How to Use mishap in a Sentence

mishap

noun

• The fire was a tragic mishap that could have been prevented.
• We experienced the usual mishaps of a family vacation.
• The ceremony proceeded without mishap.
• The mishap could have set the U.S. space program back for decades.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
• Last week, the impact of the bridge mishap could be seen in the thin walk-in lunch crowds.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
• Nolan says no one has been fired because of the mishap.
  — Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2023
• Duran charged his mishap to losing the ball in the sun.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• Before Lange's mishap, the Tigers grabbed a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2022
• Toobin was fired by the New Yorker weeks after the mishap.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2020
• Promptly after the mishap, the pop star smiled and strutted around the stage.
  — EW.com, 28 July 2025
• The most glaring mishap occurred in the fifth frame with the bases loaded.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
• Von later spoke out about the mishap in a clip posted to YouTube.
  — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
• Jones said Meyers hasn’t showed any signs the mishap has stayed with him this week.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 24 Dec. 2022
• One little mishap and you’re sent packing out the door.
  — EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
• The mishap could hardly have come at a worse time for Cynthia and Matthew, 27.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2021
• No one was hurt in the mishap, which caused a 20-minute delay while the grounds crew used tractors to fix the wires.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 9 June 2021
• The mishap is the second involving a F-35 fighter in the past month.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2020
• The team’s mishaps and flat play throughout the contest were too much to overcome.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• The fans' reactions to Hadwin's mishap were all over the place.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
• This mishap turned out to be minor compared with what was to come.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 July 2023
• After that mishap, the car was parked for nearly 20 years.
  — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2021
• The wedding almost didn't happen, and fans couldn't get enough of the crazy mishaps.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 1 Feb. 2020
• But on the very day the Star wrote about the Fort Meade mishap, a prescient article ran on the same page.
  — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2021
• After the mishap, Chan tried to look at the positive side.
  — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
• After the hair mishap, both teams laughed off the situation and got back to the grind.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
• The best-prepared celebs have plans for any kind of mishap, from gown-trodding stains to tears.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
• Galane told police that there were no mishaps during the show.
  — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
• The biggest sign of MomTok mishaps comes with a scene showing a tearful Taylor on the phone.
  — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
• The notion per sources is that these movies could be made for significantly more, but alas the financial mishap that bidding wars create.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
• Sadly, clothing shrinking in the laundry is an all too common common mishap.
  — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2026