blunder

Example Sentences

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The best picture blunder has kept “Moonlight” and “La La Land” under the microscope for nine years now, and made the incident the blueprint for each ensuing Oscar season’s inevitable drama.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Some might call the stalemate and the passion and the thud and blunder compelling, but you have low expectations if that's the case.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Less than a week into the war with its two most powerful adversaries, the strategy is beginning to look like a blunder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Yet if Arsenal's opener had come gifted-wrapped by United, the Gunners returned the favour with an even more careless blunder in the 37th minute.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

"I mean, you played notes, but that doesn't mean you were good. It was just a little...mechanical. But wait, I don't mean it like that," I add quickly, trying to undo my blunder.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper