Thesaurus / mistake
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
It is only when he is interfered with by European dictation that he ever vulgarizes his art or makes a mistake.
"I hope you have made no mistake, my lad," anxiously said Captain Daly.
WIZARD WILLPRENTISS INGRAHAM
It looks to me as though Pretty Sweet was in a bad hole, and no mistake.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH AIDING THE RED CROSSGERTRUDE W. MORRISON
She had never made the mistake of thinking that because his grief was facile it was any the less strong and real.
WHY JOAN?ELEANOR MERCEIN KELLY
I have already explained to Lawrence and Basswood that it is a mistake, and that the widow will be paid all that is due her.
DAVE PORTER AND THE RUNAWAYSEDWARD STRATEMEYER
"You've made a mistake, my man," was the footman's response.
ADVENTURES OF BINDLEHERBERT GEORGE JENKINS
Anthony Dalaber, I believe I mistake not in calling you by that name.
FOR THE FAITHEVELYN EVERETT-GREEN
The truth is, that Moses was mistaken, and upon that mistake the christians located their heaven and their hell.
MISTAKES OF MOSESROBERT G. INGERSOLL
Once she had broached the subject of further payment, and had seen by his tightening lips that she had made a mistake.
FAIRFAX AND HIS PRIDEMARIE VAN VORST
And Mrs. Westbury found she had not made any mistake in desiring her.
A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD SAN FRANCISCOAMANDA MINNIE DOUGLAS
WORDS RELATED TO MISTAKE
- birthmark
- blot
- blotch
- break
- bug
- catch
- check
- crack
- deficiency
- deformity
- discoloration
- drawback
- error
- failing
- fault
- flaw
- foible
- frailty
- gap
- glitch
- gremlin
- hole
- infirmity
- injury
- irregularity
- kink
- knot
- lack
- mark
- marring
- mistake
- patch
- rift
- rough spot
- scar
- scarcity
- scratch
- seam
- second
- shortage
- shortcoming
- sin
- speck
- spot
- stain
- taint
- unsoundness
- vice
- want
- weak point
- weakness
- birthmark
- blot
- blotch
- break
- bug
- catch
- check
- crack
- deficiency
- deformity
- discoloration
- drawback
- error
- failing
- fault
- flaw
- foible
- frailty
- gap
- glitch
- gremlin
- hole
- infirmity
- injury
- irregularity
- kink
- knot
- lack
- mark
- marring
- mistake
- patch
- rift
- rough spot
- scar
- scarcity
- scratch
- seam
- second
- shortage
- shortcoming
- sin
- speck
- spot
- stain
- taint
- unsoundness
- vice
- want
- weak point
- weakness
- apparition
- blunder
- casuistry
- chicanery
- daydream
- deception
- deceptiveness
- dream
- eidolon
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- ignis fatuus
- illusion
- lapse
- mirage
- misapprehension
- mistake
- optical illusion
- oversight
- phantasm
- phantom
- pipe dream
- self-deception
- shade
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- trickery
- trip
- vision
- apparition
- blunder
- casuistry
- chicanery
- daydream
- deception
- deceptiveness
- dream
- eidolon
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- ignis fatuus
- illusion
- lapse
- mirage
- misapprehension
- mistake
- optical illusion
- oversight
- phantasm
- phantom
- pipe dream
- self-deception
- shade
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- trickery
- trip
- vision
- bitter pill
- blind alley
- blow
- blunder
- bringdown
- bummer
- bust
- calamity
- defeat
- disaster
- discouragement
- downer
- downfall
- drag
- dud
- error
- failure
- false alarm
- faux pas
- fiasco
- fizzle
- flash in the pan
- impasse
- inefficacy
- lemon
- miscalculation
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
- mistake
- obstacle
- old one-two
- setback
- slip
- washout
- bitter pill
- blind alley
- blow
- blunder
- bringdown
- bummer
- bust
- calamity
- defeat
- disaster
- discouragement
- downer
- downfall
- drag
- dud
- error
- failure
- false alarm
- faux pas
- fiasco
- fizzle
- flash in the pan
- impasse
- inefficacy
- lemon
- miscalculation
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
- mistake
- obstacle
- old one-two
- setback
- slip
- washout
- awkward situation
- awkwardness
- bashfulness
- bind
- boo boo
- chagrin
- clumsiness
- complexity
- confusion
- destitution
- difficulty
- dilemma
- discomfiture
- discomposure
- disconcertion
- distress
- egg on face
- faux pas
- fix
- hitch
- hot seat
- hot water
- impecuniosity
- indebtedness
- indiscretion
- inhibition
- mess
- mistake
- mortification
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- poverty
- predicament
- puzzle
- quandary
- scrape
- self-consciousness
- shyness
- snag
- stew
- strait
- tangle
- timidity
- unease
- uneasiness
- accident
- act
- action
- advent
- adventure
- affair
- appearance
- business
- calamity
- case
- catastrophe
- celebration
- ceremony
- chance
- circumstance
- coincidence
- conjuncture
- crisis
- deed
- development
- emergency
- episode
- experience
- exploit
- fact
- function
- holiday
- incident
- juncture
- marvel
- matter
- milestone
- miracle
- misfortune
- mishap
- mistake
- occasion
- occurrence
- pass
- phase
- phenomenon
- predicament
- proceeding
- shift
- situation
- story
- thing
- tide
- transaction
- triumph
- turn
- wonder
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