miss
verb (used with object)
to fail to hit or strike.
missed
Example Sentences
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Claire Throssell missed seeing her sons by five minutes.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
If you missed this whole saga, it began with the flu.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Dogs and cats—and other creatures—“have the power,” Mr. Simon reminds us, “to make us hold up for a moment to try to see, really see, what we may have missed, or lost.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
But she seems to have missed the central joke: The first baseman’s name is actually Who.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“You’re here, but not here. Nate and I hardly see you anymore. And you’ve missed a lot of swim.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
