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awry

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adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for awry
Adjective
  • Long runs over uneven, rocky trail comes with its share of foot issues, but few sacrifices are greater than those poor keratin creatures attached to your precious foot fingers.
    Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 22 July 2025
  • The injuries have compounded an uneven season for the sophomore standout, who over her last seven games is averaging 12.3 points on 29.4% shooting, including 14.3% on 3-pointers.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 July 2025
Adverb
  • The ankle and the need to take more difficult shots because of all that was going wrong in the Huskies’ attempt to three-peat as champs played into it, Hurley said.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
  • More recently, Huang has admitted his comments came out wrong and expressed his surprise about the ensuing market movements.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 11 June 2025
Adverb
  • Shares of the retailer, which isn’t doing as badly as a 49% short position would suggest, flew 37.6% yesterday.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 July 2025
  • If Cleveland can poach Crawford and Abel from the Phillies, trading Clase might not hurt the future for the Guardians too badly.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • Republicans are right to be terrified with their prospects in November 2025 and 2026; there is going to be a major reckoning for their chaotic, crooked, and extreme governance.
    James Skoufis, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
  • National reporters and true crime junkies dug in, while local officials — already lacquered in scandal — looked so crooked a frame job seemed not just possible but probable.
    Tom Blakely, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Mason Jones, who missed the last game with an oblique injury, came off the bench to post 15 points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals for the Kings (5-0).
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 20 July 2025
  • In his absence, the Marlins will rely primarily on Graham Pauley (who has played 23 games at third base and filled in when Norby missed time with an oblique injury earlier this season) and Javier Sanoja, who has played nine games at third this season.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
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“Awry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awry. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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