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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of miscarry.

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Examples

  • In spite, however, of these promising auguries, the affair again miscarried.

    Maria Edgeworth 1905

  • It cannot, therefore, be said that the Christian work of emancipation has really 'miscarried': there merely lie two thousand years between the beginning and the completion of the work undertaken by Christ.

    Freeland A Social Anticipation Theodor Hertzka 1884

  • Did Monsieur your father guess how Andrea's affections have "-- I caught the word" miscarried "betimes, and substituted --" gone against his wishes, his opposition is not a thing to be doubted. "

    The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes Rafael Sabatini 1912

  • Note—Peg told me that several days ago the queen miscarried; they eased her pain with mugwort and foxglove, and she is now recovering.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • But when that attack miscarried he was unable to undertake any significant offensive operations for nearly three years.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • By the end of the voyage around the Horn, she was pregnant, although she miscarried later.

    John Barleycorn - Alcoholic Memoirs 2010

  • Ernest was madly impatient to be out in the world and doing, for our ill-fated First Revolt, that had miscarried in the Chicago Commune, was ripening fast.

    Chapter 21: The Roaring Abysmal Beast 2010

  • “Well, she miscarried, and I know how badly he needs a child, and…” I cast about the room hopefully, looking for supporters.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • I had miscarried a year ago May and we had just gotten pregnant in the nick of time to have the baby before My Hubby deployed again.

    Feeling Bad Instead of Sad - SpouseBUZZ 2009

  • She was alone in our apartment in Harlem when she miscarried.

    Recipe for Love Shamara Ray 2011

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