Mistake means: To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another. Related words include error or slip. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Mistake in practice.
Mistake meaning
- To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
- To misunderstand (someone).
- To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
Example sentences (20)
But as some Sahelian leaders turn to Moscow, it would be a mistake to cut ties and try to force them to pick sides.
And viewers of the show were quick to take to social media to point out that the rare mistake hadn't gone unnoticed.
Another big mistake you could make when ordering a pizza is asking for ketchup - the tomato base sauce is enough.
All too often, tourists make the mistake of simply passing through Kildare on their way to the west of Ireland.
As a cricketer you've got to have resilience because it's such a tough sport where one mistake and you're gone.
Beyond that, the Ambrose family had done further testing that revealed a long-ago mistake at a small Manitoba hospital.
Although Thomas acknowledged his mistake and wished he could take it back, he didn’t want Hope for the Future to suffer.
Bill will think the biggest mistake Liam could make would be taking Hope and their life together for granted.
After several complaints and phone calls, the salon asked Grace to come in the following day to 'fix' their previous mistake.
A source close to Johnson said it was his view that “it would be a great mistake to drop the Northern Ireland protocol bill”.
Both teams approached the beginning of the game cautiously, unwilling to allow a mistake that could lead to the opening goal.
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso tweeted that it was a mistake and that the old sign would be returned by Saturday.
But make no mistake: it is retirement asset growth and related high-grade fixed-income strategies that make the company unique.
According to her, a mistake in the tabulation of results should not affect the victory of a candidate.
Amish buggy Santa is a huge hit with crowds - and folks often mistake Old St. Nick for a real person.
And Stanway made no mistake smashing the spot-kick home netting her eighth penalty for the Lionesses.
Bob Knodel was in the middle of filming for a documentary titled when he realised his pricy mistake.
After the Walt Disney Company added Marvel Studios to their conglomerate fold in 2015, executives made a typical executive mistake.
A penalty was inevitable and Meehan made no mistake, tucking the spot puck confidently into the bottom corner of Mark Ryall’s goal.
Amidst the film's heartwarming melodies, an animation mistake occurs surrounding Miguel's guitar.
Common combinations with mistake
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- no mistake 24×
- mistake and 17×
- the mistake 17×
- was mistake 15×
- made mistake 12×
- mistake in 10×
- mistake that 9×
- his mistake 9×
- mistake of 9×
- be mistake 8×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word mistake. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.