botch

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Bard would whisper funny lines into my earpiece and I would botch them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

He’ll botch a gig over his annoyance at not being allowed to call a stranger by a pet name she reserves for her closest friend.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

It was a stunning botch job from a ruthless finisher.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2023

The botch required the rescoring of 300,000 exams, scholastic victims of the knotty coin rotation paradox.

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023

How to capture that profile in wood, preserve her grace and strength—he didn’t trust himself not to botch it.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead