mistake
noun
an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
was mistaking
-
past progressiveof mistake.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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.
Perhaps, the researchers speculated, the immune system was mistaking friendly human proteins for some viral foe, leading to a lifetime of MS.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024
No one was mistaking the Rams for underdogs, not with their star-laden roster and their Super Bowl-or-bust approach to this season.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2022
"I think Christine was mistaking my nostalgia for a desire to move back," he said.
From Fox News ● Apr. 19, 2021
Dr. Blasey, a research psychologist at Palo Alto University in Northern California, also swatted away any notion that she was mistaking someone else for the young Mr. Kavanaugh.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2018
Yet Reason kept whispering that it wasn't love; that I was mistaking sentimental self-deception for reality.
From I Walked in Arden by Jack Crawford
