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

I must say that Ben is mistaking himself again.

From The Morgesons by Stoddard, Elizabeth