miscarry
verb
mis·car·ry
ˌmis-ˈker-ē 
-ˈka-rē,
ˈmis-ˌker-ē,
-ˌka-rē
miscarried; miscarrying; miscarries
1
obsolete
: to come to harm
2
: to suffer miscarriage of a fetus
3
: to fail to achieve the intended purpose : go wrong or amiss
the plan miscarried
4
: to fail to reach the intended destination
the letter has miscarried
Examples of miscarry in a Sentence
the scheme to save the stranded dolphins miscarried, and all were lost
Recent Examples on the Web
In times of severe stress, pregnant women are more likely to miscarry or give birth prematurely, health workers previously told CNN.
—
Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
An Ohio woman who miscarried won't be criminally charged for abuse of a corpse, the Trumbull County prosecutor's office said Thursday.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
Brittany went into her bathroom, miscarried into her toilet, and flushed.
—Daniella Silva, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
Over the next three days, Watts made multiple trips to the hospital before miscarrying into her home toilet.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
In Florida, someone can already be criminally charged for the death of a fetus, a law that came about in 2014 after a man tricked his ex-girlfriend into taking medication that caused her to miscarry a seven-week-old embryo.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
Watts miscarried at home in September after spending several days in the hospital, where she had been told her nearly 22-week pregnancy was not viable.
—Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
What followed was a harrowing three days entailing: multiple trips to the hospital; Watts miscarrying into, and then flushing and plunging, a toilet at her home; a police investigation of those actions; and Watts, who is Black, being charged with abuse of a corpse.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, Ohio, miscarried at 22 weeks while using the bathroom at her home.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
An Ohio woman who miscarried won't be criminally charged for abuse of a corpse, the Trumbull County prosecutor's office said Thursday.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
Brittany went into her bathroom, miscarried into her toilet, and flushed.
—Daniella Silva, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
Over the next three days, Watts made multiple trips to the hospital before miscarrying into her home toilet.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
In Florida, someone can already be criminally charged for the death of a fetus, a law that came about in 2014 after a man tricked his ex-girlfriend into taking medication that caused her to miscarry a seven-week-old embryo.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
Watts miscarried at home in September after spending several days in the hospital, where she had been told her nearly 22-week pregnancy was not viable.
—Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
What followed was a harrowing three days entailing: multiple trips to the hospital; Watts miscarrying into, and then flushing and plunging, a toilet at her home; a police investigation of those actions; and Watts, who is Black, being charged with abuse of a corpse.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, Ohio, miscarried at 22 weeks while using the bathroom at her home.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
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“Miscarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miscarry. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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miscarry
verb
mis·car·ry
(ˈ)mis-ˈkar-ē
1
: to have a miscarriage : give birth prematurely
2
: to go wrong
the plan miscarried
Medical Definition
miscarry
intransitive verb
mis·car·ry
(ˈ)mis-ˈkar-ē
miscarried; miscarrying
: to suffer miscarriage of a fetus
miscarried several times before a viable offspring was born
compare abort
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