The problem with the block is that there is no way to correct mistakes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I made the mistake of turning around and looking at him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He said, “I'm working on it. Liyana, don't worry. I’ll be out soon. It’s a big mistake. Take care of yourself! Go home! Stay safe!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Elder, this is all a mistake. I didn’t want anything like this to happen,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Sources say that the alleged shooter, Jack Franklin, may have mistaken a Snickers bar for a deadly weapon." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Townsfolk regularly tried to pass off halfdead or gingered up nags to us, knowing that by the time we discovered our mistakes we’d be miles and days away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I stood in the doorway, watching, hearing her mistakes, yearning to push her aside and play the piece properly. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Indeed, you are mistaken, Madam. I have not been at all able to account for the honour of seeing you here.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Settle down, okay? We’re fine. That was a little bit closer than I would have liked, but still. We’ll just have to try to make better mistakes tomorrow, right, Zu?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“All that yelling for a simple mistake,” he mutters. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He probably already thinks this is a mistake, and I’m a mistake, and sex is a mistake, and also what even is sex? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I made so many mistakes that I was forced to melt down the error-filled slugs and retype them with excruciating slowness, digging my teeth into my inner cheek until the letters became Yiddish once more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I paused for a long moment, and then made the mistake of meeting his gaze. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mutations might occur during replication if the enzyme DNA polymerase makes a mistake. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby was furious, unwilling to admit that he was mistaken. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay to make mistakes sometimes. Everyone does.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He’d spent enough time thinking he was a mistake—as a demigod, on this quest, in life in general. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"No one would believe me. I can't myself. There must be some mistake. There must be . . ." I opened the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understand him all right, make no mistake. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d said, “I don’t even belong in this place. I been put here by mistake and it ain’t going to be long before my momma comes and gets me out.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was a mistake he would not make again. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Manners Mistress knew your father’s opinion about everything. She said he would exile any subject who ate blancmange from a soup bowl. As a result of her instruction, I can never make such a mistake.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have room for any more mistakes out here in the Atlantic, and I couldn’t imagine any of us would be laughing anytime soon. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like anything Matt had heard before, but there was no mistaking the anguish in it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This frightened him badly for of course it showed that no one who knew anything about horses would mistake Bree for anything but a charger. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

"It was a mistake," her mother said gently. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps you can tell us the difference between a mistake and a lie? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought the break-in was a mistake, but also believed that it was no big deal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But it was okay because Nali was patient and always allowed him to make mistakes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And she wondered if she was mistaken, if she had perhaps imagined the bodies lying in the dust, so many bodies in the yard that recalling them made salt rush to her mouth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“If it’s a mistake, it’s my mistake. Give me that.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

You know it already, but you don’t want to, which is why I tell you openly, so that you don’t mistake it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It had been a mistake not to rely on Yuri’s help when he had offered it, just as it had been a mistake not to listen to Mrs. Brenner in the first place. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One thing that was so great was how he could find a mistake in every single article we looked at. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a mistake to hang back too obviously in any group like this; it stamps you as lukewarm, lacking in zeal. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have more control now and make fewer mistakes, but I still feel that tickle creep over my skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Howard walked out to the barn every morning with a quiver in his gut, afraid that they might make a mistake and reinjure Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lion and the Imp; there was no mistaking which was which. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a mistake; the radio had suddenly gone quiet, and my voice ringing in the abrupt, releasing hush galvanized them all. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

One mistake is the argument that discovery claims are necessarily retrospective because ‘discovery’ is an ‘achievement word’, like checkmate in chess. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m waiting for you to show me I made a mistake.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was all a mistake; Aunty got mixed up on her facts sometimes. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Tillie was pretty upset because she had not bought extras because she said, "I don't make mistakes." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

No longer did he stab out with a foreleg as he ran, producing the curiously choppy duck- waddle gait that so many observers had mistaken for lameness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the similarity to those which had been on Lucy’s throat. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She knows I'm close, and then she makes the biggest mistake ever—the one thing every coach tells you to never do—she looked back. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

To Cockcroft he grumbled that Lawrence’s mistake was “one of judgment and point of view rather than of the errors in technique which can give rise to such a situation.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was dangerous work, for not only was there the danger of enemy fire, but also the chance that another Marine might mistake a Navajo for an enemy. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way his arms were flapping, he might have been mistaken for another bird. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They are most important, because without them the astronauts would make all kinds of mistakes the first time they got into a real spacecraft. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had made her great mistake with Richard in not telling him that she was going to have a child. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I could have told him that was a mistake. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Nonsense! a man does not imagine any such thing. But what is the meaning of this? Harriet Smith refuse Robert Martin? madness, if it is so; but I hope you are mistaken.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“I thought I had made a huge mistake and you were lost,” he says. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Of course his first impulse was to say that he was only poor Arsheesh the fisherman's son and that the foreign lord must have mistaken him for someone else. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He worried that Kainene would call Madu and tell him what had happened, and Madu would laugh and say, “He was a mistake from the beginning, leave him, leave him, leave him.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she was just incredibly embarrassed and didn’t want to admit she’d made a mistake. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It’s gone in a flash, but it’s hard to mistake me for anyone else when I’m wearing shorts. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Him!—never, never. Dear Miss Woodhouse, how could you so mistake me?” turning away distressed. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

But in the latter I was soon proved mistaken. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I made two mistakes in a row, a final warning message appeared. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

More likely she’d scold him, or mistake them for intruders and chase them off with a frying pan. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I only knew that the whole affair was a mistake. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

McCarthy, one of the few commentators who had not mistaken Stagehand for Sceneshifter, was screaming himself hoarse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the horns rang out louder and beyond mistake from above, over the top of the slope. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His only reservation related to length: “All the columns of a large Gazette would scarcely, I conceive, contain the present draft,” Washington noted, adding at the end, “I may be mistaken.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The judge laughed at his mistake, and the prosecutor joined in. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The authorities rued the fact that they had allowed us study privileges, and Badenhorst was determined to rectify that mistake. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a big mistake—probably the very response that Ferdinand had been trying to provoke, so that he could represent the Protestants as unruly troublemakers. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her voice shakes, and I do not make the mistake of thinking it’s from tears. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I did not want to break into his story with my own memories about some of the mistakes I’d heard white men make while trying to talk Indian. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance, there was no mistaking the silhouettes. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Our own mistakes are the reason we’re behind now,” he tells the players in the stuffy, squalid darkness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel made the mistake of looking over the rail. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I made a mistake about the direction from which sunshine would be striking the earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t belong in this century. Nico only brought me back so I could correct my mistakes, maybe get into Elysium.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Cole feigned surprise as if he had made a horrible mistake, then twisted at the handcuffs again. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It had always discomfited him, the pleasure she took in being mistaken for mixed-race. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be doing something for me. You see, your little mistake with Diko cost me thousands in damages to this zoo that you cannot repay because you are already indebted to me.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sliding inside, he released the door by mistake. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He played for perhaps twenty minutes in all, only making one small mistake that I could hear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Physicians, it turns out, are more likely to make this kind of mistake with women and minorities. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He attempts to point out that it might be a mistake, but I hear nothing of it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Even after his mistake with the Governor, he'd never given up trying to make a better world. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him quite possible that he had simply made a stupid mistake. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bear the thought of making the same mistakes they made, simply because I didn’t know any better. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she went on: 'But that doesn't mean to say, of course, there aren't occasions now and then - extremely desolate occasions - when you think to yourself: "What a terrible mistake I've made with my life." The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

That it had all been a huge mistake. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“We made a mistake, sir. You see, there wasn’t no sign. We just got in the wrong car, that’s all. Sir.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean…” Now there was no mistaking it; the boy looked...embarrassed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When we point out illiterate mistakes we are often aggressively instructed to “get a life” by people who, interestingly, display no evidence of having lives themselves. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

It was a mistake she was going to correct. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“If the boy thinks that he can frighten me, he is mistaken,” they heard Lord Janos say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you think it was a mistake? The fast, I mean? What happens now?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Marina had made the fatal mistake of continuing to fly into bad weather. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He taught me all these things, and that was how I also learned 1 could be lazy and get away with mistakes, lots of mistakes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got off at a different stop, and when I told her we’d made a mistake, she said, “No. It’s all right. We’ve moved.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, all the articles he had written for the Voice added up—Bloom suddenly felt—to a mistake on his part. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only respite from the torment, which in Ranofer’s resentful opinion caused more mistakes than it corrected, was during the midday break. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It had been a mistake to close my eyes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Everything Sinita said I filed away as a terrible mistake that wouldn’t happen again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have their trays lowered and are drinking tea and playing Snap, fumbling the slippery cards, laughing like cars on gravel when they cheat or make mistakes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In one heartbeat, I'm pressing my back against the closed door and wondering if I've just made another mistake. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The root of the hoary, decumbent, and less elegant, but larger-flowered Hedysarum mackenzii is poisonous, and nearly killed an old Indian woman at Fort Simpson, who had mistaken it for that of the preceding species. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became testy with Judge Rumpff when he fell into the same mistake made by so many white South Africans about the idea of a universal franchise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was the mistake, you realize. They were too well matched. Too taken with each other to be competitive. And now they can never be separated. Pity.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One weekend Gogol makes the mistake of referring to New Haven as home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I was painfully mistaken, for I was treated no differently than everyone else. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she had thought this would cheer up Winky, she was wildly mistaken. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She must be pretty upset with the mistakes I made, I thought. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

"Stupid mistake. I mean, a stupid, stupid mistake," Coach added, way too enthusiastic. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was a mistake to eat pizza on the chaise longue. concierge. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was where the Witch made her fatal mistake. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Padre Leo is so disheveled that visitors sometimes mistake him for one of the poor, dirty migrants sitting outside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The doors of the subway clamp shut as she realizes her mistake, and the train rolls slowly away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of the mistakes I had seen her make over the past days were mistakes I used to make when I first started. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She was mistaken, he was desperate for her to be mistaken and she actually was. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Also—and this was probably a mistake—I didn’t want to tell Margot everything I knew or had seen. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband and two older sons had been deported with the first transport, by mistake. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mistake, my mistake — I didn’t see you — of course I didn’t, you’re invisible — forgive old Peevsie his little joke, sir.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Over his grammatical mistakes she detected the note of fear in his voice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I knew then that he had mistaken my silence for fatigue, and it had not occurred to him I dreaded this arrival at Manderley as much as I had longed for it in theory. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Pike lives all the way in Melville. I told him he must be mistaken about seeing you in his yard the other day.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

GINNY: I can forgive you for one mistake, Harry, maybe even two, but the more mistakes you make, the harder to forgive you it becomes. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“I knew it was a mistake. I didn’t get my hopes up.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the meaning of the look in their eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

That way you are much less likely to make a mistake. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But even more important for later anatomists was the fact that, where anatomical details did not appear in Vesalius’s illustrations, or were incorrectly shown, one could confidently say that he had made a mistake. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On September 1, the pilot of a Soviet interceptor jet launched air-to-air missiles at Korean Air Lines flight 007, which Soviet ground crews had mistaken for a hostile military aircraft. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were mistaken; the upstart’s experiments succeeded—partly because, in the beginning years, he labored eighteen hours a day. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since Apa had to go four times to clear up some mistake with Joon’s Social Security number, he has become paranoid that people are trying to trick him. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

"I guess I made a mistake. Seems you're hard to kill." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I could do these problems in my sleep, and I studied them forty-five years ago. There are so many careless mistakes! He’s not even trying, is he?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Silence seemed better. To come forward seemed like a mistake.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Aaron hears knife in my Noise and realizes his mistake. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Just showing up here as if she wanted to remind him of every stupid mistake he’d ever made, all the ways he’d been disloyal and blind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The light changed from red to green, and I could hear her fellow protesters teasing her for mistaking me for an Iranian. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His tremor, the mistakes...I could have protected him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He wanted to stay with Workman, arguing that the rider wouldn’t make the same mistake twice. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The May before college started. Maybe that was a mistake. Anyway, it’s done.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Okay, I think, so maybe I made a mistake. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She guessed there would be light, but a crawling sensation across her neck warned her it would be a mistake to open her eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had gotten his reprieve and made it to the playoffs, but there was no room now for mistakes or sloppiness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called in a low voice, hoping it wasn’t a mistake again. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You mistake me, you quite mistake me,” she replied, exerting herself. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

"There must be a mistake. How . . . how could that happen?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Big mistake. Look, Ashish, you may be a player, but it sounds like you really like this girl.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The writing was clear, no spelling mistakes, no wasted words. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Harry realized their mistake just in time: He launched himself sideways, shoving Ron and Hermione out of harm’s way as Xenophilius’s Stunning Spell soared across the room and hit the Erumpent horn. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“They say somebody made a mistake when he was still in the bottle—thought he was a Gamma and put alcohol into his blood-surrogate. That’s why he’s so stunted.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they were grammar mistakes, sometimes they were mistakes with geography or facts, and sometimes the article just didn’t tell the whole story. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I only thought you said ‘Taiwan’ because it sounds the same,” I argued, irritated that she was upset by such an unintentional mistake. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are also likely to be small slipups and mistakes that can be spotted in much the same way as misprints in a text. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise was about to make the worst mistake of her life, and she glibly quoted those people at her, she mocked her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And why did everyone persist in thinking the mute was exactly as they wanted him to be—when most likely it was all a very queer mistake? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

