evil companions and went astray.
Opposing him was Ahriman, a powerful spirit bent on evil and leading humans astray. Alexander the Great
By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.
Under heavy pressure White goes astray. Times, Sunday Times
The misleading sign led me astray.
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.
And in an age of changing values, many are led astray by these convenient moral attitudes persuasively promoted and advertised nationally.
This novel is likely to lead teenagers astray.
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.
He was wearing red plaid boxers and his hair was astray.
Presently, they have a mature adult tortoiseshell female who was spotted astray in Kirkbymoorside for several months before being brought into their care with a nasty skin infection around her head.
To stop Tootle from going astray, the townspeople get together and conceive ofa clever plan, in which they all participate.
What about pastors in movements which go astray? Christianity Today
Far and wide over the country are dispersed the scarlet runners -- and a hundred villages pour forth their admiring swarms, as the main current of the chase roars by, or disparted runlets float wearied and all astray, lost at last in the perplexing woods. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 330, September 6, 1828
Artificial lights are leading some migratory birds to go astray.
We feel sympathy for the hero who is led astray under the influence of his false friend.
Passes went astray with a monotonous regularity while players often ran down blind alleys. The Sun
She felt as if she were half asleep when, an hour or more later, she sat in the corner of the great omnibus, that went lurching along through the snow, like a mudscow gone astray among ocean waves. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book
We should not be comforted by allowing ourselves to regard Noam Friedman et al. as disturbed individuals who have gone astray.
One early high note goes alarmingly astray. Times, Sunday Times
I could not think of this "unsphered angel wofully astray" without inward tears that dimmed the vision of my foreboding heart. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863
The letter had gone astray in the post.
If you have your own medication, carry enough supplies for the entire trip in your hand luggage in case your suitcase goes astray. The Sun
It used live bombs until two went astray in a 1999 practice and killed a civilian guard on the bombing range.
Euglandina was introduced in the vain hope that it would control the African snail Achatina, and Murray et al. were able to document the extinction of their experimental animals as Euglandina spread across the islands, leaving us with what is probably the nest-documented case of a biocontrol program gone tragically astray. Is there a statute of limitations for introduced species on Hawaii?—A reader’s response
We are good people, decent people, but we are being led astray by a leadership that is perpetrating a wrong.
You may encounter difficulty figuring out where your own solution of a homework problem went astray.
A police spokeswoman said: ‘A firework went astray into the watching crowd resulting in a number of people being injured.’
Instead, passes fled astray in alarming numbers amid erratic play.
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.
He couldn't remember when he had last felt so astray; he was like an astigmatic man trying to thread a needle. YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea, which should justify to the Lamb himself his right to eat him.
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.
They didn't suggest it, it was me leading them astray. Times, Sunday Times
Were it not so, our whole secondary education, and all the purely disciplinal part of our university instruction would be very far astray. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11
Later, those who had openly led Russia and its leaders astray came up with a new tale.
St. Gregory of Nyssa, went astray on individual points; the former in regard to the baptism of heretics, the latter in the matter of apocatastasis. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
The ancient Brahmins acknowledged one only Supreme Being; the Chinese associated no inferior being with the Divinity, nor had any idol until the times when the populace were led astray by the worship of Fo, and the superstitions of the bonzes. A Philosophical Dictionary
I just think a bit of buttercream wouldn't have gone astray. The Sun
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.
Because the timer is based on a hardware timer interrupt, programmers sometimes get led astray in thinking that their programs might get interrupted asynchronously to process WM_TIMER messages.
The testimony would inflame the jurors, and lead them astray from the facts of the case.
The boy was led astray by bad companions.
Passes went astray with a monotonous regularity while players often ran down blind alleys. The Sun
W., in my opinion, does not rival his daddy for sheer daffiness of effect: with W., you can mostly tell what he meant to say even when he goes astray, as he often does. The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms
The guide led us astray.
Better to ask the way than go astray.
Pass after pass was lofted astray and only the muscle of Goodman appeared to offer the visitors hope of deliverance.
