mistook
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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Among them: British neurologist Oliver Sacks, author of many popular books on neuroscience including the bestselling "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat."
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022
This year, she directed a version of an opera called The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, based on an essay by the late neurologist Oliver Sacks, who was once her mentor.
From Nature • Nov. 13, 2018
His books, including “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat,” probed distant ranges of human experience by compassionately portraying people with severe and sometimes bizarre neurological conditions.
From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2015
A play by Peter Brook and an opera with music by Michael Nyman emerged from “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2015
It has not been your fault,—I was away, Mistook, maligned, how was the King to know?
From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald
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