How to Use miscarry in a Sentence

miscarry

verb
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  • The fact that Anne had miscarried his longed-for son only made things worse.
    — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 25 May 2018
  • The bleeding didn't ease and the woman later miscarried in stages.
    — Linda Hervieux, Fox News, 29 June 2017
  • After my own mom miscarried (that’s what it was called in the 1950s), that child was never mentioned again.
    — Alice Adams, Houston Chronicle, 19 July 2019
  • Eleven's mom was told she miscarried the daughter in her womb but, like Joyce, refused to believe her child was truly gone.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The girl’s pregnant mother, the Broadway actress Ruthie Ann Miles, miscarried as a result of injuries from the crash.
    — New York Times, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The story said the couple first miscarried before having their twin boys, Levi and Luka, in 2021.
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 24 Feb. 2023
  • His wife miscarried four times and the couple remained childless.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2018
  • The pregnancy will begin a new chapter for the couple, who miscarried in 2015.
    — Jessica Mattern, Country Living, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, Ohio, miscarried at 22 weeks while using the bathroom at her home.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Ania said the stress of the police investigation led her to miscarry.
    — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
  • Kelsie miscarried again about one year after Bennett’s first birthday, and then again...
    — Sasha Henriques, Woman's Day, 18 Aug. 2015
  • The law provides an example of a pregnant woman who miscarries in the wake of a traumatic crime.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2019
  • One teacher’s wife miscarried during the attack, and the teacher broke his leg trying to flee, Mr. Bilal said.
    — Dionne Searcey and Emmanuel Akinwotu, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Any woman who had concerns or questions while miscarrying alone could always call Jane for advice any time of the day or night.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Women have been miscarrying since the beginning of our species.
    — Natalie Lampert, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2018
  • The process used to come up with the 82% figure ignores any women who were vaccinated in the first and second trimester and didn't miscarry, data thathas not yet been released.
    — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 25 July 2021
  • The park lost all but 400 elephants who were chronically miscarrying due to stress.
    — Nina Sovich, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2019
  • Her character Jill miscarried last season and decided to sponsor a foster child to fill the void.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 25 Sep. 2017
  • She had once miscarried, and the couple were reluctant to bring children into a world that seemed on the brink of nuclear extinction.
    — Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 22 May 2017
  • She's already had those children and the rest of this prophecy seems pretty accurate, so this baby is either fake or doomed to be miscarried.
    — Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 14 Aug. 2017
  • Unfortunately, at about 23 or so weeks, one of the women (who is very sweet and a deserving mother) miscarried with her first.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Women have, of course, been miscarrying since the beginning of time; stories of miscarriage go back as far as the Hebrew Scriptures.
    — Daniela Blei, The Cut, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Less than a week later — perhaps as a result of the stress from Henry’s near-death experience — Anne miscarried what appeared to be a male fetus.
    — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 25 May 2018
  • Berry gave birth to a daughter, and Lee said she was impregnated five times, but miscarried each one after being beaten by Castro.
    — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2017
  • Berry gave birth to a daughter, and Lee said she was impregnated five times, but miscarried each one after being beaten by Castro.
    — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Over the next three days, Watts made multiple trips to the hospital before miscarrying into her home toilet.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Women who use drugs during pregnancy and deliver healthy babies face up to 10 years in prison, but those who miscarry or have a stillbirth can be sentenced to 99 years.
    — al, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Stephanie became pregnant from that embryo transfer but miscarried at 10 weeks.
    — Paige Stables, Allure, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But getting pregnant is only the first step to parenthood, and someone who has miscarried is robbed of that experience.
    — Alex Hazlett, Parents, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Brittany went into her bathroom, miscarried into her toilet, and flushed.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024

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