Example Sentences

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"At first it was a few random messages. I thought they were mistaking me for someone else," she told the BBC.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

The prisoners were mistaking shadows for that which was real.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

In the early stages, when residents on the higher floors said they could see fire, operators sometimes didn't believe them, assuming they were mistaking escaping smoke for approaching flames.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2019

People were mistaking him for Producer George Schlatter.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was borne in upon him that the Larder employees were mistaking him for a horse thief, or some one worse.

From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson