How to Use misstep in a Sentence

misstep

noun

• Their decision to relocate the company was a major misstep.
• Last night was his first misstep, and a bad one.
  — Andy Jones, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• There was no question the board had made some missteps.
  — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
• Part of what went wrong seems to have been a strategic misstep.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 10 Aug. 2020
• One misstep and all fingers point your way.
  — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
• By the end, these missteps are almost spilling out of the boys.
  — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 25 Feb. 2026
• There’s not one misstep in the whole two hours and six minutes.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• And what missteps are to be avoided?
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 June 2026
• Even if you’ve been called out for a misstep, don’t deny it.
  — Heather Kelly, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• Avoid these missteps and your floors will be shining like new in no time.
  — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
• This misstep wasn’t something on the court.
  — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 6 May 2026
• Even a single misstep or break in a leg line will be marked down by the judges.
  — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
• Weiss’ has had some early missteps.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• Cloud missteps don't just cause downtime.
  — Daniel Fusch, Ascend Agency, 28 Oct. 2025
• What was meant to be a reward ends up being a misstep.
  — Jackie Simon, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• One of the most common missteps is keeping tasks too vague.
  — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 10 Apr. 2026
• But some in the party blame him for a series of missteps since then.
  — Jill Lawless, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
• So one misstep can turn a team’s championship dreams to slush.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
• But that’s far from guaranteed, and one misstep could leave you far worse off.
  — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2021
• In rough weather, one misstep can result in death.
  — Outside, 8 Jan. 2026
• Even small missteps can make a big difference.
  — Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
• Being able to laugh through tough times, or look back at past missteps in humor—not in anger.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
• That misstep led to Rasika being asked to pack her knives and go.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
• Buffett has been candid about the misstep.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
• Coach Brett Usinger blamed the misstep on a glitch in the system.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
• This seems like a genuine misstep, at least on the Gulf Coast.
  — al, 27 July 2022
• Can that be done without rehashing the many missteps of the past four years?
  — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
• The misstep marked a low point of Johnson’s term as mayor.
  — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
• With so much room for error, there’s bound to be a misstep every so often.
  — Madeline Bilis, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026
• Mostly a misstep, but still fun for fans of the franchise and of slasher films.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 14 Oct. 2022