mistake
Example Sentences
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He could sometimes be very critical of himself if he made a mistake, but it was very clear he just did not want to be beaten.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
But perhaps it’s a mistake to ask for more from the endlessly inventive Ms. Semple.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“I think it may have been a mistake to name names,” Spero told me.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
But if you make a mistake, you cannot mend it, because what you’re doing here is a concrete sculpture.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
They were little tiny frogs, and Miss Farley, the town clerk, drank two or three of them off the top of the bubbler by mistake.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Vocabulary lists containing mistake
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