38 Verbs to Use for the Word mishap

Many knights had undertaken to rid the world of this Sir Tauleas, but no knight had ever yet encountered him without meeting some mishap at his hands.

Additional scouting parties were thrown out to right and left, and every precaution taken to prevent further mishap.

He was hoping against all common sense that the young Prescotts had not seen his mishap, or at least that they would pass on above him unnoticing.

For the Frenchman had quite forgotten Dave's mishap in snuff-taking, and offered the snuff out of habitual complaisance.

"I have heard from one who passed them on the road that they had a second mishap just after leaving the inn of The Two Trees, where their Excellencies took coffeea little mishap this one, which will only delay them an hour or less.

Nat asked no questions; but after a time, I voluntarily related to him the mishaps of the afternoon.

Orlando was mad for Angelica, and who doth not condole his mishap?

Hadn't been for that I'd dodged considerable mishaps.

A few only, who were on the outside, escaped to the vessels, which set sail, and after encountering various mishaps, returned to Manila.

"It will be as God pleases as to that," said Coligny; and, turning towards the minister, Merlin, who had hurried to him, he added, "pray that He may grant me the gift of perseverance." Towards midday, Marshals de Damville, De Cosse, and De Villars went to see him "out of pure friendship," they told him, "and not to exhort him to endure his mishap with patience: we know that you will not lack patience."

He did not exaggerate the mishap; the truth was sufficiently wild.

When rose water was sprinkled over his face, he recovered his senses, and exclaimed, "O, dire mishap!

There are those, however, who explain these mishaps in other ways, and insist upon the fact that the natives work well enough when they are punctually and sufficiently paid.

As they jostled along the edge of a wood that lay between them and the firing some mishap to the front team caused all to alight, whereupon a shell, faultily timed, came tearing through the tree-tops and exploded in the remains of a fence close beyond them.

Yea, they whom true relent could never touch These fierce Numidians, hearing our mishaps, Weep floods of moan to wail our wretched fates.

Yes, I will go, but I will be so near, To hinder the mishap, the which I fear.

At first she expected her lover, and speculated as to his delay, and fretted to think anything might detain him from her; and now she was amazed, and now vexed, and now she was forgiving the neglect, accusing herself and making countless excuses for him; and now imagining a thousand dire mishaps.

To let these mishaps you is to your suffering.

Ye learned Sisters, which have oftentimes Beene to me ayding, others to adorne Whom ye thought worthy of your gracefull rymes, That even the greatest did not greatly scorne To heare theyr names sung in your simple layes, 5 But ioyed in theyr praise, And when ye list your own mishaps to mourne, Which death, or love, or fortunes wreck did rayse,

Already mine is past: O powers divine, Take my last thanks: no longer I repine; I might have lived my own mishap to mourn, While some would pity me, but more would scorn!

Only, he can't help feeling a little superior to the majority of men, and his artistic temperament leads him to magnify the lesser mishaps of lifesuch as the steak being overdone, or missing a train.

"You don't seem to mind the mishap very much.

The stroke loosened Calli's helmet by breaking a throat-strap, but neither he nor his friends seemed to notice the mishap, and the third course was begun without remedying it.

Sunday, September 18, 8 o'clock a.m.There occurred a half hour ago the first serious mishap affecting the welfare of the entire party; and while the packers, Bean and Reynolds, are repairing the damage resulting therefrom, I will go back a few hours and chronicle in the order of their occurrence the events of the early morning.

He puts in the little mishaps that would have befallen a man so situated, the things he would have done, the difficulties he might have avoided had he exercised forethought.

38 Verbs to Use for the Word  mishap