Wondering how to use Astray in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as wide.
Astray in a sentence
Astray meaning
- Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.
- Away from what is right and good; into error or evil.
Synonyms of Astray
Using Astray
- The main meaning on this page is: Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction. | Away from what is right and good; into error or evil.
- Useful related words include: wide.
- In the example corpus, astray often appears in combinations such as: go astray, led astray, gone astray.
Context around Astray
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 14 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Astray
- In this selection, "astray" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, led, gone, went and especially stand out and add context to how "astray" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be led astray at this and be led astray by someone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "astray" sits close to words such as abbotsford, adkins and adventist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with astray
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s clear that the city manager and city attorney led them astray. (13 words)
It doesn’t guarantee the success, which is where a lot of us go astray. (15 words)
The point is some papers will inevitably go astray until we have mastered this new process. (16 words)
Despite having already been unsuccessful once in his quest to find love in Bachelor Nation, Peter seems convinced that this process can work for him and his desperation to find his future wife is what has lead him astray this season. (41 words)
America is being led astray by a small handful of folks who are drunk-driving on originalism—and not in a funny Marx Brothers, spin-around-in-circles-and-all-fall-down sort of way. (35 words)
But financial infidelity among the fabulously wealthy often involves more than incidental expenses gone astray – and psychologists warn it can be just as damaging to a relationship as a physical affair. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
It tells him that he has led the people of Judah astray in the same way that Israel was led astray.
Even if it comes from someone who says “borned,” it's too easy to be led astray at this age.
Gogo Murata said she wanted her daughter to quit social media as it was leading her astray.
He did not mention Prigozhin by name, but clearly called him a traitor who led "loyal" Wagner "patriots" astray.
In this country, it is the older generation who are good for nothings and causing the younger ones to go astray.
It is said that those who earned Allah’s anger are the Yahud, and those who went astray are the Nasaarah.
People at Panasonic and industry consultants say the early efforts at building EV batteries in the U.S. have shown the ways companies can go astray.
The point is some papers will inevitably go astray until we have mastered this new process.
A few early passes went astray, but showing the value of his experience, he quickly turned it around to lead Boro to victory.
America is being led astray by a small handful of folks who are drunk-driving on originalism—and not in a funny Marx Brothers, spin-around-in-circles-and-all-fall-down sort of way.
But financial infidelity among the fabulously wealthy often involves more than incidental expenses gone astray – and psychologists warn it can be just as damaging to a relationship as a physical affair.
It doesn’t guarantee the success, which is where a lot of us go astray.
It’s clear that the city manager and city attorney led them astray.
Last month, Yoav Gallant told Israelis that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was leading the nation astray.
Pearse said that all that PDP needed was to look out for party leaders “who had gone astray “, especially to the Labour Party.
Then there are tax perks you may be entitled to, prizes you never claimed, and cash in accounts that may have gone astray.
We’re less likely to be led astray by someone else, a poor gatekeeper who’s too ignorant or too corrupt to do the job properly.
With Catherine Halsey mostly out of the picture, the Halo show needs a new shadowy figure to lead Master Chief astray.
A shorter storyline could involve a permanent break that results after one person, the other, or both go astray.
Despite having already been unsuccessful once in his quest to find love in Bachelor Nation, Peter seems convinced that this process can work for him and his desperation to find his future wife is what has lead him astray this season.
Common combinations with astray
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- go astray 16×
- led astray 15×
- gone astray 11×
- went astray 9×
- astray by 6×
- astray and 6×
- you astray 5×
- astray in 4×
- her astray 4×
- him astray 3×