How to Use awry in a Sentence

awry

adverb or adjective
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  • This isn't the first time a pop star has had a performance go awry on the national stage.
    — Joe Sutton, CNN, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Things go awry, and soon Grady is promising to find Stensland and murder him.
    — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2017
  • But leaving the house isn’t even the hardest part —it’s surviving in public when things go awry.
    — Kate Spencer, Cosmopolitan, 20 Dec. 2017
  • This went awry in predictable ways: Kim Kardashian’s initial tweet included the wrong dates.
    — Jen Gann, The Cut, 23 Oct. 2017
  • When the next generation is both keen to get involved and listened to, Taiwanese family custom can still send plans awry.
    — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Anyway, cheers to a holiday gift gone awry, and a tough entrepreneurial journey making my life and neighborhood better.
    — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Jan. 2018
  • It was supposed to be his last day of filming in Nova Scotia, and James Cameron realized something had gone awry.
    — Katey Rich, HWD, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Out of solidarity, Twitter users have begun sharing their own experiences with office potlucks gone awry.
    — Evelyn Wang, Teen Vogue, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Before Tom and Mary can live happily ever after, seemingly, everything goes awry.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Similarly, the tire-pressure-monitoring system went awry, signaling a fault when all the tires were actually doing just fine, for once.
    — Jeff Sabatini, Car and Driver, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Even a regional geoengineering effort could go dangerously awry.
    — National Geographic, 13 Oct. 2017
  • With things having gone awry, Musonda is now ready to give up on his Chelsea ambitions, according to Foot Mercato.
    — SI.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Those overeager cocktail companions have told me about friends of friends whose adoptions went awry, who got babies with fetal alcohol syndrome or attachment issues or the desire to wield sharp objects.
    — Lena Dunham, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Bungling criminal Kylie yells as her ATM robbery goes awry (her partner knocks himself out trying to sledgehammer the machine).
    — Lincoln Michel, GQ, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Wind the clock back far enough and the clockwork goes awry.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The Aztecs are prepared in the event either the snap or the hold goes awry.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2019
  • But in the wind and snow, the rescue attempt goes awry.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 11 May 2018
  • The movie’s last act gets splashed with gore, as the dinner goes awry.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Somehow along the way, the balance of this show went awry.
    — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 May 2018
  • The brothers go along with the deal, but things inevitably go awry.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Once on the water, things go awry in ways predictable and not.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
  • With Wheat at the plate, Rom had the runner at first picked off the bag, but the throw went awry and the tying run scored.
    — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 16 June 2018
  • And when things go awry, Ellie simply stabs them in the neck then and there.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 15 June 2020
  • Who gets to make these decisions, and who bears the cost if plans go awry?
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Then, things start to go awry, as a green, shrieking light emanates from the ground.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2019
  • And there’s plenty of time to have things go awry, experts say.
    — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2021
  • The tests went awry and caused their heads to swell to a massive size, according to the book Weird Ohio.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Of course things go awry, in as messy a way as possible.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2021
  • What is already a tough task would be even tougher if something goes awry early.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Things really get interesting—and the two formidable stars are able to show their chops—when the plan goes awry.
    — The Editors, Town & Country, 8 June 2022

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