But equally never were there so many dangers, so many attractions that could lead young people astray.
It was a gamble that went astray as Sizing delivered an almost faultless jumping display. Times, Sunday Times
The problem is sometimes that parts go astray, which makes it impossible to reassemble the file.
This book resulted from his belief that today's environmentalism has gone astray from its original roots and ethical values.
Better to ask the way than go astray.
Christians had gone astray and corrupted the God's scriptures by dividing into different sects and beliefs.
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.
It wasn't too windy, but windy enough to cause the occasional shot to go astray.
But there can be no doubt that something in our moral ecology has gone astray. Times, Sunday Times
They went astray from the predestined path thus destructing the overall wholeness of the planet.
You may encounter difficulty figuring out where your own solution of a homework problem went astray.
Stand-off Paul Cooke's conversion was astray, providing some relief for the shell-shocked Bulls.
But past incidents have involved large pallets of stores that have gone astray. Times, Sunday Times
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.
For by taking it he helps to lead his brither astray, Value of Worst
The letter had gone astray in the post.
It could be that fewer of those bright ideas will go astray.
Now, remember that this worship is daily, that these formulas must be pronounced, these movements of the hands made with mechanical precision; that if the worshipper forgets one of the incarnations of Vishnu which he is to figure with his fingers, if he stop his left nostril when it should be the right, the entire ceremony loses its efficacy; that, not to go astray amid this multitude of words and gestures required for each rite, he is obliged to use mnemotechnic methods; that there are five of these for each series of formulas; that his attention always strained and always directed toward the externals of the cult, does not leave his mind a moment in which to reflect upon the profound meaning of some of these prayers, and you will comprehend the extraordinary scene that the banks of the Ganges at The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
The old bat led me astray in more ways than one.
His passion for horseracing carried him astray.
The upstanding young man, a credit to his family, led astray by these degenerate celebrities and their scuzzball lifestyles. Times, Sunday Times
The passing was dreadful, even short passes under no pressure went astray, while the lack of real shape to the team was quite evident.
Children are naïve and will often wander astray through curiosity.
They couldn't care less if our money goes astray. Times, Sunday Times
For long-term tasks, establish certain benchmarks and set appointments to review progress and answer questions to keep the delegatee from going astray, or the project from falling off your radar screen. Making Work Work
He was a weak man, led astray by ambition.
he was led astray
One early high note goes alarmingly astray. Times, Sunday Times
I felt she was leading my wife astray so much we had a major row over it. The Sun
THE WOLF AND THE LAMBA Wolf meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea, which should justify to the Lamb himself his right to eat him.
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.
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 Springboks were expected to win well, but the first quarter of the game was much of the same of the class of 2001 as passes went astray and line-outs were untidy.
Many girls living alone in the city, go astray for lack of parental control.
He says that when burning oak powder it's possible that a spark could have gone astray.
And there was little to dispel that notion last night as passes went astray with barely an apology. The Sun
The experience gained there obviously didn't go astray as she now has a thriving business, which developed as an offshoot to the Country Markets.
Youthful idealism can be led tragically astray.
And then the bartender: He is an absolute knockout to the ladies in his gold brocade livery that would not go astray in any of Shanghais' top notch nightclubs.
We missed the track and went astray.
We drove east to Rostock, where my map led me astray.
He couldn't remember when he had last felt so astray; he was like an astigmatic man trying to thread a needle. YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
The answer had come, by way of George Wishart: it was Scotland who had abandoned God, led astray by the "puddle of papistry. Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles
He made a superb break only for the final pass to go astray.
If a waif is a lost wanderer, then little Poosk was a decided waif for he had gone very much astray indeed in the North American backwoods. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories
This novel is likely to lead teenagers astray.
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.
Rudolph must have had a few hot toddies and led the sleigh astray.
They went astray from the predestined path thus destructing the overall wholeness of the planet.
The argument is so complex, a reader might easily go astray.
A couple delayed their wedding when bad directions led the groom's parents astray.
