slip of the tongue
Example Sentences
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It was a slip of the tongue, but one that could have been corrected immediately.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
It seems unlikely that Baldwin’s comments to Funke were a slip of the tongue.
From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025
If the occasional slip of the tongue yielded a few bad stories, Mr. McCain dusted himself off and went right back to the reporters in the rear of the bus.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
A slip of the tongue highlighted how the events had caught the state’s public figures by surprise: Harris, formally introducing Butler to the Senate as the appointee for Feinstein’s “unexpired term,” instead said “unexpected.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023
“Shall I tell my friend you will take another if she has one better than this?” asked Jo, unconscious of her little slip of the tongue, and emboldened by her success.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
