miscarry
verb
mis·car·ry
ˌmis-ˈker-ē 
-ˈka-rē,
ˈmis-ˌker-ē,
-ˌka-rē
miscarried; miscarrying; miscarries
1
obsolete
: to come to harm
2
: to suffer miscarriage of a fetus
3
: to fail to achieve the intended purpose : go wrong or amiss
the plan miscarried
4
: to fail to reach the intended destination
the letter has miscarried
Examples of miscarry in a Sentence
the scheme to save the stranded dolphins miscarried, and all were lost
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Susan Rinkunas, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2024
The news causes Rhaenyra to miscarry her third child with Daemon.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 June 2024
But her body wasn’t miscarrying the pregnancy on its own.
—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Miscarriages haunt pregnant parents who’ve miscarried throughout their successive pregnancies.
—Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for miscarry
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“Miscarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miscarry. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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miscarry
verb
mis·car·ry
(ˈ)mis-ˈkar-ē
1
: to have a miscarriage : give birth prematurely
2
: to go wrong
the plan miscarried
Medical Definition
miscarry
intransitive verb
mis·car·ry
(ˈ)mis-ˈkar-ē
miscarried; miscarrying
: to suffer miscarriage of a fetus
miscarried several times before a viable offspring was born
compare abort
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