The letter must have gone astray in the post.
I'm a clergywoman who would be mortified if a mere bra strap went astray when I was in public. Carol Howard Merritt: You Were Good, Amy Winehouse
He stated that one may lead persons morally astray without depraving and corrupting them.
After the graduation, the boy made friends with evil companions and went astray.
Even the vanilla buttercream piped onto an otherwise agreeable vanilla cupcake had a grainy, crystallized texture on one of my visits, as if the ratio of butter to sugar had gone astray.
He says that when burning oak powder it's possible that a spark could have gone astray.
Their players are second to every ball, passes are going astray and their normally impenetrable defence is looking porous.
Sometimes he sends them down to the mines, to show the men who work there where the richest lode is to be found; and if the miners grumble, or are discontented, the Pixies lead them astray by lighting false fires. The Fairies and the Christmas Child
As well as helping us to get through life, preconceived ideas about the world can lead us astray.
The people being virtuous, dislike of them must be redefined as indignation that their media are leading them astray. Times, Sunday Times
Oh dear, I've been led astray into murky territory.
This novel is likely to lead teenagers astray.
The Reds were rewarded with two penalties but they were kicked astray due to poor direction.
Better to ask the way than go astray.
I acted like a fool in allowing myself to be led astray and placed in such a horrible situation.
The people being virtuous, dislike of them must be redefined as indignation that their media are leading them astray. Times, Sunday Times
As the rain came down, conditions turned slippery during the second half and passes went astray on both sides.
During a candlelit dinner, she tries to lead him astray. The Sun
Jack's parents thought the other boys might lead him astray .
And she called the undefiled daughters of the Hebrews, and they led her astray. Chinalyst - China blogs in English
In the normal course of things, he wouldn't mind-or not much-but right now, when any Mageprice might take him away from the vitally necessary task of placing the keystone at the Barrier, Kellen grudged any spell he needed to work, for fear its obligation would lead him astray. Tran Siberian
Their figures moving under the arbour of old trees were like red and silver poppies blown by the wind, or wonderful tropical birds astray in the woods: and a glint of sunshine striking the censer was a thin chain of gold linking it to the sky. The Guests Of Hercules
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.
The teenage viewers are easily led astray by these commercials.
To stop Tootle from going astray, the townspeople get together and conceive ofa clever plan, in which they all participate.
It is hardly surprising that some are led astray.
At times, Darwin worried that his writing sounded too literary and feared that his metaphors would lead readers astray.
It is their intellect which, being unsanctified, has led them astray.
ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable
The people being virtuous, dislike of them must be redefined as indignation that their media are leading them astray. Times, Sunday Times
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.
At least, I think the media should not lead the public astray by confusing one's career and individual life, and meanwhile putting a heavy burden on people through exacting models.
While I was shepherding the flocks at Abelmaul, the spirit of the understanding of the Lord came to me, and I saw how all men were going astray, and how injustice had built walls for itself and lawlessness was enthroned in towers. In the Valley of the Shadow
Competitiveness has become a personal attribute that, at its best, provides the fuel to drive us to our loftiest goals, but at its worst, can lead astray our better judgment.
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.
The jack-o'-lantern is a sportive creature whose innate love of mischief causes him to lead travelers astray.
The argument is so complex, a reader might easily go astray.
The difficulty with hope is to find a way of harnessing its usefulness, without letting it lead you astray. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
He seems genuinely surprised by this, and he offers three examples of what he calls "folk wisdom" about the crisis that lack, he notes, empirical evidence: that investors were led astray by devotion to the efficient-market hypothesis, particularly on real estate; that Wall Street pay focused on short-term trading profits rather than long-term incentives; and that investment banks boosted their leverage in the years leading up to the crisis. Robert Teitelman: Andrew Lo and the Wisdom of Reading 21 Crisis Books
Many items of mail being sent to her have gone astray.
It used live bombs until two went astray in a 1999 practice and killed a civilian guard on the bombing range.
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.

How To Use Astray In A Sentence

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