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Example sentences for: misses

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

He misses more votes than all but a handful of congressmen.
While it is always good to have some historical perspective on modern trends, I think David Greenberg misses a couple of subtle distinctions in his piece on the violence of schoolkids in years past (see "").
Arguing which schools should keep the huge revenues generated by athletes really misses the point.
This misses the point.