is mistaking
- present progressive of mistake (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Guessing nobody is mistaking this royal tale for the truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2021
Where Wasps go wrong, I think, is mistaking bad manners for moral breaches.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2020
Though the incident happened more than 40 years ago, there is no chance that she is mistaking Jack for someone else.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2018
One thing seems very clear, though: No one is mistaking the end of O’Reilly’s Fox News era with retirement,” writes Michael O’Connell, who covers television for the Hollywood Reporter, an industry publication.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2017
It has been sometimes argued, that it is mistaking the principle of population, to imagine, that the increase of food, or of raw produce alone, can occasion a proportionate increase of population.
From Nature and Progress of Rent by Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