That she could make such a mistake meant that she lived in a daily atmosphere that urged her to expect something like this to happen. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was just a mistake,” he mumbled at last, looking at his sister. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But the task’s not till tonight!” said Harry, accidentally spilling scrambled eggs down his front, afraid he had mistaken the time. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

By the time I made it halfway up Little Daytona, I was thinking that I had made a mistake. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But your book isn't going to have mistakes!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would tell them that the Border Patrol officer had made a mistake thinking I was here illegally, that once I proved to him I was born in Colton, California, he let me back in. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

My brain keeps trying to convince me I’m right, but my heart keeps whispering that I’ve made some pretty major mistakes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In good time he was to discover that he was mistaken about Charlotte. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She talked about stray cats she had rescued or how she had made a mistake and put salt into a cake batter instead of sugar. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pastor Tom could dunk Henry in saving grace till he was sleek as a muskrat, but he couldn’t shake those mistakes off easy as drops of water. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that I had made a mistake: the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, my dear, I did indeed know that Miss Granger would be leaving us. One hopes, however, that one might have mistaken the Signs.... The Inner Eye can be a burden, you know....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I know. It was a great mistake. He might have gone with us. Then we would have that for all of our lives.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It may be that he has made a mistake. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the televised debates between party leaders ahead of the 2010 elections in the UK, incumbent Prime Minister Gordon Brown made the mistake of choosing the wrong tense, and was punished for it. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

For the first time since I got here, I think this hasn’t all been a big mistake. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

After a few more weeks of this, I stumbled from my bed one night and decided that I’d made a mistake, that when my father had offered me the blessing, I should have accepted it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At first when I got to Marks Street I thought I had made a mistake. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Already she’d made a mistake, but she could not risk going back for boots. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Have patience, Prin-cess. Do not make your brother's mistake. We will go home, I promise you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But I’ve had the freedom to make those mistakes, and the freedom to seek redemption for them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I can’t make any mistakes; I throw myself sideways, grabbing the handle on the side of the car, and hoist myself into the car. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

This is not a mistake after all, is it? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I touched my old foster sister’s phone once. Big mistake.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I’ve served your purposes, and now I’m trying to work out your mistakes, so how the hell does that make me indebted to anyone?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kainene asked, as if she wanted him to tell her that she was mistaken about the whole thing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were to make their home here, they were all to live together in the same house, and he might suffer from it, might know the consequences of a terrible mistake. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“A mistake? I saved your life, and you accused me of being a slaver.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"She thought she was protecting us—it was a mistake." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It's twenty-nine years since I lied and left and made all those mistakes, and I still feel as bad about it as I always did. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Okay, the chemise last week was a mistake.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The exploding candle, the fire, the aftermath, it all led back to one careless mistake. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But it is a mistake to think of Sesame Street as a project conceived in a flash of insight. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t slick Pete with the subjects, or Jimmy Baptiste when things got rough, or Grace with her nose for the potential mistake or breakdown. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted to play only with boys, and they made it clear that in their minds it was a mistake that a girl had entered the Maull family. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Don't make my mistake and give all the money-making power to your husband, she says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I contended that it would be a mistake for the Communist party to persuade writers to abandon imaginative work to write pamphlets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no mistaking that wild frizz of hair, tied back with a bright beaded keffiyeh. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not trusting him enough to tell him was a mistake I do not want to make again. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

You were a mistake, a new sinister voice hissed in her ear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ms. Finn smiles and says, “I’m a psychotherapist, not a psychologist. Many people make that mistake. I assure you the level of care is the same.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I am not so unreasonable, sir, as to think you at all responsible for my mistakes and wrong conclusions; but I always supposed it was Miss Havisham.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The language was old-fashioned, and Emily noticed a spelling mistake right off the bat and then another a few sentences later, so she was having trouble getting into the story. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There must be some mistake, Couch informed Logan, and demanded that the contributors be allowed to revise their articles. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She did put enough stamps on, then,” said Harry, trying to sound as though Mrs. Weasley’s was a mistake anyone could make. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

If a mistake is made, there are enzymes which snip the mistake out and replace the wrong nucleotide by the right one. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we exited the highway, you can bet I pretended not to see the old Red Carpet Inn, scene of my latest, greatest mistake. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I made the mistake of eating one once at a carnival right before going on the Tilt-A-Whirl. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

At first, Tristran thought that he must have made a mistake, and that he had lost his way in the moonlight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

At work he’d see signs of his luck turning — a run of placid chickens, a mistake in his wages to his favor — every time something new to fuel him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The public address system blared a slow number, and counting systematically to herself, Jean Louise danced through it with only one mistake. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

This statement initially appears self-evident, but it is partially mistaken. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“What we do is treason, make no mistake. Trust only your companions, and do your best to avoid attracting notice.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Make no mistake, there are advantages to an invisibility uniform. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“If you make a mistake out on the sparring lawns, it costs you the match. But if you make a mistake in that jungle...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then the guy in charge made the next in a long series of mistakes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“They are fully armed and might shoot you through mistake,” he warned. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as he often did, he imagined that his dad was still alive, that it had all been some horrible mistake, a mix-up in the hospital, mistaken identity. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean? Has there been any mistake; has she been buried alive?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I urge you not to make that mistake. Your trailer is currently wired with a large quantity of high explosives.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’d thought nothing could be worse than listening to him drone about the proper inflections of my vowels; now I’m starting to wonder if I was mistaken. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It is, however, a mistake to look for the differences at the level of the individual or the family. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The search for the Northwest Passage, or the attempt to explain planetary motion on the model of magnetism, were mistaken but useful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

That mistake was a little easier to understand now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he saw her, he knew it had been a mistake to come here—he felt like he should have known that even sooner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“That’s because he is sixteen and has no idea what lies in store! Why, Severus? Why my son? It is too dangerous! This is vengeance for Lucius’s mistake, I know it!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A mistake in calculation spoiled the one she considered the most effective: removing the mothballs that Rebeca had put in her wedding dress before she put it away in the bedroom dresser. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

While the sounds in the church were increasing, Elder Thomas made the regrettable mistake of increasing his volume too. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You do not seem to learn from your past mistakes." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He swam and walked, and then often spent the rest of the day—and a good portion of the night—playing over all the games of the tournament, torturing himself over the mistakes he’d made. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And more importantly...a wrestling mistake could be fixed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It looked as it had when Koffi had walked in, as old and elegant as ever, but she swallowed hard when she realized her mistake. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care if it takes you the rest of the night. If you make a mistake, you’ll have to start again, Tandy.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sometime between 1534 and 1549 Jean Taisnier, a musician and mathematician, remarked that Aristotle was sometimes mistaken; he was challenged by a representative of the pope to produce a convincing example of Aristotle being wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m surprised your mother didn’t mistake me for her then,” I said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell him that I realized I was mistaken. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

That was a mistake, of course, and she was discomfited and had no idea how to put him right. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I was mistaken; tonight I found new ones, worse ones. I am the most wretched of creatures. Say you wouldn’t mind it if I killed myself so I could end this existence.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But he was making one basic mistake—the assumption that Root would play by the rules. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I set the envelope on the counter, knowing I’ve made a terrible mistake. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But there was hardly ever any food to eat, and Uncle Claude yelled at Hugo, rapped his knuckles when he made mistakes, and forced him to sleep on the floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It made the mistake of roaring at me, and I got an ice-cream sandwich in its throat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He felt in her presence that to reveal himself would be a mistake he might never correct. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then the usual number of shows was doubled up—if I’m not mistaken, eight shows a day, instead of the usual four—and Hamp’s pulling power cleaned up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not a Chihuahua. It’s an easy mistake to make.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dusty’s second mistake had been losing track of those two nitwits while he celebrated. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I made a huge mistake?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the case of the Azores this was mistaken, while it was correct in the case of Madeira, discovered—or rather rediscovered—around the same time, for it was known to Pliny and Plutarch. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking for an instant who they were. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You might have made a mistake. We might be on the same side.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The man had spoken softly, but there was no mistaking what he had said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She still loves you and has made a terrible mistake and is waiting for you downstairs. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

That scenario requires that mistakes be accepted as unavoidable. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Small mistakes could turn into disasters, funny little mistakes could snowball so that while you were still smiling at the humor you could find yourself looking at death. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a mistake the others often made with him, to try to reason with him in a methodical, aggressive way, when all he wanted was to be reassured like a child. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But then I made the mistake of telling Taylor about Nick’s drum kit—the one he can’t even play—which made Taylor realize that rehearsing in Nick’s basement was her life’s great purpose. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his hand over the side of his face, looking all concerned, like he just realized he made a mistake. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A few moments later, the hospital called again and said there had been some mistake. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to believe Toby wouldn’t keep making the same mistakes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The story goes on, and you can’t pretend that dropping one knot in a rug is the only mistake keeping it from perfection. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

DAD: I just don’t want you to make the same mistakes we did. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Catholic Church had made a bad mistake with Galileo when it tried to lay down the law on a question of science, declaring that the sun went round the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Olive ordered me to count her coins in their thousands—repeatedly, because she kept thinking I had made a mistake. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I'm nervous and make a couple of mistakes, but I also pull off two more "spectacular catches," according to Lakshman, so my teammates are pretty happy with me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But it was a mistake to go down to the Center to pick her up. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody makes mistakes. She was only trying to help. She’s growing up, you know.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t listen! I’m wrong! I’m wrong! It’s a mistake! I’m wrong!” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

How did I ever mistake him for an innkeeper, even for a moment? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It would be a mistake, however, to idealise the lives of these ancients. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not want to repeat her mistake of bragging about the childrens accomplishments, yet she could not let Baroness Hoover’s mean remark go unanswered. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Then, distinct and beyond mistaking, they heard—they all heard—words. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to show her that underestimating me was a mistake. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I agreed, and it wasn’t until the mountain came into view that I wondered whether I’d made a mistake. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If you made a mistake, that was all there was to it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time there was no mistaking the smile. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped with every inch of my heart that Marcus wasn’t responsible, that this was all a big mistake. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Bobo. Little Bobo…” I made the mistake of leaving the two of them alone while I went to the ladies’ room, because when I came out John was yelling, “Hurry up!” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Thomas looked more closely at Newt, he realized that what he’d mistaken for calm was actually disbelief—maybe even excitement. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He could admit the mistake but as yet he could not reverse himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I must have rung you by mistake,” he said, with more conviction this time. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Olinski said, "By the time they get to sixth grade, honor roll students won't risk making a mistake, and sometimes to be successful, you have to risk making mistakes." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing could hasten more the progress of these reflections & sentiments which are secretly undermining the institution which this mistaken zeal is laboring to secure agst. the most distant approach of danger.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the Baker made a mistake and came in through the gate reserved for the friends and relations, and Miss Lark was so angry that she said she wouldn’t have any more bread ever. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Though, if the Black Tips thought tricks like this would keep the Wraith from her goal, they were sadly mistaken. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe there really was a glitch with the Crystal Ball, and this will prove that whatever happened back there was a mistake. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Very well indeed!” said Mr. Brooke, as she paused, quite ignoring her many mistakes, and looking as if he did indeed love to teach. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This was a mistake, right? We shouldn’t have broken up.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Briony could not see her mouth, but she knew its downward curve, easily mistaken for the sign—the hieroglyph—of reproach. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, my mistake. I underestimated you, Red. Boy, did I.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew at some level that I had mishandled the situation, but Wickersham’s approach made admitting a mistake the last thing I could possibly do. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since she had not yet used magic, Grandma said it would be a mistake for her to start now. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

What if her grandmother hadn’t made a mistake? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She made the mistake of glancing over the rail and saw armed legionnaires closing ranks in the forum, preparing flaming arrows. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Names they got from yearnings, gestures, flaws, events, mistakes, weaknesses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Felt like everybody held my mistakes against me. Still feels like that sometimes. Especially now as I go on this job hunt.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You can’t judge people for the mistakes they make. You judge them for how they fix those mistakes.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

