gaffes
- plural of gaffe.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Gaffes are fun for political nerds, attract clicks on the internet and occasionally get that elusive quality of "cut through" when the wider public really notices something a politician does.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023
Gaffes by his opponents have boosted Scholz’s campaign, Carsten Nickel at Teneo, a political risk consultancy said.
From Reuters • Aug. 24, 2021
They fall into two broad categories, as I see it: Gaffes that seem to indicate genuine confusion in the moment and gaffes that might reveal troubling prejudices.
From Salon • Aug. 15, 2019
Gaffes helped derail his previous presidential campaigns, in 1988 and 2008, and his chronic foot-in-mouth condition flared up again this week.
From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2019
The chapters on Street-Music in Rome, on Games, on Gaffes and Theatres, on Villeggiatura and the Vintage, on the Ghetto, the Markets, and Summer in the City, are all of them delightful and new.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various
