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astray English

Meaning astray meaning

What does astray mean?

astray

away from the right path or direction he was led astray (= wide) far from the intended target the arrow went wide of the mark a bullet went astray and killed a bystander

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Simple sentences

I have gone astray somewhere in my calculations.
My letter must have gone astray in the mail.
To lead a prince astray is to poison the wells of his lands.
Better to ask the way than go astray.
We went astray in the woods.
Her appearance led me astray.

Movie subtitles

We have two examples of how planets have gone astray and we have to wonder how many other ways are there that a planet can fail to be habitable.
As far as you think you'll ever see. God will never lead you astray.
No one shall seek salvation in vain. God will never lead you astray.
When the seed to God's kingdom I lay My Lord has promised sunlit skies God will never lead you astray.
He who has no peace to pray will go astray and lose his way.
We mustn't lead the young bride astray, must we, Jasper?
You wouldn't be trying to lead me astray, would you?
It's the woman that leads the man astray.
I hear you're the one who led him astray.
You should be ashamed, leading Agathe astray; to sell her, I suppose?
So what led you astray?
You've been astray, not your fault.
Been astray long?
Oh, I think you are afraid that even tea and toast for a man of my reputation might lead you astray.
If you lead me astray here.
My people, my great and mighty people, only on the threshold of eternity, I realize I was led astray.
He would have had a good career, but a woman led him astray.
Or did your plans go astray?
I tried to lead astray.
Something has gone astray.
I was led astray.
While going about my duties on the other side of the park, I noted some valuables that had gone astray.
A righteous man turns away from evil, for the way of the weak may lead him astray.
Lost, forgotten, gone astray, How should I know?
I reckon Clyde just sort of led him astray, didn't he?
That he led your Buck astray.
Vanity and desire always lead God's children astray.
You're the one who led me astray.
Perhaps some of Mama's letters went astray.
Those friends of his led him astray!
Twilight's beginning. but with it comes understanding. that lights the way like a dark lantern. and keeps you from going astray.
No, it's a way of leading you astray.
My dear Peyrac, your wife could lead a saint astray.
While going about my duties on the other side of the park, I noted some valuables that had gone astray. I believe they're yours, sir.
And then. should someone go astray, try to return the same way.
But you've been led astray.
I don't want the stuff that you have in your pockets to lead you astray. Put them on my desk.

News and current affairs

But in other important policy choices, populist parties could lead Europe astray.
Of course, some of that information could go astray.
For some, immigration has become a symbol of a society gone astray.
Instead of leading others in a coalition against your enemy, you risk being led astray by them.
Sometimes too much attention paid to the past can lead us badly astray.
Yesterday, Europe guaranteed that Germany would never again go astray; today, it is the impediment that threatens the country's hard-won financial and economic stability.
And yet we risk being led astray by memories of 1979.
Unfortunately, the West never made that offer, and Russian democracy went astray.
As a result, many went astray.
That is the American Dream that Nadya Suleman bought into, and, in their obsession with her, Americans are coming to grips with how seriously they went astray.
But if we want to discover the role that a religion like Islam plays in determining a society's fundamental shape, we can indeed be led astray by making comparisons between different countries or global regions.
More precisely, it has been led astray by the Conservative Party's ideological fantasy that certain EU powers can and should be returned to British sovereignty.
And yet we risk being led astray by memories of 1979. It is far too soon to predict another revolution.

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