By pure mistake, his implementation is sometimes more pure than his intentions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earth should have looked , and no- body discovered the mistake until after the flight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed her photos of young men, white, short hair, clean-cut, young men who at a distance could be mistaken for Reggie. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Danny found his father’s deliberate mistake easily, and I was able to follow the ensuing Talmudic discussion without too much difficulty, though I did not join in. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Gollum in his own way, and with much more excuse as his acquaintance was much briefer, may have made a similar mistake, confusing kindness and blindness. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Planning all the things I would share, all the events, worries, and mistakes I kept from Mother and Father. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure is a mistake. He is a nice man. Works hard.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly there’s a mistake, a tussle, and the gun’s with the second person. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Make no mistake, my beloved prince,” the old man was yelling. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the case of a man’s mistaking a whole race of men as a part of the natural structure of the universe and of his acting toward them accordingly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was only a mistake, the first time. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But make no mistake: In that moment, I would have been very, very happy to die. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I even show my work and make mistakes in either the method or the calculations. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mayumi makes the mistake of referring to us as boyfriend and girlfriend three times. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I know as soon as it reaches him that I’ve made a mistake. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Red-faced, like all the Lees, white-bearded, dressed in an old gray coat and a gray felt hat, without insignia, so that he is mistaken sometimes for an elderly major of dignity. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe there was a mistake in his departure date; maybe he had postponed his trip. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He faced me and I saw his eyes, the look I had once mistaken for kindness and protection. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heaved a sigh so heavy it might’ve been mistaken for a dying breath. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s three times what it usually is. There must be a mistake.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, misled by spite, he had made the mistake of speaking and gloating before he had both hands on his victim’s neck. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I understand that God has called me to thisplace for some reason or another, but either I am not ready to receive that message yet or we have made a mistake. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Here you go. I can’t really find any mistakes or anything.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I back into the wall and then realize my mistake too late. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They had been disgraced by her birth, and this was their chance to erase, once and for all, the last trace of their husband’s scandalous mistake. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“What if I made a mistake in the address?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Learning from my father’s mistakes, I know I am not going to be a coward like him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

That I wasn’t part of every mistake that’s led us to right now, January 17, with all its sins and griefs to bear. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a mistake right enough for that shows barely half a pound of flour. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You’ll get your weapons. I shall get my place of honor back, make no mistake. And then it’s up to you and your brother. Or sister, gods help us.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I made the mistake of telling him that my father had also said that if the Zamborskas said that she was wonderful in every way except for smoking, Summerhill will find Vivian another family. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And then, to make things worse, Dr. Throckmorton hired that fashion mistake from Fairview to take Mr. Glass’s place without even consulting me or my parents?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I check up and down the table to see if he’s made a mistake or is lost or something. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn't do anything right, and he just glowered at me like Claggart when I made a stupid mistake. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor remarked indifferently that if he was not mistaken, that was the day after Maman died. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

You’re so excited to be away from your mistakes that your boring little sister doesn’t matter anymore. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It turned out she was wearing a brown housedress the exact color of her skin, and mistakes are easy to make at six a.m. when the sun is barely a blip in the sky. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Your brother has apologized profusely for his mistake, Mom says to JB. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

In the corner of my eye, they could almost be mistaken for human corpses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the relief and pleasure that came into their expressions. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

No mistaking her u's for n’s or her is for e's. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I realized I had made a great mistake. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

That time, he had fallen through a page in an enchanted diary, right into somebody else’s memory . . . and unless he was very much mistaken, something of the sort had happened again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking it this time: Tall, long-armed shadows high-stepped in a flowing circle inside the club. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking they were at the right location. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Martin had seen a hollow- gast—at night, in the rain, as it was tearing him to shreds—and had mistaken it for his most prized exhibit. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Earlier, I had made the mistake of telling Vega about that thing Sunny had done right before she had jumped on the elevator. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

At first glance the object on the ground could have been mistaken for a kick- ball, but it was actually... a boy’s head. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

An unimaginable mistake over some candy Tariq bought here, from me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Oh no, the Dutch are very much mistaken. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You and I aren’t like Hassan, that rich merchant. If he makes a buying mistake, it doesn’t affect him much. But we two have to live with our mistakes.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to coax him, by opening the barrier to the maze, and before I could tell her to leave him alone, she made the mistake of trying to pick him up. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But putting all that aside, I made one mistake: I used intimacy to get closer to him, and in doing so, I ruled out other forms of friendship. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

At sea, sailors would mistake the rising smoke for a gigantic mountain range. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He knew almost as many herbs as the curandera, but he would get confused when it came to deciding on their use, and he had committed some irreparable mistakes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He does everything that way, quick as a whip, hardly ever makes mistakes. I’ll bet he knows every song you’ve ever sung to him. He knows more about what’s in my wagon than I do.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And if I’m not mistaken, I catch sight of a teeny tiny moustache. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Milton pointed out stories in the newspaper detailing the gruesome ends of coeds who had made that mistake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now, however, was not the time to concentrate on past mistakes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I look around, thinking there must be some mistake. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s expression—her lowered eyes, the way she glanced around, seeking escape—told Samantha what a mistake the question had been. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The mistake we make in thinking of character as something unified and all-encompassing is very similar to a kind of blind spot in the way we process information. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Ghost, realizing his mistake, draws his crossbow and points it at my sister, but there’s no way to shoot his way out of this. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The light was dim in the room; maybe it was too dark for him to mistake me for a mundele. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That is where we make mistakes,” she said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Throughout the campaign, Barack had criticized the president's leadership frequently and in detail, promising voters he would fix the many things he viewed as mistakes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Obinze said, “Mummy, we are more likely to fill it out without mistakes if you stop talking.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If it were simply a mistake in aim no one would say anything, but the truth is that the barrels are worn out. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I read the numbers on the page, I know Ollie has made a mistake. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Like the way everyone laughed at Sammy because they thought he was making mistakes with the dogs, when it was really part of the act. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes, my friend. You’ve confused aqua with turquoise. I can see how you made that mistake. You’re not the first.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He laid the gun on the porch hesitantly, as if he thought he were making a mistake. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” I said with false bravery, and stupidly took a step forward which was a mistake, because next to my foot was a bucket filled with thick human fluids. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m awfully flattered you mistook me for Prince Gwydion. There’s hardly any resemblance, except possibly a certain air of...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“There must be some mistake,” the captain began. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I was seven and made the colossal mistake of asking my mom to bring my favorite Indian dessert to school for my birthday. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Someone to edit away all your mistakes so you can seem as glossy as ever? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My fingers stumbled over the keypad, making mistakes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon, and there was no way I could take the bus to Tembisa to confront the principal about what surely must be a mistake. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

While she stares at me, all of the mean things she’s done wind through my head and I wonder if I’ve made a mistake in coming over. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Abbot Mortimer was the first to admit that he had been mistaken. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

If he knew what to say or how to fix his mistake, he’d go over to her. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I make a mistake,” she said, every syllable carefully enunciated. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Katie doesn’t seem like the kind of person who makes mistakes.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Straightforward and honest. No screaming. No ‘There must be a mistake, Mr. Charon.’ The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A technical mistake: pumped her too full of formaldehyde or embalming fluid or whatever they used. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate paid close attention, careful not to mistake short for long or vice versa, making sure to recognize pauses. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

This mistake is upsetting her more than it did me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the plain blue home- spun and white linen which modestly clothed Aunt Rachel and Judith, Kit’s flowered silk gave her the look of some vivid tropical bird lighted by mistake on a strange shore. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandfather often called her ‘Beth’, and her grandmother watched over her with untiring devotion, as if trying to atone for some past mistake, which no eye but her own could see. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made the mistake of looking out the window again. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I thought we would beat you easily, and you very nearly beat us. I’m happy to admit my mistake. But do you always fight in pairs?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I had just made a mistake I would pay for later. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was believed to be where she sat down, and to have been caused by sitting on some armour at a picnic by mistake. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet looking back it was difficult to see how or where the mistake had been made. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they have mistaken him for someone else. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I made a very bad mistake. I came to correct it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now, looking out at the field, I wondered if it was all a mistake. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later at the official inquiry, all of the mistakes and missed chances that occurred in the opening minutes of the fire would be discussed in great detail. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s that feeling of falling when you know without question that you’ve lost control of your car or made a mistake that’s beyond repair. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was Jimmy Fioretos, who in his panic mistook my voice for my mother’s. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It would be a mistake, though, to assume that people are incapable of embracing a permanent commitment to color consciousness. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Gang activity. If I’m not mistaken, Officers Long and Tate recently apprehended a drug dealer on campus.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Confusing a conditional statement—if A, then B—with its converse—if B, then A—is a very common mistake. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The interruption seemed to have hurt Petrosian’s concentration, because he made some mistakes and resigned on the fortieth move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In school, if their teacher announced their birthday, they denied it, claiming it was a mistake. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Weighing up to a tonne, the Erumpent may be mistaken for a rhinoceros at a distance. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my dream their deaths had been a mistake, a misunderstanding, a new play they had been rehearsing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Are you sure you haven’t made a mistake?’ my mother said to the shop assistant. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad realized his mistake before the word fully left his mouth, but it didn’t matter. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I halt, aware of the colossal mistake I have made. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The time to correct that potentially disastrous mistake is now. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The other contestant is good, but his celebrity speaks too slowly and says the word bat while giving clues for the word batter, an amateur’s mistake. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Livermore defended its flop as the not- unexpected product of vigorous innovation, on the theory that one can often learn more from mistakes than from easy successes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

His one mistake was leaving Captain Short alive. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“It seems I had been mistaken. The children had not left the house at all. They were simply—hiding.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

A year full of mistakes, but we all make them, right? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Though Petunia evidently did not understand the word, she could hardly mistake the tone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I knocked at the door, but he called out and said he had made a mistake.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He realized his mistake as soon as he saw her up close. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two more horseflies landed on Old Flapjack’s flank and it was a chance to make up for the mistake I’d just made. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I knew that the policeman made a mistake. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It is that I have found my mistakes. corrected my misjudgments.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Isa started a new etude, making a number of mistakes along the way. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

So maybe her grandmother had made a mistake. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wonder if the transport angels ever make mistakes and take the wrong peoples, ones who are not actually dying. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

And I realize that this is not just a tragic mistake. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Devon School record books contained a mistake, a lie, and nobody knew it but Finny and me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I thought our fight was done, that Charlie was finished with me, but I was mistaken. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He realized immediately he’d just made a mistake—he couldn’t let this guy think he could talk to him like that. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She never would have been mistaken for a queen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Disproving a claim that something exists is often quite difficult, and this difficulty is often mistaken for evidence that the claim is true. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean...we could use your help in sample collection...for the Collective,” I say, realizing my mistake. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

You must have made a mistake, I said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think that you should feel worse than you do? That you don’t feel bad enough for your mistakes?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mistake has been made and we’re going to right it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

No one spoke up to correct the woman’s mistake. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He claimed he’d actually gone to the trailer to bum a cigarette, but the foreman mistook him for a burglar and came after him with a gun. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It depends on things not going wrong, on mistakes not being made, on the reptilian passions not being seriously aroused. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the Battle of Gettysburg he is later to remark: “It took a great many mistakes to lose that battle. And I myself made most of them.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Affirmative. The navigator has never made a mistake in his career.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Consistent with earlier studies, participants were more likely to mistake a black target as armed when he was not and mistake a white target as unarmed when in fact he was armed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’d memorized Australian phrases and learned that a blue is a fight, to make a blue is to make a mistake, and a bluey could either mean “dog,” “jacket,” “equipment,” “redhead,” or “Portuguese man-of-war.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Antidotes were on hand in case mistakes were made—and as Brullo began going through the tables, telling the Champions to drink, he handed them out frequently. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It would've been the worst mistake ever to smile, but I sure wanted to. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She notices she has made a mistake and begins unraveling a lopsided yellow row. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

His fingers trembled and he cautioned himself to make no mistakes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He hates making mistakes. I always tell him the only bad one he’s ever made was marrying me and taking on my kids.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She had done that a few times by mistake, and once her tongue had swelled up so much she had to talk to Mo in sign language for two days. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I knew it was a mistake to say anything more, but I heard my voice speaking. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, she said, Richard was a kid, a kid who was capable of making an exceedingly dumb mistake, but one who was also capable of learning from it. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Having answered the Count’s salutation, I turned to the glass again to see how I had been mistaken. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I said: ‘This could happen to anybody,”’ she says of making a driving mistake. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Add to that a handful of media articles referring to me as an Olympic hopeful in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, and it’s understandable why I was being mistaken for an Olympian. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If you are who I think you are, she wrote, I hope you will forgive me if I’ve made mistakes. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I went out swiftly, all of myself, and I knew I was dead and that it had all been a mistake to think you just died. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Two-hundred and fifty-five screens in and I still hadn’t made a single mistake. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It’s too dark in the gloom to read them, but there’s no mistaking my name scrawled across the front in my mother’s handwriting. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But then her smile returned, and I figured I must have been mistaken. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was really only two, but I did not want to explain after I had made the mistake. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Standing by the blackboard in his office at LeConte Hall, attended by his ever-present students, Oppenheimer declared promptly, “That’s impossible,” and proceeded to demonstrate mathematically why Hahn and Strassmann must have been mistaken. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We didn’t want her to know where we were really going, we didn’t want her to tell, by mistake, reveal anything, if we were stopped. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had made one mistake: he didn’t hide the bodies of those he had successfully killed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“We think the creature must be mistaken, you see.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Others, too, who died because of mistakes. Prejudice.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

And the rabbit swore that he would not make the mistake of loving again. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Would have made mistakes caused you pain eaten the world in one bite. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have told him about her mistake. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

History’s eyes and coming of age in their young nation and making a million mistakes. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Hagrid looked at Harry with warmth and respect blazing in his eyes, but Harry, instead of feeling pleased and proud, felt quite sure there had been a horrible mistake. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“But maybe it really was a mistake, the newsletter. Maybe she—” “Elizabeth.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Unless I’m very much mistaken, I think I’ve just managed to offend her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Was making this movie and showcasing it for the entire school a giant mistake? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"How did somebody make such a major mistake?" barks Nala over the din of the machinery. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the nature of the scene; it was a chase. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A doctor who didn’t understand local culture might mistake patients’ complaints for bizarre superstitions, or be utterly baffled by Haitian logic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He is smiling in the picture, and there is no mistaking the look in his eyes: Chris McCandless was at peace, serene as a monk gone to God. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought that the previous two generations had been coddled too much because of “mistaken theories of education.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pick it up, move it, and hold my finger on the top to be sure I haven’t made a mistake. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I liked what I had done so far, having made sure that I’d penciled it in first so all mistakes could be erased before I painted it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And in that moment, I thought that maybe helping Needles was a mistake. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

One could argue this result is a tragic, unforeseeable mistake, and that the goal was always crime control, not the creation of a racial undercaste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nick’s mistake was inviting my whole family to his bar mitzvah. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She baits me to make mistakes by giving problems with my most common weaknesses, but I pull through okay. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

One teenage girl at Hangyoreh School gargled with liquid fabric softener, mistaking it for mouthwash. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes. And if he tries anything with me,” he said, “it’ll be the worst mistake he ever made in his life.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Do you often mistake one particular interval for another? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Another example of a correlation mistaken for a cause: In the New Hebrides Islands, body lice were considered a cause of good health. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And there’s no mistake about it,” he said. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

What the hell is this, about a Snickers bar being mistaken for a gun? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“But if the legion mistakes Tyson for an enemy—” ”I’ve got it!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His wife, a well-preserved woman with afflicted eyelids and expression, scolded his mistake. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

"The Brotherhood has many enemies, and we must not be too harsh with brotherly mistakes." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you make the mistake of saying this, you will be accused of a curiosity called “playing the race card.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then he tried to talk, another mistake, because his voice was all quivery and weak. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And at least he had the privilege of being able to say at the end of his life that he made his own mistakes. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Only people whose mistakes were very serious were sent to these classes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, clambering back to higher ground, he made another, much worse, mistake. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When murder suspects are stressed, they sometimes make mistakes and tell the cops a story that might later become evidence against them. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I think she bought this one by mistake. It actually has the word ‘butter’ in it.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“And it’s a temptation for any intelligent person, and especially for perfectionists such as the ancients and ourselves, to try to murder the primitive, emotive, appetitive self. But that is a mistake.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“There was a mistake at the pawnshop. They accidentally sold your boombox.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And then you had to throw these mistakes in a barrel, which counted against you because the owner could sell those only as scraps. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not hunting for his grandfather’s flashlight—that was the first mistake of the trip. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But the authorities’ greatest mistake was keeping us together, for together our determination was reinforced. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, there was the constant and pervasive anxiety the trainees shared about making mistakes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“What if Dad made a mistake?” she asked gloomily. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hyacinthus, they would say, died not slaughtered by his kinsfolk to get food for them, but only because of a sorrowful mistake. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Adams saw Groom and Namba above him, he realized his mistake and climbed slowly back toward the Balcony. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But for all the differences, there was no mistaking the family resemblance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Let there be no mistake; we shall completely destroy Japan’s power to make war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

All her life Marilyn had been awed by that precision and beauty in her husband, in his body She had rarely, if ever, seen him make a mistake off the diving board. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They put twelve soups on the tray by mistake and Lenny and I stuffed down so many hotdogs while we were waiting for the rain to stop I couldn't eat another mouthful." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We can prevent the people fighting wars or staffing emergency rooms or policing the streets from making mistakes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“He drank my sleeping medicine by mistake. Move over a little.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Make no mistake, football is still my least favorite sport, but I actually really like going to the homecoming game. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t had a fight last night, not really, but I could tell she didn’t know where to put her misery over my mistake, and I was scared to find out where things stood today. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how, Hazel-rah,” he answered, “but I’m sure I’m not mistaken.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when she’s with me, there’s no mistaking the fact that we belong together. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t correct her mistake, just pulls me closer and gives me a loud smack on the lips. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The talk was always the same, of the Turks and their brutality, of Venizelos and his mistakes, of King Constantine and his return, and of the unavenged crime of Smyrna burned. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I finally do get to the top, I make the mistake of looking down. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Until Helen discovered what appeared to be a mistake in their bank balance, that is. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made the mistake of putting tomatoes on my sandwich, and they made the bread all soggy. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I had thought all the rooms at Thornfield beautifully clean and well arranged; but it appears I was mistaken. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But maybe he meant nothing. I was burnt up with the fever. Maybe I mistook kindness for—for—” She grimaced. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

"This is a terrible mistake," he said, shaking his head from side to side, "a terrible, terrible mistake." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“But I thought I’d better come myself”—he held up a rolled request form—“so that there could be no question whether this was a mistake.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Not a helpless or pleading child, but a petulant one, the type of tough boy who’s known too little love and is quick to blame others for his mistakes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you have one, you will likely mistake it for a personal failure, which it is not. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Falling into the gorge would count as a pretty bad mistake. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Do we all make the same mistakes, or has one of us gotten it right, or even just a bit less wrong, am I the imposter? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before, it had been easy to imagine that all these terrible things were some kind of mistake. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"There must be a mistake. Are you sure it's Greenwood?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Alhaji, the tallest among us and sometimes mistaken for the oldest, tried to explain to the chief that we were just passing by. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But it was a mistake to take his eyes off Yoren, even for an instant. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Every so often a group of fellows will stop by in the afternoon on a sightseeing tour, and receive a mistaken impression of my establishment. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And both Rider wild cards are struck out by a rookie mistake!” the analyst shouts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And that would be the last mistake they ever made. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I hope you, as the leader, took full responsibility for the mistake. Isn’t that what we tried to teach you in school?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered what would happen to the coffin of that other woman who had been put there by mistake. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The first arrow whizzed by Rondon’s face, and he mistook it for a bird. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“You must be mistaken. He’s a good Muslim boy. He comes without fail to Friday prayer, and his knowledge of the Holy Qur’an is coming along nicely.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After the disaster on Pingree Street, Milton vowed never to make the same mistake again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Now that you realize your mistake,” I say, “I will give you another chance to tell me what I need to know before I shoot you somewhere worse.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After four days on the run, he makes a critical mistake, boldly supporting Lincoln’s assassination while eating dinner with strangers. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

This has to be some sort of mistake. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Mr. Weston, do not mistake me. Selina is no fine lady, I assure you. Do not run away with such an idea.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

As it got closer, there was no mistaking it. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Here is the advertisement. From the description, no one could possibly mistake you.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A costly mistake: Cortes was among the escapees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was pretty sure her boyfriend had just made a big mistake. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The professors had made a mistake, and no one else had caught it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In any case I could not mistake the hands which I had had so many opportunities of studying. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I beg your pardon, it was so small, I naturally mistook it for one of the flyaway things you sometimes wear. How do you keep it on?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking that tone—it was Momma for sure. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Indeed, Mama, you are mistaken,” said Elizabeth, blushing for her mother. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“You don’t care now, but there’ll come a time when that promise will keep you out of mischief, or I’m much mistaken.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I practically ran out of O-Hall, which was a mistake, because the speed at which I was moving made me feel sick again. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was transmitted by cannibalism, when highland babies made the fatal mistake of licking their fingers after playing with raw brains that their mothers had just cut out of dead kuru victims awaiting cooking. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I managed to keep up, but when he moved on to short complete sentences, I kept making mistakes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

A mistake would disrupt the workings of the city for no reason. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The yellow jackets lived in a nest in the ground and Charley stepped on it by mistake. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He banked into the homestretch, swung out to go around Today, and made the biggest mistake of his career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched the car ease out of the compound and stood there, telling herself she was mistaken; there had been nothing in that gesture. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well, we can talk about it,” Sahil said, because he obviously disagreed with my artistic vision, which is a huge mistake, but whatever. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Beck was nearly persuaded to descend with me when I made the mistake of mentioning that Mike Groom was on his way down with Yasuko, a few minutes behind me. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

"I’m most awfully sorry," he said, “but I think you’ve made a mistake. I should have remembered the name de Winter. I’ve never attended a Mrs. de Winter in my life.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It feels even more important to correct her English now, as if her English mistakes could prove she's wrong about other, bigger things. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was inches away from a clean getaway, until I made the mistake of telling my principal that I was planning to leave. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were en route from Montclair to New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Frank, Jr., was left behind by mistake in a restaurant in New London. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some other theory that this theory depends on may be at fault, some fact that has been taken for granted may be mistaken, or some piece of equipment may not operate as envisaged. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But men have made the same mistake more than once—left the whole business out of account, or been content to trust to luck and the fortune of war. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This whole cancer mistake is all sorted out? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked back there and looked at her mistake tree. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s disarming manner was so forthcoming she couldn’t help wondering if he had mistaken them for others. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But someone might mistake me for a burglar. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once, he signs his old name by mistake on a credit card slip at the college bookstore. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she slapped her forehead and said, “Oh, my mistake!” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her violence boiled over when I got lost picking my way through the thicket of notes I’d been traversing without mistake all week long. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“No one there,” he said in what he mistook for a whisper. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's no chance I'm going to make a mistake, because I've got no armor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was mistaken, for no sooner had he entered the yard than shutters were closed and doors barricaded. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time I felt a great pressure on me, a pressure to not make any mistakes, because the whole world was watching. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the food science teacher made the fatal mistake of asking the class if it knew the meaning of the word condiment, Don immediately answered with “lambskin, sheepskin.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The administration area in which Hungry Joe had pitched his tent by mistake lay in the center of the squadron between the ditch, with its rusted railroad tracks, and the tilted black bituminous road. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Raphael probably would have painted out the freckles, and that would have been a mistake. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I need someone who will not make a mistake and tear their own arm off because they pushed the wrong button,” he rumbled. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A really silly name, but it’s based on a mistake. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The voice in which he said, “Good-morning, Director,” was absurdly too loud; that in which, correcting his mistake, he said, “You asked me to come and speak to you here,” ridiculously soft, a squeak. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever get to like my father and his planned mistakes?” he asked testily. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Angry that my dumb mistakes could cost my mama her job. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Tuffett,” she said, “I think there’s been a mistake. I really don’t quite—” “You don’t, do you? Then I’ll show you!” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was a mistake to raise my hand so quickly. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

What if he realizes he made a mistake? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I wrote three drafts, making sure I did not make any mistakes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“That was our mistake, comrade. For we know now—it is all written down in the secret documents that we have found— that in reality he was trying to lure us to our doom.” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

If I had remembered my packet and made the mistake of getting up there, that owl on Kaylee’s shirt would be full-on rolling its giant eyes at me along with everyone else by this point. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

"You had better explain to her. Stand on the battlements and explain the mistake." The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what the other man didn't realize was that he had made a mistake, had delivered himself neatly into Blore's hands. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Even though they knew that the conclusion was wrong, they could never find a mistake in Zeno’s mathematical proof. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He placed them on the piano as Matt practiced and caught every mistake. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was an unfortunate mistake,” Berendht continued, “and the officer responsible will have to submit to our rigorous internal review, as well as possibly face criminal charges.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In order to remove the mistake, the mother woke Remedios up and carried her into the living room, still drowsy from sleep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In Millennium Challenge, this is exactly the mistake that Blue Team made. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The first bombardment showed us our mistake, and under it the world as they had taught it to us broke in pieces. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s just a country boy in school up there. He dont mean any harm. I think the marshal’ll find it’s a mistake. His father’s a congregational minister.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one answers, but the Misses Duncan and Anderson both give me looks that make it clear that I have very much made a mistake. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When the Yankees won the first two games easily, Tommy made the mistake of saying, “De Bums played like amateurs.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even had I not known the queen's countenance from the likeness of her that hung in every inn and shop, I could not have mistaken her. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I never saw it on you before, which accounts for the mistake, you see.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the most stupid, the most amateurish mistake he could have made. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“A small part of me thought: ‘Maybe it’s a mistake, and he’ll come home anyway.’” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pinned my hopes on the thought that a mistake had definitely been made by the Department of Bantu Education, as would be shown when the principal’s inquiry was answered. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we made a mistake and pointed in the opposite direction, we would crash into the moon instead of returning to earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because, yeah, he was excited to see her, but he was about to confess something—maybe the biggest mistake he’d ever made—and he didn’t want her to be there when he confessed it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I had made a mistake about Mencken? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull; and, at first sight, all dull alike: but I soon found I was mistaken. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Usually, when we make a mistake like that on bars, we fall safely into the spongy foam underneath. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“This time there will be no mistakes!” he yelled. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He winces while saying her name, and now I see why he's given me a pass on the newspaper mistake. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I made the mistake of inviting them to a sleepover in seventh grade. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Because an eye has to evolve from something else very like an eye and it doesn’t just happen because of a genetic mistake, and what is the use of half an eye? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was always watching and measuring and waiting for me to make a mistake. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“So now you see,” I said, finally, “what a mistake it was to let me stay.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For the first time in his life, Senator Trueba admitted he had made a mistake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. My mistake! Seems your name is on the Memory Intact List. Someone’s off to the Bureau, I’ll bet. Best thirty years of my life. Anyways, good afternoon!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sophisticated printed illustrations based on perspective drawings thus turned anatomy into a progressive science, where each generation of anatomists was able to identify mistakes and oversights in the work of their predecessors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As soon as the words were out, she heard her mistake. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was a mistake to turn around, my body aches to run back to them, to hold on to them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you can hear strange plays about Greeks plucking out their eyes because they married their mothers by mistake. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The nurse would be mistaking me for somebody else. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

That’s all it was, a mistake, but it had killed Kiowa. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most wretched waifs”—plop!—“in your circumstances would be sent away— Ouch!Percy, beloved, why are you kicking me? Have you mistaken me for a chair leg?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I was professional enough about it, I didn’t make mistakes, but somehow it felt as if I were gearing up to fight somebody else’s war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a couple of minutes into the drive, I realized we might’ve made a big mistake. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Shay’s note read, “At the second make the worst mistake.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I made the mistake of talking about it once. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Somebody in that room had murdered Sir Patrick in mistake for Gawaine, and until the murderer was discovered they would all be under the same suspicion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted them to learn, to have adventures, to make mistakes and bounce back. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If I decided I had been mistaken, I’d go back and get my sticks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It should be fairly obvious that I cooked an omelette in a frying pan rather than in a wood stove, but it bothers me to make the same mistakes over and over again. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In her rare moments of lucidity she understood that this was not a nightmare and that she was not there by mistake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hawk had known Booth and was not likely to mistake him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Hamilton saw fit to make additional revisions on his own, he should “let them be so clearly interlined-erased-or referred to in the margins that no mistake may happen.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

"The wolves ... I don't know why they did that . . ." "No doubt they mistook me for dinner." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dylan looks so hurt by this accusation that I can’t help wondering if I made a mistake telling him. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But in all branches of industry—and death is an industry, my young friend, make no mistake about that—one makes one’s money from operating in bulk, from buying in quantity, from centralizing one’s operations. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We’ve seen too many people make mistakes and get stuck here—like Erin’s brother, Rod, and my pop did. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only my heart made a pounding sound I mistook for footsteps. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“You are making the mistake of your life,” he wrote to her. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, I kind of kicked the wall, too, but that was by mistake.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tally realized that this mistake might be her last. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I made the mistake of handing over the pen to let them sign their own names. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She was the only one, she could see now, who did not take a pill each day—and she guessed that it was simply a mistake. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But, then, either through some mistake or lack of care, the plant began to wither and decline, and nothing I did would bring it back to health. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had made a mistake before, and we had lost a man and had one wounded. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fraction of an inch of mistake, half a second of hesitation, and my life is over. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But it was too late now—I might end up hanging up by mistake. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You are mistaken. We cannot let you kill our Nightbeast or become a true coven. It just will not fit in with our plans,” Aamon said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It would be a very great mistake to stop publishing,” Goodale said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The heat of my mistake lingers in my stomach. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t cared much on International Mother Language Day, but now the mistakes made her feel even worse. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the awesome implications of the chaplain’s revelation: it was either an insight of divine origin or a hallucination; he was either blessed or losing his mind. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And he got testy with her. Big mistake.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

What if she got back to Lagos and realized what a mistake it was to move back? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I brought them to Dad, who was reading the New York Times at the kitchen table, marking the mistakes with his red pen. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now, behind those two inches you want to hide Aristotle’s ninety-nine cubits and, speaking only of my tiny error, remain silent about his enormous mistake. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

They took the nerves of steel into account, but not the small mistake. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I clenched my hands into fists, but Wynn caught his mistake. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, if she thinks she can just have a relationship with me after all this time, she’s mistaken.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as I say it, I wonder if it’s a mistake. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Begging in the gutter, a broken old woman bent into the sum of her mistakes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“There you quite mistake him,” said I. “I know better.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I will not see Madoc made to look foolish because of your mistakes.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Rob’s family was always laughing about something—even Mr. Washington’s mistakes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter what mistakes I made, it didn’t seem to faze Cap—not even when I thought someone’s driveway was a side street and turned onto it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

For the first time, the words didn't seem like a lie or a mistake. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And since I was the “mistake,” I felt like it was my fault. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

It's the same thing I asked Ollie, when he told me someone named Roodveldt had arrived in the theater, wanting deeply for there to have been a mistake. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“For Book Scavenger? It’s got a badge inside, so no one will mistake it for one of yours.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She wanted to tell him he was making a mistake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It led Einstein to what he called the greatest mistake of his career. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Aviators man realized he’d left his gun on his desk — a rookie mistake. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I know,” she said in her vibrant, gracious voice, “that you are all concerned. That you feel I have made a mistake.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So you made a mistake out of anger. But that doesn’t mean that’s who you are. Character is made or broken by patterns of behavior. Not one mistake.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

A desperate person—say, someone trying to get the spider god to fix a mistake that had stirred up monsters—why, that person might try anything to get to Anansi in the palace above. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“A stupid mistake, but he didn’t set out to betray anyone.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My mistake is that I started listening too late. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I made a mistake. This was a mistake! I was selfish, I know that, so you have to let me go before they catch up.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“No mistakes today, guys. If we nail everything on the first take, we can head home later tonight. If not, we’ll need to spend another night in the city.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My 101st guard Danny had said, “When you let yourself lose your focus, you make big mistakes.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She roams the earth with pointed teeth and glowing eyes, looking for her children. If she finds a child awake, she will mistake them for her own and take them!” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Both Haldeman and Henry seem to have an idea—which I think is mistaken—that even if we fail in Vietnam we can still survive politically,” the president wrote in his diary. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Initial reports tied Mr. Aziz to a terrorist splinter group, but the FBI now is now calling it a simple case of mistaken identity. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Life was pleasant in Lorimer Street and the Nolans would have kept on living there if it hadn’t been for Aunt Sissy and her big but mistaken heart. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care you hooked up with Ethan again. We all make mistakes. Whatever. No ones really even talking about it, except Gillian. Even Shriya’s like, whatever. Who cares about that guy?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When their territory increased, which happened under Carmagnola, the Venetians had a taste of this mistake. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Not when I keep making mistakes all the time.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

What if this invitation came to her by mistake? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It also meant that Special Circumstances could make mistakes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“This was a bad mistake I guess but I let him ride down with me a couple weeks ago.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“And to think I mistook it for Paris, France,” Mary Anne whispered to Ben in the rear of the station wagon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine if the kiss in Athens wasn’t an awkward mistake. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

"They wandered into my bed of Venus flytraps. Big mistake." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wonder if doctors ever cut off somebody's arm or leg and afterward realize that they made a huge mistake. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

For despite how well he spoke, how perfectly he moved through the sounds of his words, I kept listening for the errant tone, the flag, the minor mistake that would tell of his original race. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't. I don't want you to; because if you forget there'll be trouble. You're mistaken, don't you see you're outnumbered? You need allies to win . . ." "That there is sense. Black allies. Yellow and brown allies!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know—guess it’s always been real regular-like. One a month, every month, same day. Maybe whoever’s in charge realized you were nothing but a big mistake, sent someone to replace you.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the pure delight I saw spread across his face as he knelt in front of the panel. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it had been from the first her great mistake—to meet him, to marry him, to love him as she so bitterly had. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

If Ho Chi Minh hoped quoting from the Declaration of Independence would help win him friends in Washington, D.C., he was mistaken. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But there was a mistake made in New York Manhattan City today. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had made a mistake by ever getting involved with the genius kid. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

You mean you don’t want me to make the same mistakes she did. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He made spelling and grammatical mistakes he’d long mastered and soon he was writing broken English and then no English at all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He thought it possible that mistakes by inexperienced sonar operators could account for the reports of enemy torpedoes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then he made a mistake: trying to look behind him, he slipped and put a foot into the water. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Finally the plane’s radar picks up the mistake, and then comes the key sentence: “Captain hit First Officer with the back of his hand for making the error.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In the grand scheme of the country’s blind, grasping fight against threats seen and unseen, there would be mistakes made. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At first I didn’t know about the mistakes being made on the business level that were making it hard, so it just felt like a hard situation. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was scared stiff, thought a ghastly mistake had been made. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I still took it personally since I knew it was all a mistake. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Not me, sir. Begging pardon, but someone is mistaken.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was already almost totally turned around, when, always with this hissing in his ear, he just made a mistake and turned himself back a little. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

But John kept making mistakes and asking us to start over. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Because of your mistake, you will come with me to pray that you learn to listen. And you will be the last to eat." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Occasionally it's a case of mistaken identity, but most often the suspect knows exactly why he's being taken. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Butler. Cover. I thought speaking in primal terms would be the quickest route to your cognitive functions. Obviously I was mistaken.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“That’s why we have lodged a protest with the Department of Bantu Education. We think that the computer must have made a mistake. We hope to hear from them in a week or two.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other children sometimes laughed at her when she made mistakes, or grew impatient with her because she was forever losing things; but Timothy never did. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“My sister made that mistake, too. She jumped up and down so much, the top flew off. Our ceiling is still stained from the fizzy soda.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I am making no mistake. Why did Miss Debenham lie to me?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you win, it’s by mindless chance. Make no mistake. First you tricked me, and then I slipped. Accident.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy made some mistakes on the Stampede Trail, but confusing a caribou with a moose wasn’t among them. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But sometimes mistakes are the best teachers. We can learn from them.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When Chestnut finished, Walter was sure that the State would simply announce that they had made a mistake. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“We’re usually very good at what we do. Sometimes we make mistakes. Me, for example, allowing myself to be alone with you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Listen to the story and learn from the crow’s mistakes, for the crow did not see the fox’s sneer, but only heard his deceptive words.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Noah and Ethan had propped their jackets and backpacks on an aisle seat so that the shadow cast in the darkened auditorium could easily be mistaken for a person. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only mistake I made was not thinking quickly enough to ask Kath’s phone number, just in case I can’t find it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"I guess we were both mistaken," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or was she just someone who made an epic mistake and had to do something epic to fix it? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She is always looking for your weakness, always trying to get you flustered and force you into a mistake. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It was a mistake. I made a mistake.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I stared at Young, feeling that he was making a dreadful mistake, but fearing him because he had, by his own account, the sanction of high political authority. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But still it seemed like a big mistake, and it was too late in the term to pick up my old classes or change counselors again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

To compound this, he made the mistake of not formally recognizing her during service when she came to visit the church. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But later, his mother told him he had made a mistake coming back despite what she’d told him two years ago. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Hell of a mistake,” he called back, pulling on his coat as he strode toward his boat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And if I’m not mistaken—and I’m not—the boy says, quite clearly, “More like SuperFag.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the fear and suspicion in her face. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Of course I knew at once it was just a terrible mistake,” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was quite outspoken in his belief that it was a mistake for guides to pamper their clients. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Someone in the Senate who tried to excuse him declared that there were many men who knew how not to err better than they knew how to correct their mistakes. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

A poll taken in the spring of 1971 revealed that 71 percent of Americans believed that U.S. intervention in Vietnam had been a mistake. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was filled with gratitude, but taking my eyes from Ucho was a mistake. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Go out and meet Colonel Julyan, prevent him from coming, say it was all a mistake?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Plug, sturdy, loyal range horse that he was, forgave my every mistake. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

On our way to Soho for supper I returned to the problem of Linus, emphasizing that smiling too long over his mistake might be fatal. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I made a mistake and now I figure it's about time I did the right thing. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was on my knees before her, swearing my allegiance, but she mistook me for my brother, Jaime, and fed me to her dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean, Mr. Jackson didn’t say we were excluded because we made mistakes. She kept us out on purpose. Because she doesn’t like that we’re loud and not ‘traditional’ or ‘family friendly.’ The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Helena, a grammar school teacher in Bremen, was very unlikely to make that mistake. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was why, when he got back to the house, he made the mistake. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Of course innocent mistakes occur, but the accumulated insults and indignations caused by racial presumptions are destructive in ways that are hard to measure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was a mistake so big that my father, and my family, would be paying for it forever. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The unwritten motto of United States Robot and Mechanical Men Corp. was well-known: “No employee makes the same mistake twice. He is fired the first time.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But no, there was no mistaking Becton's sincerity—or his sanity or intelligence—even if his desire to meet formally with the gun-toting leader of the Durham Klan struck C.P. as foolhardy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Chloe’s eyes looked just like Mr. Travis’s did if you got all the way through conjugating your Latin verbs without no mistakes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well, you aren’t entirely mistaken in me. I intended to keep some of the delights of the revel for myself,” he says, and they all smirk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“No,” Ash said impulsively, and then she knew she had made a mistake. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I made a very stupid mistake yesterday,” he wrote to Emma. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with a computer it was reckoned it would take at least four years, and the chances were very high that one would make at least one mistake, probably more. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. If hallucinations can appear this ‘real’ to us, to anyone, if hallucinations are catching and almost believable, it’s no wonder they mistook us for psychotics. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when she was littler, Sansa had even asked Mother if perhaps there hadn't been some mistake. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lazlo nudged it open with his foot, and saw that he had not been mistaken. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At first I’m surprised, but then I realize it wasn’t a mistake to come over, because it felt like the right thing. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“What felicity it is to hear a tune again which has made one happy!—If I mistake not that was danced at Weymouth.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Mmhmm. Made the mistake of looking him up and trying to call. He, uhh...wasn’t real happy to hear from me.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

If you are not, you are apt to make mistakes, and the result is that the hawk does not finish her training for some time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it is a mistake to believe that Arthur’s civilization was weak in this famous science of ours. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because machine ciphers were so complicated, and because they had fewer mistakes, they were hard to break. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

‘Well, you do want looking after and no mistake: your party might be on a holiday!’ said Butterbur. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And then you died and left Mama and me to pay for it, literally. All my life, I’ve been paying for your risks, and your mistakes.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t feel comfortable confronting him,” Moore told a journalist years later, “so I said, ‘Gee, Doctor, I don’t know how I could have made that mistake.’ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Or Juan, who swears at himself every time he makes a tiny mistake in the kitchen. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then Powell made a mistake that jeopardized his mission. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Made a few dumb mistakes of my own, but I was always grateful for a second chance. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I'm not the sort of person normally mistaken for being fast and well-coordinated, and because of this, I found Martin's assumption to be oddly flattering. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Fear coming back to me—I knew he’d made a mistake in bringing us ashore—I said, “Then no ships will pass even close to us. Not even schooners! Were trapped here!” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you were teamed up with them it meant you were in part responsible for, or at least affected by, their mistakes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Once the kids took your side Parrish backed off. He’s going to be looking for you to make a mistake, though. You know that, right?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was no mistake about their being white; he could smell it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you must be mistaken, my dear Spiker. That miserable tree never has any peaches on it.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately,” he had said, “most of us have to learn from mistakes. But we do learn. I’ll bet you never do this again.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t be the only one feeling like this is all a big mistake. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

All this talk of exams and teachers getting tired and making mistakes and now the chocolate sale . . . and the two pieces of broken chalk abandoned on the desk, like white bones, dead men’s bones. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get in front of her before she can make a mistake that will likely get her killed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

How on earth could I have made so grave a mistake? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I appreciate my customers. And many of them are fine, fine people. But not all book people are good people. Don’t mistake shared interests with shared ethics.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But in fighting a rabbit of Bigwig’s strength and courage it proved a mistake. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hopper told the Trepids that he and Mrs. Hopper had made a mistake; they weren’t ready for children. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a mistake that no one ever needed to know about. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Evans filmed what became an after-school special for kids where he shared the story of his life with school-children and urged them to avoid the mistakes he had made. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For just a minute I wondered if I wasn't making a mistake, then I thought it all over again quickly and got up to say goodbye. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Both parties heartily endorsed it, and to acknowledge that low-wage work doesn’t lift people out of poverty would be to admit that it may have been, in human terms, a catastrophic mistake. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greed made people careless, and that was a mistake. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I am annoyed that he could scare me into mistaking a sliding chicken crate for a cracking ship’s hull. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Every mistake I make is frozen in the picture. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed Beetle’s arm and cried, “I no longer want this child. It was a mistake. Make it stop. I will do this no longer.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A young man, if I do not mistake my guess, a lovely thing like you." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The little princesses who were mistaken for maids, and the long-lost children mistaken for waifs, became more real to me than our house, our mother, our school or Mr. Freeman. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The central message that readers were bound to take away from such texts is that human beings have a mistaken sense of their own importance. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He wanted you to think he'd come in by mistake, for God's sake. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Heaven knew what would happen with a rabbit and two coyotes jammed in beneath her, and I had just about half a second to get ready for it when I realized I was mistaken.... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“His actions appear to have been impulsive, immature, and unpremeditated. He did make a big mistake and recognizes that. He asked for our forgiveness.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It may seem bizarre to suggest that Dionysius and Bede made a mistake when they forgot to include zero in their calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Doli at last, “I suppose I might as well go along, too. Do what I can. But it’s a mistake, I warn you.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Royal Brougham fired the first and potentially most lethal: Had he made a critical mistake by demoting his sophomores? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the time I couldn’t see any blessing in those closed doors, but in the years since, I have learned that God makes no mistakes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And I believe that what happened was a freak accident, an honest mistake. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone is entitled to make a mistake,” said the Governor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

On Sundays she sometimes wore the visor to church, mistaking it for a hat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mistaking their arrogance for stupidity was our mistake. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I do not know. It may be so. I opened the door of his compartment by mistake. I was much ashamed. It was a most awkward mistake.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not want to make the same mistakes in my next writing assignment, which Miss Bell announced the following day. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Trying to put some life in the party, so to speak, I sat up and said, “Dunse, I don’t think you’ve heard how my Uncle Johnny hung a cow by mistake.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

That, as it happens, turned out to be a huuuge mistake. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

An interest in magical beasts was considered dangerous and suspect, and taking a case full of such creatures into a major city was, in retrospect, a serious mistake. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I like to see my students applying themselves, but don’t mistake a few weeks of practice for years of it.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"I am an error, a mistake. I am failure and malice, greed and hatred. I am guilty. We are, all of us Augurs, guilty." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Luckily,” Baby Kochamma said, “luckily for you, the police have made a mistake. A lucky mistake.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sure that Griffith had made some terrible mistake in his experiment. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

And, of course, I continued to make mistakes, as all humans do. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t care how many mistakes I make, just one-two-three, “like a waltz,” he says. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But it almost sounds human, and mournful, like it thinks I’m making a big mistake. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fighting for the people she cared about and doing everything it took to fix her mistake? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I promise I didn’t get a 0. He made a mistake.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“All those who had no faith in her — who said she was too young — were mistaken.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We worried that an approaching army vehicle would mistake us for terrorists and shoot us in the back. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I looked at the mistakes I had made and corrected them, following Miss Bell’s suggestions. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Psychologists are still teaching animals to perform various tasks by punishing them with electric shocks every time they make a mistake. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a particular kind of bravery, one that often got mistaken for selfishness or laziness. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If it’s not true, she made a giant mistake. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At first it had seemed that it wouldn’t take much to straighten the mistake out. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was him, Tayo, who had died, but somehow there had been a mistake with the corpses, and somehow his was still unburied. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once Hazel had made the mistake of asking the townsfolk, but they had stared at her like she was crazy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

What I submit to you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is that Mr. Evans made the mistake of selling the cigarettes he stole during the robbery. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

An innocent mistake, it was nevertheless sufficient to end his life. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suitcase’s grammatical mistake struck everyone as extremely comical. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penguin Island is the story of an island inhabited by penguins who, in the mistaken belief that they are humans, are blessed by a nearly blind monk. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It was all a mistake,” he pleaded, standing out of his ship, his wife slumped behind him in the deeps of the hold, like a dead woman. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recited the alphabet for Zero, then Zero repeated it without a single mistake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Cora made the mistake of turning back as she departed the kitchen and caught Alice tossing the heads into the slop bucket. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A handful of other men were also interested, and the questions were many and good when Clevinger and the subversive corporal finished and made the mistake of asking if there were any. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The check was made out to my father, who thought it was a mistake. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The careless, reckless lines were mistaken for artistic confidence, though in truth, their creator was no artist. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Honest mistakes must be clearly distinguished from a failure to take pains. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Pat Patterson, a big man, who was himself protected by the shield of a bad reputation, made the mistake of cursing my mother one night when she was out alone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I wish I could have stopped Thomas. You and I are enemies, make no mistake about that . . . but I did not wish for such a thing to happen." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Nobody laughed this time: There was no mistaking the anger and contempt in Voldemort’s voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I knew I’d made a mistake the minute I got on the bus. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I knew this was a big mistake about a second before he stuck his hand out and said, “Lemme see it.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was totally overwhelmed, and I couldn’t help but think that maybe switching swords had been a mistake. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

You would never mistake one of her cards for a Hallmark, hut I have never seen cards more heartfelt. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I even make the mistake of trying to remember what happened. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She called for her, and when there was no answer she thought she might have been mistaken. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I make mistakes on purpose, taking her blows as I shout No! inside. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stupid thing wasn’t going back once — anyone can make that mistake—the stupid thing was being arrogant enough to go back twice. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Cordelia knows it’s called a safe, Perdie told her that once, when she was little and mistook one for a balloon. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One mistake, disagreement, or mistimed appointment on the part of a friend was enough for Bobby to sever a relationship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We got ourselves a farm girl, folks. Make no mistake.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“No . . . no. Did I call you? Oh. By mistake.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As fast as my fingers can move, I type up his/her mistakes and incorrect assumptions. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer couldn’t help thinking that he’d made a mistake letting her live. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I am in the Mark, sir, and under your orders. But you have made a mistake.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Miss Saunders tells us all to get to the office, there’s no mistaking that she means business. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It would be addressed to him, so there should be no mistake. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, Captain, we made a mistake and we’re sorry,” said Mack. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why is it that no one ever makes a mistake like this? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she didn’t make the same mistake again. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“So did her cancer—it came from a DNA mistake.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In general, she noticed that Pel didn’t like making mistakes or being wrong. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Little sister, you were mistaken,” said the woman as the fishing boat glided away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was entirely mistaken about Saturn, Mercury and Venus, and Jupiter has many more moons than Galileo discovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt it was good for kids to do what they wanted because they learned a lot from their mistakes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was also a slow woo-woo-woo sound from a barn owl hid out waiting for a mouse to make a mistake. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“We could go through the New York Times for mistakes?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, we made a mistake,” said the second Death Eater. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Father said, “We all make mistakes, Christopher. You, me, your mum, everyone. And sometimes they’re really big mistakes. We’re only human.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah!” said he, mistaking me; “the retirement reminds you of the country. So it does me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately, I see he’s made a mistake in the 2nd question. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There could be no mistake about this because it had been building up for weeks. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for guys like him — there was much they didn’t know, much in which they were mistaken. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell them that they were making a mistake, that they had the time wrong, because my mother would never miss a chance to see us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You know, honey, the Lord doesn’t make any mistakes,” the woman continued. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You know,” said Francis, on the way out, “I once made the mistake of asking Bunny if he ever thought about Sin.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I told him that I’d made some mistakes and he let go of my hand. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

One mistake and I could roll the rover. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pardon me,” said Granddaddy, catching his mistake and bowing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You are mistaken in supposing me a beggar. I am no beggar; any more than yourself or your young ladies.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, Father feels he’s got to make up for his mistake at the match, doesn’t he?” said Percy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When it came to saving her own soul, she wanted to be careful that there were no mistakes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once she hired a young boy to pull up those plants and he pulled up the ivy by mistake. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever motivated him, Lopsang’s decision to tow a client didn’t seem like a particularly serious mistake at the time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But I could help your pop fix his fashion mistakes, Grace. I mean, what’s up with the turtleneck and tweed look? It’s so last millennium.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I could choke on it by mistake, an undignified way to die. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This, it seems to me, is to mistake effect for cause, to get the whole story of the new science upside down and back to front. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Do you think the Villac Uma could make such a mistake?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I made a mistake. I went to a bar. I got caught. I’m sure it will be fun for you to watch me reap the consequences.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

My mistakes, my self-doubt and insecurity got the best of me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

There wasn't a town trapped underwater or generations of men with the same name destined to repeat the same mistakes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the book, the old lady hangs empty bottles from a tree to remind her of all her mistakes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dimarion’s back was to them, but there was no mistaking his mountainous form. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This seems like a prudent and thrifty decision at the moment, but it turns out to be a major mistake. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But the Republic must know by now that they made a mistake. You have to run. Day. While you can." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Ignatius, all at once you’re your old horrible self. All at once I think I’m making a very big mistake.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hermes chariot had rammed into it—maybe by mistake, maybe not. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Folks that are trying to hide in the woods that ain’t real comforted being there always make the same mistake. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And, oh yes, one was a bookie, one was a burglar, one was a bomber, and one was a mistake. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems someone mistook me for a pumpkin,” I said. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the woodchuck proved to be a mistake. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She smiled and said, “That’s better, we all make mistakes. You know what, Bud, you look like you could use a good meal, so why don’t you sit right there and join us?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mollie wrote in her diary, “We all thought darling Papa was on the sure road to recovery, but we were all mistaken.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But you are mistaken to call him those things, my boy. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Anya had seen that head nod so many times over the last year that there was no mistaking what it meant. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Even at a distance there was no mistaking him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

‘There’s some mistake somewhere,’ said Butterbur, shaking his head. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She learned her mistake when the lumpy indigestible mass was ladled onto her wooden trencher. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I would not do that if I were you. It is a mistake to bring your dragon out too soon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For the secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with the power to learn from past mistakes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Followed Jackson in command of the old Stonewall Brigade; at Kemstown he has made the mistake of withdrawing his men from an impossible position. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that eternity lasted forever, and a soul because of one mistake could spend that eternity in hell. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra was mystified until she realized the old lady’s mistake. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Cahokia represented the first time Indians north of the Rio Grande had tried to feed and shelter fifteen thousand people in one place, and they made beginner’s mistakes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“See, I’m not going to make the mistake other guys made, buying those Hereford, white-face cattle. If it’s going to be a drought these next few years, then we need some special breed of cattle.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The drawing was small and in the corner of the index card, but there was no mistaking what it was. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It only took one glance behind me to realize my mistake. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

