Words similar to astray

Example sentences for: astray

How can you use “astray” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But in the hubbub about the marketing of The Blair Witch Project , which has been tremendous, it's important to keep in mind that there really is no simple formula by which hits happen, and that attempts to reduce popular success to that kind of formula are bound to lead you astray.
A history of this sort of folly might start with some of the failed schemes of the New Deal economists before describing the way that the "whiz kids" led LBJ astray on both the Vietnam War and the war on poverty.
But I also have to acknowledge that my isolation could be leading me very astray.
These examples of onomatoplazia are a personal set, words that have led me astray.
' ") Maybe Wolf was led astray by Press' tendentious summary of Magnet's views.