slip of tongue
Example Sentences
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"It's hard denying that Kuroda's slip of tongue pushed the yen below 145."
From Reuters • Sep. 28, 2022
Yet the notion persists in Washington that Malik is too experienced a diplomat to have allowed himself an uncalculated slip of tongue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lucy did not catch the slip of tongue.
From Wildfire by Grey, Zane
Even now some slight slip of tongue, or action, could easily ruin everything accomplished, yet I durst not omit the precaution, lest the missing key awaken suspicion and lead to immediate pursuit.
From Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France by Parrish, Randall
But, as it chanced, it was a slip of tongue, not memory, and I blessed Timothy Saunders for his Scotch forbearance, which Evan insists upon calling prudence.
From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood
