slip of the tongue
Example Sentences
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It seems unlikely that Baldwin’s comments to Funke were a slip of the tongue.
From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025
The imam said later he was sorry if he had caused any offence, arguing that his remarks about the flag were a "slip of the tongue".
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2024
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
What had I meant by saying that I had become "more human"? Was it a phrase that I had picked up from some preceding speaker, or a slip of the tongue?
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