There were other roomers, who had jobs, and I knew she received help from relatives; still there was no mistake, Mary loved a variety of food and this concentration upon cabbage was no accident. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she made a mistake, he brought the pencil down on the top of her head. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of everything, I’m paying for my mistake. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ammu had corrected the spelling mistakes, and below the essay had written: If I am Talking to somebody you may interrupt me only if it is very urgent. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew it was a mistake for me to stay there; at any moment someone might. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I said this—as soon as I mentioned Madame—I realised I’d made a mistake. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was back in her fancy dress, and the blood trailing from the wound on her throat looked more like the vibrant, fashionable scarf Ophie had originally mistaken it for. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry. Who was it you mistook me for?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he makes a mistake, you have to wait for him to fix it—you have no choice, you cannot leave. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't that he was rotten, but just that he smelled like his body had mistaken its organs for garbage and that he was essentially a walking, talking trash can. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

And if they did, then they’d think I made the mark by mistake. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“The guards were just about to drag me away when the Tiger King said under his breath, ‘He said I would not learn from my mistakes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was looking for answers...and a way to fix her mistakes. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I make the mistake of leaning forward and looking at his phone. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"They aren't ever going to admit they made a mistake," he said glumly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And he was also biding his time, waiting for Archie to overreach himself, to make a mistake. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mistakes I made, the pain I endured, the time I wasted were now the smallest part of me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Mama wouldn’t have taken the blame for a mistake she hadn’t made, and Koffi would never have done that strange thing with the candle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Well, if that was it, it was a mistake. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their shapes and sizes made it impossible to mistake them for anything else—they were obviously human remains. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He makes the same mistake as the others when they look at a feeble-minded person and laugh because they don’t understand there are human feelings involved. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mistake the latter for a recording until we pass through a clearing and I find water spilling off a twenty-foot-high cliff into a pool with shirtless Deckers and lifeguards. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"I think I made a mistake," whispered the old man. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The backward address turned out after several mistakes to be the undersecretary to Étienne Tshisekedi, the one government minister who might help us, though his own position with Mobutu is now on the outs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a little lighter in complexion, a little broader in the jaw and shoulders, but from a distance, Sefia might have mistaken her for her mother. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Within two minutes, he realized that Aidan's team made mistakes when they played fast. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

"There's been a mistake," I told the maid, leaning over the counter and speaking in a low, confidential tone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was mistaken time and again for Cassius Clay. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In everyday life, you would not mistake him for a private school lad. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But they made the mistake of hanging back, waiting for a command that was not forthcoming. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

At once, he knew that it had come before, seconds ago, but he had taken no notice, mistaking it for a part of the noise he was making himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I thought you’d made a mistake when you doubled your chorus earlier,” Denna said to me as the applause died down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After a few trips back and forth, I realized my mistake: the mosque was there all the time, but I had walked right past it. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“What you did was a crime. It wasn’t a mistake. I keep hearing ‘mistake, mistake, mistake.’” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Since there's no way to mistake the meaning, leave it alone. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disoriented, I first mistook the noises as a carryover from my dream. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

What with the excitement and the thin walls, it’s easy to mistake the sounds. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There is a look in the eyes, and once seen it cannot be mistaken. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He majored in English history, which was a mistake. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I would play for an hour, or even two; then I’d make one tiny mistake and I’d have to reboot the machine and start all over. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Rather you watch and make sure I don’t make a mistake.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At some point Miss Love made the mistake of remarking that Loma had just the perfect figure for the stylish new shirtwaists with lots of tucks and ruffles in front. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

That I'm the biggest mistake she ever made? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Your Grace, that is the King’s Tower there, if I am not mistaken. If I may have the honor?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I make the mistake of looking into his glaring eyes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“It would be a mistake,” he said slowly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe some thick branches, a bunch of thinner branches, and plenty of leaves to hide the mistakes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

However, a closer examination of Muggle bestiaries of that period demonstrates that most magical beasts either escaped Muggle notice completely or were mistaken for something else. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no mistaking the fear in the men’s eyes. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

But she could not afford a single mistake this day. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jesse wouldn’t argue that, but he saw her as a beautiful wild creature who had been caught for a moment in that dirty old cage of a schoolhouse, perhaps by mistake. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was a German air raid that got ’em, if I’m not mistaken.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He told me of his mother, how he missed her, how he mourned the mistakes with his father. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was a nuisance to keep oneself covered while changing for games, and the required apology if one had by mistake glimpsed another’s body was always awkward. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It could have been left behind by mistake—some of Mia’s paperwork or Pearl’s schoolwork, perhaps, overlooked in their hasty departure. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The blue circle ones are the smallest, and you might want the green long ones for two people, but that would be a huge mistake, because they go much slower. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It has to be a mistake. They went through all the trouble of getting you a visa. Why would they do that and then turn around and fire you?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Known as machine ciphers, these encryptions also had fewer mistakes, since a machine could process millions of letters without a single error. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She obviously thought Buddy had made a big mistake. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking it, Albert had stuck out his tongue at her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"The book was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. He would never make the mistake of looking for Humpty Dumpty there." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m leaving. Your henchman has terrified me completely. I shall never make the mistake of even passing by this vile pigsty.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Every person on the face of the earth makes mistakes, Lily. Every last one. We’re all so human. Your mother made a terrible mistake, but she tried to fix it.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I would listen to the silence that was not my brother fixing my mistakes and I would pretend, just for a moment, to be him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Among mixed bloods, one never made the mistake of calling an octoroon a quadroon or a quadroon a mulatto, although all mixed bloods were loosely called mulattoes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to make of it and wondered if I was on the white car by mistake. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It slipped. It was a mistake,” Valley said quickly. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

In a somewhat mistaken attempt to allay fears, he added that the planes had emergency valves that would allow them to dump their entire load instantaneously. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In refusing to do so he was simply being greedy, intransigent and ruled by unfounded fears and mistaken beliefs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was I really so debilitated that I had stared into the face of a near stranger and mistaken him for a friend with whom I’d spent the previous six weeks? Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Really? Well, that was a mistake, wasn’t it?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I know he tried, and he’s still trying, and he’ll still make mistakes sometimes, because he’s a human being, and I’ve learned now that this is what human beings are always destined to do. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“There must be a mistake, child,” my mother said in a shaking voice. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lives in the country and likes to hike in the woods, so she says that the neon colors are necessary to keep drunk hunters from mistaking her for a bear. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sammy is closing the lid to the piano and putting his jacket on, and, if I’m not mistaken, beginning to open his umbrella. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“But are you sure? Because a mistake will kill you. And my brother.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Analyses of malpractice lawsuits show that there are highly skilled doctors who get sued a lot and doctors who make lots of mistakes and never get sued. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A slow dread built up inside her as she began to make the obvious, logical and completely mistaken connections between the night’s happenings and the missing children. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good example of this was Einstein, who called the cosmological constant, which he introduced when he was trying to make a static model of the universe, the biggest mistake of his life. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all their energy, Cahokia’s rulers made a terrible mistake: they did not attempt to fix the problem directly. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then, in 1953, a geneticist in Texas accidentally mixed the wrong liquid with HeLa and a few other cells, and it turned out to be a fortunate mistake. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And when he brought Herrera to the mat a second time, he wouldn’t make the same mistake again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Of course, I wished I’d been able to get through the entire routine without a mistake, but who falls on beam at the Olympics and still wins a medal? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t ’bout to make the same mistake once ’gain. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

But there was no mistaking the shield of remoteness in his face and voice. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing he could do now, but still it was a mistake and a hideous waste. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re making a bad mistake if you think your daddy’s dedicated to keeping the Negroes in their places.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

These he evidently mistook for polar snow, for he began to peck at the window vigorously. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her next wail rings out, clear as a bell, and there’s no mistaking the source. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some mistook cervical infections for cancer and removed a woman’s entire reproductive tract when all she needed was antibiotics. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But unlike mine, the purpose of his class was to make the participants confess their mistakes or crimes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe you are making a big mistake.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it’s not a mistake to go on living. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A single mistake or error of judgment could easily have triggered a chain reaction that would certainly have led to the deaths of millions of people around the globe. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Henry,” he said abruptly, “I think we made a bad mistake by not going down there first. We should’ve gone through that room ourselves before either of them even saw it.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She sprang forward and ripped the stack from his hands, her expression so triumphant that not even Finn could mistake it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Once is a mistake, Jack. Twice is a disaster.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Now we will never be mistaken for Cubans,” one man said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I think you’ve made a big mistake,” he said, after a moment. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Was she a heroine if all she did was fix a mistake she made? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

No one mistook us for anything other than what we were. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In his mental journal he listed them to tell his father, listed all the mistakes. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I made a mistake in the second part,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nathan felt it had been a mistake to bend his will, in any way, to Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And no one could mistake the men of the Anvil—extensive tattoos on proud display, arms bare despite the chilly weather. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Hold your head still, I’d hate to take one of these ears off by mistake.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how I ever made such a mistake as I next did. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was smoking a cigarette, and when I stood up to say good-by to them, by mistake I blew some smoke in their face. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking what he was, dressed in that brown-and-white coat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I just dropped my knitting over the balcony by mistake. But it's all right. I've got hold of one end of it. I can pull it up by myself, thank you all the same." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

And they will be—don’t make any mistake about that.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can't help wondering if he saved my life or made a huge mistake. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But that came to a quick end when Henry, who was very nearsighted, shot and killed a duck by mistake. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

That he made the mistake of entertaining an evil desire and that desire gave birth to sin. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The optical sensors seem to have mistaken Alpha and Beta Centauri for Canopus. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His coach had forbidden him to run hills on the mistaken but common belief that it would damage his heart, but Louie didn’t buy the warnings. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

She began to make mistakes, trying to see with her eyes the things that intuition allowed her to see with greater clarity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, not too far away, were human beings—his world: he could not mistake their message—or refuse their invitation—they were undoubtedly cooking something. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew he was dangerous—there was no mistaking that. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But you know. The same mistakes we—your mother and I—did.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It was a mistake, not a bust. It just means it’s somewhere else. That’s all.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If they ask, say it was a mistake. This was all a mistake." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He had a crazy desire to believe that there had been some mistake, that Floyd Lee had gotten them innocently, maybe buying them from the real thieves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t show up for dinner that night, which was a mistake, because Chiron and Grover came looking for me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter how thorough I had been about poking for clues—and make no mistake, I was thorough. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It was no secret that King Robert had left the crown vastly in debt, and alchemists were seldom mistaken for altruists. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So they watched very carefully, but he never made a mistake. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year later, Odessa made national news again when someone made the fateful mistake of accusing an escaped convict from Alabama named Leamon Ray Price of cheating in a high-stakes poker game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Am I making a mistake, Pappa?” he said, his voice just barely above a whisper. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Odysseus caught his companion’s arm and said: “My friend, here is the beautiful place—who could mistake it? Here is Odysseus’ hall: no hall like this! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe that is our mistake: maybe there are no particle positions and velocities, but only waves. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Almost bought a farm there. Would have been a stupid mistake. Then a friend in Boston forwarded me Weylin’s letter. Home at last, I thought, and you...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Many mundane mistakes in reasoning can be traced to a shaky grasp of the notion of conditional probability. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think a mistake the Dauntless make is refusing to he cunning,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Are you sure he's got the right Mohammed? It is the most common boy's name in the world. There has to be a mistake. Mo would never steal." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He can, maybe, by his will choose what things shall be seen by weaker minds, or cause them to mistake the meaning of what they see. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Wearing long dresses and wrapped in shawls, they could have been mistaken for a group of grandmothers on a garden tour. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Looking out toward the river, he knew for a fact that he had made a mistake setting up here. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who knew what a hassle it was going to be to straighten out this mistake? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“My dad was shot by the Oakland police six years ago. They said it was a mistake.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And if it was a mistake, I don’t know how bad. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

What the Collective doesn’t understand is by honoring the past, our ancestors, our cultures—and remembering our mistakes—we become better. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her worst mistake is decorating a christening cake in bold red script with the words “In sympathy.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s going to have to get used to it. Those earmuffs were a mistake. We told the school she’d stop wearing headphones.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

We were sandwiched between two groups: Make a mistake around the white-shirts and you would get in trouble; make a mistake around the inmates and you might get hurt. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if I draw how it really is, it might look like I made a mistake. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could explain it by arguing that profiting from a pitiful flying fish’s navigational mistake made me shy and sorrowful, while the excitement of actively capturing a great do­rado made me sanguinary and self-assured. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

If not for the mask, I might mistake her for a child. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Clearly, she was a mistake, which she figured out at the age of six. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The fire captain now knew he had made a grievous mistake. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Naturally one wants you to be happy, and I grant you he’s a very attractive creature but—well, I’m sorry; and personally I think you are making a big mistake—one you will bitterly regret.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the trouble with you great clodhoppers. You don’t see beyond your noses. But if you expect me to build a cage for you, you’re mistaken.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think I’m senile. That’s the mistake everyone makes. They think old Granny’s wandering in her wits, but she hears a thing or two. You were going to tell her about the Masks, weren’t you?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

