Example Sentences

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I know not how long they shall ride the steed of desire and wander erringly in the desert of heedlessness and error.

From A Traveler’s Narrative by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Sir Wilfrid Laurier had faithfully voiced the prevailing will of the people of Canada, whether they willed aright or erringly.

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

The captiousness of criticism has usually referred to the style of the preceding authors as a standard from which the prevalent style of its contemporaries has erringly diverged.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

The devotion of such a man," she erringly thought, "might well sanction the weakness of a woman's heart—might well persuade to the momentary error which none will seek more readily to repair than himself.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore

Finally, we were assured that votes given for the Coercion Bill would purchase a thorough-going Land Bill, and our anxiety for the latter induced us, naturally, but erringly, to acquiesce in the former.

From Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question by Godkin, Edwin Lawrence