Gaffes is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gaffes meaning
plural of gaffe
Using Gaffes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of gaffe
- In the example corpus, gaffes often appears in combinations such as: gaffes and, of gaffes, gaffes that.
Context around Gaffes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gaffes
- In this selection, "gaffes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, verbal, mental, profile and aside stand out and add context to how "gaffes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include age and gaffes have become and and multiple gaffes that shocked. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gaffes" sits close to words such as aadmi, aang and ably, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gaffes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Folks are forgetting Biden's decades of gaffes. (8 words)
A recent string of gaffes has been particularly costly. (9 words)
Will the Chargers avoid the gaffes and goofs that have plagued them this season? (14 words)
One of Norman’s gaffes was when he was asked about the murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in a plot US intelligence agencies say was ordered by Saudi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (38 words)
The recent controversy over its poorly received tweet is just the latest in a series of high-profile gaffes from EA when it comes to the publisher’s view of single-player titles. (33 words)
An eight-run outburst midway through the game helped Seattle win for the fourth time in five games as the Mariners capitalized on some defensive gaffes that had Boston fans booing. (31 words)
Will the Chargers avoid the gaffes and goofs that have plagued them this season? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
Biden’s age — and gaffes — have become a central concern as he runs again for the White House in 2024.
But aside from his advanced age, Biden, 80, has worried even his supporters with the sheer quantity of mental gaffes he has made since taking office.
Folks are forgetting Biden's decades of gaffes.
One of Norman’s gaffes was when he was asked about the murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in a plot US intelligence agencies say was ordered by Saudi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The recent controversy over its poorly received tweet is just the latest in a series of high-profile gaffes from EA when it comes to the publisher’s view of single-player titles.
Will the Chargers avoid the gaffes and goofs that have plagued them this season?
An eight-run outburst midway through the game helped Seattle win for the fourth time in five games as the Mariners capitalized on some defensive gaffes that had Boston fans booing.
A recent string of gaffes has been particularly costly.
Biden was forced to pull out of the campaign for his second term earlier this year, after a nonsensical debate performance and multiple gaffes that shocked unaware voters.
Harris has had a shaky performance as VP including several prominent gaffes and a role as immigration czar that she didn’t seem eager to take on.
In addition to verbal gaffes, the president has encountered mobility difficulties on stage at the U.S. Air Force Academy Graduation ceremony in June 2023.
Meanwhile, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has continued to find herself in the midst of what Leavitt described as “brutal” gaffes on the campaign trail, essentially exposing her establishment ways.
She would have been, gaffes aside, quite a good home secretary, because her instincts were correct and she knew what she wanted from her civil servants.
Still less is it their job to start making “gaffes” that might lend a hand to the wretched Tories.
Summary and Key Points: President Joe Biden's frequent verbal gaffes have raised concerns about his mental fitness.
Alongside Trump’s plethora of gaffes, there is intense focus on the Democratic Party’s internal nominations process.
And all of us are prone to some gaffes and misrepresentations in terms of facts.
Aso is known for his staying power despite his penchant for gaffes that have insulted people, including doctors, women and Alzheimer's patients, over the decades.
Biden, known as prone to gaffes, did not slip up in his let-them-eat-code remarks but expanded upon a consistent theme of his presidential campaign.
But even more troubling than his gaffes are those not-infrequent lapses into incoherence.
Common combinations with gaffes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gaffes and 11×
- of gaffes 8×
- gaffes that 5×
- verbal gaffes 5×
- gaffes have 3×
- the gaffes 3×
- his gaffes 3×
- gaffes in 3×
- and gaffes 2×
- gaffes from 2×