How to Use mistake in a Sentence

mistake

1 of 2 verb

• Some guests mistook it for gravy and poured it on their food!
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
• Still, there’s no mistaking the fact that the Sahara Desert is, well, a desert.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
• The trick is to wear colors startling enough that on a gray day you won’t be mistaken for part of the hedge.
  — Ellen Hawley, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
• But don’t mistake it for fussy—playfulness is the rule here.
  — Liza Weisstuch, Robb Report, 8 July 2023
• There’s no mistaking the smell and taste of this powder.
  — Kelsey Kunik, Rd, Health, 29 Dec. 2023
• Winter had mistaken this Armstrong for Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, who died in 2012.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2023
• But Bober said be alert that ticks can often be mistaken as moles or skin tags.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 16 July 2023
• But there is no mistaking the breadth and ambition of the shift Mr. Trump is eyeing.
  — Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• Greg Allman came to one dinner with his then wife, Cher, who mistook a finger bowl for a drink and downed it.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• But don’t mistake these for feeling rough or plastic-like.
  — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
• Yes, a treat here and there can result in a nice little pick-me-up, but don’t mistake it for something lasting.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
• The cards came in plain white envelopes that confused some families who mistook them for junk mail.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
• Demna goes on to tell me how a customer in the store mistook him for an Erewhon employee, thanks to his all-black outfit.
  — Nathan Taylor Pemberton, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2024
• One of them was a neighbor holding an object police mistook for a weapon.
  — Andrew Ford, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
• But sometimes that means that people mistake it for something less, like cold.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 5 Jan. 2024
• The area is crowded with attendees who have mistaken it for a VIP section or just want a good view.
  — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• Miss Manners advises you to take comfort in knowing that no one mistook her for the bride, and some may have been amused at the attempt.
  — Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2023
• There's no mistaking the Spectre for anything but a Rolls-Royce.
  — Car and Driver, 3 July 2023
• Most of us did not know what poetry was and mistook curlicues, flourishes, and acrobatic metaphors for the apex of the form.
  — The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
• Just be sure to not mistake a Rivian delivery van for a Ram.
  — Frankie Cruz, Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2023
• That result shouldn't be mistaken for a sudden surge in support for Biden.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• Few people would mistake Bethenny Frankel for a champion of the working class.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• In a long-ago interview, the director Mike Nichols cautioned a nascent film reviewer to not mistake the dancer for the dance.
  — Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• The lace bodice in her bodysuit and lace cover-up could be mistaken for a dress from far away but the styling that Haynes pulled off was incredible.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 2 Aug. 2023
• While the effect might be mistaken for an artifact of the way the image was produced, astronomers say that in this case the rings are quite real.
  — Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2023
• The monkey deity’s name originates from a story in which Hanuman, then a child, mistakes the sun for a fruit and attempts to grab it.
  — Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
• He’d been mistaken for Harry Styles at a bar in rural Ireland.
  — Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
• The Williams campus is a humdrum brick pile that could be mistaken for an office park — a far cry from McLaren’s space-age complex an hour’s drive away.
  — Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 13 May 2023
• Some mistake the concept of persistence with that of pushiness.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 25 Aug. 2023
• Sikh men grow long beards and wear turbans as a commitment to their faith, and many Americans mistake them for Muslims.
  — Mark Morales, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023

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mistake

2 of 2 noun

• There's a mistake in the schedule.
• There must be some mistake.
• It would be a mistake to assume that we can rely on their help.
• The manuscript contains numerous spelling mistakes.
• Regardless, the mistake came back to hurt on the Tigers on the scoreboard.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2023
• Among the first rules of P.R. is learning from your mistakes.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 19 July 2023
• There are a few mistakes that could mess up your French toast.
  — Jessica Furniss, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
• This wasn’t a slip of the tongue or an innocent mistake.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
• And be sure to avoid these common Dutch oven mistakes, too.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 19 July 2023
• Hyde said the pitch to Farmer was the lone mistake Irvin made on the night, then corrected himself.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2023
• Take time to evaluate why the loss occurred and learn from the mistake.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
• And when Max did a great job taking care of the ball and not making mistakes and turning the ball over.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2023
• But, don’t make the mistake of locking the lid during cooking.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2023
• The bright lights, the pressure of the campaign trail, the sleepless nights, things like that would make anybody of any age make a mistake like that.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• Everybody else gets to make their mistakes in the cloak of darkness at your house.
  — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
• Don’t make these spring break mistakes Spring break has its own pitfalls.
  — Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• Here are six investing mistakes, and how to avoid them.
  — Becca Stanek, The Week, 14 June 2023
• So there’s a dark side to it where you’re not really allowed to make mistakes.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
• The guy is just a guy who visits his sister and makes the mistake of going into a restaurant.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
• His play has gone from very good to meh — trying too hard and making mistakes — just like in Arizona.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• Much of that time was spent making almost 3 million edits to fix the A.I.’s mistakes.
  — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 8 July 2023
• Approaching the work with these learnings, at the point of achievements but also of mistakes.
  — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2024
• The grave mistake has since prompted an outpouring of anger and grief from Israelis.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2023
• In the same case, Cannon also forgot to swear in the jury pool, a mistake which forced the judge to restart the jury selection process.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2023
• Speaking from her Vermont home, Jones says the biggest mistake a recipe can make is not to give cooks the necessary tools to do the job.
  — Bill Daley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• State officials did not disclose how the mistake was made.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
• The announcement seemed to amount to an admission that the now-infamous raid had been a mistake.
  — Jonathan O'Connell, Paul Farhi and Sofia Andrade, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
• The attack on my character is full of mistakes and omissions.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 25 Nov. 2023
• That was the promise of tennis right there—the chance to make mistakes and to learn from playing, to find some freedom in the feeling of running and hitting a ball.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• But, as a rule, such drawings are never perfect— there are many techniques and many mistakes to be made.
  — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024