How to Use astray in a Sentence

astray

adverb or adjective

• Plans might change at the last minute or messages could go astray.
  — oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2020
• Google Maps will often lead you astray.
  — Fiction Non Fiction august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
• Alas, these are all the tell-tale signs of a wedding trend gone astray.
  — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2018
• Mora geed the crowd up but his passes went astray.
  — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026
• And Pelosi didn’t lead me astray with his unique topping.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
• But Besson wants off the leash and his instincts lead him astray.
  — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• Even the computer screen in front of him could lead him astray.
  — Martha Irvine, The Seattle Times, 26 Dec. 2018
• Their reliance on the landmarks led the younger adults astray.
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2019
• Even big names can be led astray by the power of trust and friendship.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 8 Sep. 2017
• What are some ways that the standard approach can lead you astray?
  — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 24 Sep. 2025
• One crisis led us astray; this one can lead us to a smarter future.
  — Richard Stengel, Time, 13 Apr. 2020
• Prostitutes, above all, have been seen as nice girls gone astray.
  — Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Sep. 2017
• Refuse to let anyone lead you astray or push you out of your comfort zone.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
• These people are being led astray.
  — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
• My homeland had gone astray, but its beauty was not only its own.
  — Boris Fishman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
• The dream of a comeback has led some mayoral hopefuls astray.
  — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
• The approach that led us astray above does contain some wisdom.
  — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 20 June 2023
• Yet lust, in its most rudimental form, overtook him and led him astray.
  — Tony Lobl, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2025
• But in rocketry, as in life, sometimes the most careful plans go astray.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
• And what’s more, church members have been promised that they will never be led astray by their prophets.
  — Eric Armstrong, New Republic, 12 Jan. 2018
• Someone notes that when things were going astray, who was going to call her on it?
  — Randy Cordova, azcentral, 5 July 2018
• Others like him who’ve gone astray and then sought help have rebuilt their careers.
  — SI.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• But in many cases, assumptions can lead us astray.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
• Most of the tunes explored loss, longing and what can happen when the heart goes astray.
  — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2022
• But, judging by the events of the trailer, her hopes for the season may have gone astray.
  — Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
• Searching for Manolo mules on eBay will never lead you astray.
  — By Megan O'Sullivan, Vogue, 27 June 2024
• And Heinecke never complained to me that he had been led astray.
  — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
• The results may be misconstrued or consumers may be led astray.
  — Abba Krieger, Quartz, 8 Dec. 2020
• Boring or not, the scent-free substitutes have never led me astray.
  — Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 27 Nov. 2024
• The greasy pitch made for a scrappy affair with passes, and shots, going astray.
  — Afp, chicagotribune.com, 29 Apr. 2018