Synonyms

1. misadventure
2. mischance

Sentence Examples

1. The first time, an enchanted Moor that there is in it gave me sore trouble, nor did Sancho fare well among certain followers of his and last night I was kept hanging by this arm for nearly two hours, without knowing how or why I came by such a mishap.
2. She comes in with a nasty-looking but thankfully shallow cut on her arm, courtesy of a mishap in the lab.
3. I had concerns about open fires out on the ocean, where a single mishap could sink us for good, but he insisted that he could keep it under control.
4. It is true they are not so low that they have any reason to be ashamed of their condition, but neither are they so high as to remove from my mind the impression that my mishap comes of their humble birth.
5. Virgin Banana Daiquiri What do you get when you mix a virgin-name-calling mishap and the odor of bananas coming from the back of a garbage truck?
6. Celestino watching on, ready to help her set the glass back down without mishap.
7. As for him, coming out upon the high road, he made for El Toboso, and the next day reached the inn where the mishap of the blanket had befallen him.
8. A call so early was not the usual, and Dean suspected an office mishap rather than a crime, because he never dealt with Saturday morning crimes anymore, not since his first days on the job.
9. But it was now most essential for us to be on the move, and carefully and quickly we regained the vessel, where those who had remained on board were waiting for us in apprehension of some mishap having befallen us.
10. Having learned from the bank mishap, Kennard even set up a swindle to trade the counterfeit bonds for a legal commodity.