miscarrying 1 of 2

present participle of miscarry

miscarrying

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of miscarrying
Adjective
Kylie noted that the experience of miscarrying her first pregnancy made future pregnancies a challenge for her mentally. Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025 Welch ended up miscarrying shortly before she was scheduled to perform at a festival in Cornwall. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscarrying
Verb
  • The Leafs chased the Kraken around the Toronto zone for extended periods, failing to control play as Stolarz tried and mostly excelled in keeping his team in it.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The prince was widely criticized for failing to show empathy for Epstein's victims and for offering unbelievable explanations for his friendship with the disgraced financier.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In 2023, while at Weill Cornell Medicine, Balbach helped drive the discovery that blocking another crucial sperm enzyme made mice temporarily infertile, initially raising the potential for a non-hormonal male birth control.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Queen wasps can live up to a year, while worker wasps, infertile females that build and defend the nest, live two to three weeks.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With Hugo Ekitike having already endeared himself to the fanbase, there’s too much attacking quality in the squad for Liverpool to keep misfiring.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Your intuition might be misfiring!
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Away from the ship, Barton was spending much of her time in a warehouse called Los Fosos, four long buildings housing hundreds of reconcentrados who were dying so quickly their graves went unnamed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • He was later sold to an amusement park in Mexico before starring in Free Willy, being released back into the ocean in 1998 before dying.
    Peter White, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Where homes, buildings and fields once stood in the southern city of Rafah, there were now craters and barren wastelands.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Those who reached Spain were offered a place to rebuild their lives — on a small, barren island.
    Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The odds of a prolonged federal government shutdown stretching into mid-November have jumped as negotiations to pass a funding bill continue stalling in the Senate, according to Polymarket betting odds.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Attempts to add more stringent enforcement requirements, however, keep stalling in the Legislature.
    CalMatters, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Miscarrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscarrying. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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