How to Use errant in a Sentence

errant

adjective

• The teacher blamed the prank on errant students.
• His first errant throw was met with tons of boos from the crowd.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
• The brothers laughed as a video of the errant throw was shown.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
• The errant pass killed what had been a 48-yard drive.
  — Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
• Pitts is far from alone in her search for errant pension checks.
  — Kellen Browning, sacbee, 20 June 2018
• Her house has been shot from errant gunfire three times in the past year.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2018
• Bridges contorts his body, and jacks up an errant layup, but the play isn’t done there.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
• These errant chutes in the high country can only stay soft for so long.
  — Jake Stern, Outside Online, 3 July 2024
• Both times, one errant shot led to a big number and ended his hopes.
  — ABC News, 26 May 2026
• Two runners went first to third on errant pick-off attempts.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
• To keep errant balls on the greens, strips are framed with 5⁄4 x 4-in.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2021
• Tae Johnson got hands on an errant Reed throw, too.
  — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• The lack of time led to errant throws, and Welch never seemed to be able to get in rhythm.
  — Nathan Long | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 9 Oct. 2020
• Notice errant sweatshirts on a lounge chair?
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
• Bridges fielded a pass, spun around and heaved an errant 3-pointer.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 10 June 2026
• Up until the Ole Miss game, there hadn’t been many errant snaps.
  — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 7 Oct. 2021
• One errant pass can alter a player or coach’s story.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
• This ensures a better clean, as your sheets won't get tangled up with an errant pair of jeans.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
• One errant tree branch and my whole operation shuts down.
  — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
• One run scored when India made an errant throw to the plate as the runner stopped at third base.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 14 May 2021
• Max is still in the water with the errant Jet Ski, which must be hooked to the crane.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
• An errant throw during warm-ups before the start of the ninth inning struck him on the left side of the jaw.
  — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
• One person’s entire job for the day is mopping up the floors; errant slicks of sweat could cause a slip.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2026
• Another was standing at the goal line, waiting to pick off an errant pass.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
• Woods made a sloppy bogey at the par-5 eighth, where a poor wedge shot and errant chip led to a 6.
  — Paul Newberry, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2022
• The same goes for an errant piece of plastic, a shell where it wasn’t meant to be, or a pebble in your mussels.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 6 Feb. 2024
• The errant bullet struck a man who was not involved in the confrontation.
  — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
• What looked like an errant football snap sailed over Torkelson’s head and rolled deep down the first-base line.
  — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• Simone followed with a single to score Mewes and got all the way to third on an errant throw.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2021
• Sure, there were errant 3-pointers, and a wild reverse layup that was way off in the third quarter.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026