mistaken

Example Sentences

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I supposed it was pretty flattering to be mistaken for a relative of the beautiful, glamorous Anna May.

From Literature

I freeze, hoping my ears were mistaken, but no: the sound of a bag being dropped, of a soft hat landing on the rack.

From Literature

It would never be mistaken for a dry lecture or a didactic pamphlet.

From Los Angeles Times

Multiple people told the Washington Post that the school was “on a U.S. target list and may have been mistaken for a military site.”

From Salon

Andrew Malkinson was arrested within weeks of the incident and later convicted, spending 17 years in jail on the basis of mistaken eyewitness evidence.

From BBC