What mistakes had Dad made, other than having a landlord for a father? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of us focused our attention on her, and instantly I knew it was a mistake. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day long he had been tormented by his mistake. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered how back home in Kraków, people sometimes mistook me for a Gentile. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the fact that the High Organ was Xhosa-dominated disturbed me because it seemed to reinforce the mistaken perception that we were a Xhosa organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are chewing me alive like an infestation of thoughts, shame, mistakes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

In my experience, a castaway’s worst mistake is to hope too much and do too little. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This turns out, for unforeseen physiological rea-sons, to be another major mistake. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just thinking it was a mistake, because I suddenly couldn’t think of anything else and found that, once again, Ryan Dean West’s brain was strained to its capacity with thinking of...well, sex. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Herr, herr, he repeated over and over, as if this were the name of some food he wanted to make sure he never got hold of by mistake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can tell I’m scared to make a mistake and ruin the plank. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But if April had imagined that it would be easy to have a quiet personal interview with the Professor in his lonely store, she was mistaken. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The usual pronunciation is UR, but the upstart AIR, long considered a mistake, is now acceptable too. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I think it was a mistake even to consider the possibility. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I could forgive a man who killed my father by mistake, but love him as a husband? By God, Horatio, I do not know!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Not sending you to jail would be a huge mistake.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He stood so still, so quiet, so sure that one might mistake him for a statue if not for the tears rushing unheeded over his face. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

This was not a mistake she would make again. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I was mistaken in the notion that I was become a man; I am still a child.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“No mistakes on this—there’s barely enough. It’s very hard to find. “Lay low tonight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A teen hunter has been convicted of second-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting a hiker he had mistaken for a bear on a popular Washington state trail. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Stupid mistake —it’s usually the last thing 1 do before I shut down my computer, no matter what I’ve been looking at. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, as more rabbits began to appear in ones and twos, he realized that he had made a mistake. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's a common mistake for vacationing Americans to assume that everyone around them is French and therefore speaks no English whatsoever. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If Mrs. Brenner thought plagiarizing the Song of Songs would convince me to ruin my Fourth of July, she was sadly mistaken. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Easy to see how he could make the mistake, of course.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He said the school was really a place where boys like me could have time to see their mistakes and start a new life and become somebody everyone would be proud of. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was my mistake—even trying to understand. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“When will you admit you made a mistake?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Then play what you have written, noticing where you were correct and where you made mistakes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

One mistake could mess it all up for me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Mother called it siesta time, which at first I mistook as fiesta time, a puzzlement to me since it was not at all festive. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course there was a mistake: Garret Charles is practically a million years old and probably misread my number on the audition clipboard, mixing me up with another child! Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The ghost told the Buendía family that their worst fears were right: They were doomed to repeat the same mistakes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That’s something Dana didn’t have to worry about on her big day: a vlogger in the audience waiting for her to make a mistake so he can blab about it to millions of followers. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In the most transcendent moment, it was easy to make a mistake and forget some little thing that a clever detective might eventually use to propel him to the gallows. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“But the thing is, a mistake can teach you a lot more than a perfect seam.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“In the kitchen,” he says, mistaking our shock for stupidity. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you were a clone. There’s no mistake about that. But we’re talking about international law now.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt completely justified in deceiving her aunt and uncle; they were narrow-minded and mistaken. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bet he learned each chord, each fingering after being shown just once, no stumbling, no complaining. And when he did make a mistake it was never more than once, right?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I made some tremendous mistakes along the way. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes. You are mistaken. I put a new skein beside you only an hour ago. You have mislaid the thread,” he insisted. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

By mistake I catch my reflection in the mirror. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s only just smart enough to realize what a mistake turning us in would be,” said Francis, pausing to pour himself another drink. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My curiosity is a mistake, a betrayal of Abnegation values. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Gentlemen,” he said to the group gathered around Garfield's body, "this was the fatal wound. We made a mistake.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I knew how easy it was to make mistakes with drinking and drugs a normal part of campus life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“We don’t need ... I mean, you don’t need to say anything. It was . . . We both know it was a mistake.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I replied that he was sadly mistaken, he got up and went downstairs to the pub. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But on days like this, there was no mistaking it for anything but ice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It would not have been difficult to mistake any of them for minor clan members, cousins perhaps. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Jane, you are under a mistake: what is the matter with you? Why do you tremble so violently? Would you like to drink some water?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dasch maintained that he had always planned on turning himself in from the moment he realized returning to Nazi Germany was a mistake, which was soon after his arrival. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t think the gunmen would have mistaken Father’s whistle for the sound of the police if they had been calm, but of course they were nervous and excited about the killing. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a mistake,” whispers Max when I tell him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Thunderhead allowed us to make that costly mistake, leaving the Scythedom to wallow in its own regret to this very day. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, when I walk along the corridor here, I fancy I hear her just behind me. That quick, light footstep. I could not mistake it anywhere. And in the minstrels’ gallery above the hall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean—suppose you made a little mistake—or didn’t understand something right away. If you wasted my time cursing and yelling ‘I can’t get that! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if it had mistaken him for some hostile animal, lurking down in the corn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In an effort to avoid conversation, I made a major mistake by wrapping my lips around the straw of a mega-sized Coke and guzzling the whole thing before the flick even started. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting at a Formica table in the back of an impressively appointed RV sipping an equally impressive single malt—Laphroaig, if I’m not mistaken—and singing like a canary. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But the sister makes the mistake of removing his tunic from the hook and putting it on the trolley, too, so that she should not have to make two journeys. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you imagine living your whole life thinking you made a mistake?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Margaret said, “Don’t you think that was quite a natural mistake? After all, he was coming in from what—until only a short time ago—had been his bedroom.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing you could make a mistake about; nothing watery. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, a red-tailed hawk grabbed Frightful’s jesses, mistaking them for food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It was not a mistake,” said Harry angrily, “it had my cupboard on it.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Mouse mistook my toe for a mole crab, and I used the excuse to duck away and off down the beach to sit by myself for a while. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It would be a mistake to name them for qualities we think they have,” Samuel said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One mistake would drop Mr. Larson right into the frying pan. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“In the end, mon cher, all that matters is that you forgive yourself. You are learning from your mistake. Like I learned with Tourteau.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Annabeth cut down Hasdrubal the Carthaginian, and Jason made the mistake of sheathing his sword. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t supposed to go near Tom’s computer, because he was worried I would delete something important by mistake, or click on something I shouldn’t and let in a virus or a Trojan or something. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no one for me to mistake him for this time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Fern mistook the chickens clamoring about her for their need to talk, so whatever she had to say about the new baby she said to the chickens. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“For going around twice ?” “You gave one to Hungry Joe when he cracked up that airplane by mistake.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She said this almost sarcastically, like she was sure the whole thing would turn out to be a big mistake on his part. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to confess everything, hand over the guilt and mistake and anger to someone else. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘I ashamed make mistake. Not nice man,’ she said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Has he made a mistake in revealing his true thoughts to Hugo, the Rottenführer? The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I believed he had no human weaknesses or faults, and that, therefore, he could make no mistakes and that he could do no wrong. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good to know that’s what I am to you. A mistake.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

‘Now you have mistaken me for Narcissus. I cannot be flattered.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She knew that the mailman’s mule arrived only every two weeks, but she always waited for him, convinced that he was going to arrive on some other day by mistake. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“If I’m not greatly mistaken, we ourselves are going to bump right into it!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Conrad made the mistake of reaching for food before the blessing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With his quiet, penetrating intensity, he said that it’s not a “mistake” if a reasonable person knows the risks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She hates that people might mistake me for another poor Mexican. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“At the second make the worst mistake,” she murmured. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I still believe there’s a mistake,” she said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the captain smells anything like his ship, he may mistake your vomit for perfume,” Gerris replied. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Jason held Piper by the waist, ready to fly, but he made the mistake of glancing down. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wished he would at least say or do something, nod his head, smile, even catch me at a mistake—anything but that awful silence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Their friendship grew At university when Emenike lived with him in the boys’ quarters of his mother’s house, people had sometimes mistaken him for a relative. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You know it didn’t mean anything. It was nothing—a terrible mistake. Oh, Morty! Don’t you love me anymore?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

For evidence that few lessons were learned from the mistakes of May 10, one need look no farther than what happened on Everest in the weeks that immediately followed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A fugitive didn't evade capture for four years by making stupid mistakes like that. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Wherever he traveled, he found himself looking into faces, thinking maybe there had been a mistake, that one of them had survived. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He asked me if I thought it possible that I made a mistake when I went up to Edgecoombe.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I just figured it was all a big mistake. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

These kinds of mistakes were not anomalous events. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

We made many mistakes, but the Defiance Campaign marked a new chapter in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see only my mistakes, my weaknesses. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Larisa kept mistaking the antiaircraft searchlights on the ground for the headlights of enemy fighter planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

If they make mistakes, Lord, blow the whistle because you’re the great referee. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But make no mistake, child, you are but an ant in my path. Should you attempt to stand in my way, I will deal with you as such.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Funny,” he said, “thought I only had one. Well, it’s a good mistake.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. There can be no mistake. They were a family heirloom. There are no two others like them. My grandmother had them designed and made to order.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But a few hours later, after talking to T-Mobile’s legal department, he came to understand how he could make such a mistake. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They watched his dealing more closely, mistaking his clumsiness for a cardsharp’s sleight of hand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Admiral Conolly had learned from the mistakes at Bougainville and Tarawa where the naval shelling had been too brief or too inaccurate to break down Japanese defenses. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All it takes is one small mistake anywhere in the division process for cells to start growing out of control, he told us. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

One of the stone-lined pits, which Piper had mistaken for wells, spewed out a three-storey geyser of flames and shut off just as quickly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And both thought it was; but they had never been more mistaken in their lives. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe JT was mistaken. Or lying to upset you. In any case, try not to worry. The grown-ups will take charge of things.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he consoled me by telling me about the mistakes great heroes had made when they were children. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It didn’t even feel right to only choose the good things, because you could learn from mistakes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She scolds me in front of the other girls for minor infractions and mistakes—not folding my bed linen as tightly as I should have or leaving the door to the kitchen ajar. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A wallet could be mistaken for a gun. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’d made the mistake of thinking that perhaps we’d grown closer, and were no longer enemies, since she was not torturing me for the past week—but perhaps she had only stopped because of Kalinda. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The trials I put you through are to burn away the chaff. To purify you. Make no mistake, boy, you are the brightest hope for this mission. All of my hopes are on you.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Cullivan could scarcely credit so detached an attitude; Perry was confused, mistaken, it was not possible for any man to be that devoid of conscience or compassion. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. At first I was too stunned to believe it. I thought surely there was some mistake.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Adam and little Charles would sit silent and respectful while their father explained how every general thought and planned and where they had made their mistakes and what they should have done. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s actually quite good. I’ll fix the mistakes later. Let’s keep working, shall we? We just might complete this order if we both keep going.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her classmates wrote with pencils, but there were no erasers—they used dried squid bone to white out their mistakes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She didn’t argue with Babulya because she didn’t remember the passage well enough, and coming at her grandmother half-informed was a terrible mistake. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The doctor gave a hearty laugh, it must do one good to be mistaken for a lord every now and then.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Another one stated “I’ve made a mistake, I’m not perfect, I was too nervous and I didn’t think about what I was saying. I’m just a human. I’m so so sorry.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She would mock her for her mistaken ambitions. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if I had fixed my mistake, but at least I had tried. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“No. It was just a mistake,” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Others mistook malignant changes for infection, sending women home with antibiotics only to have them return later, dying from metastasized cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

His mistake, evidently, had been in viewing them as individuals. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I made a mistake. You’ve learned the dumb resistance of a soldier.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And the one who lives will die some other day. This was a mistake.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“No, Michael,” Uncle Brian said, “you're mistaken, for once in your life. The accountancy game's more or less immune to economic doldrums.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“She strikes me as the cautious type. She wouldn’t make a mistake about something like that.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boss went over her papers before they went to the cutter and pointed out her mistakes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s something about north,” he said, “something that sets it apart from all other directions. A person who is heading north is not making any mistake, in my opinion.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I start to worry that I am going to hell for this one mistake. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But this is just a way of prettifying yet another dumb mistake, the one involving all that coffee. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His caution in the past may have cost him an arrest or two, but he had rarely, if ever, made a serious mistake. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had reckoned I would not have the initiative or wherewithal to defend myself; they were mistaken. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All it takes is one mistake, and you’ll be visiting me in prison.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This has got to be some kind of mistake. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He regretted it, and he exulted in his mistake. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But in informal writing and conversation, if no one's likely to mistake your meaning it's fine to put only where it seems most natural—usually in front of the verb: I’m only saying this once. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a mistake, Roberto, just go to your mother and tell her. Please.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s not what I mean. A lot of people make bad mistakes. But being in jail can make them feel like a mistake is all they are. Like they aren’t even people anymore.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d learned how in my lessons at the palace, but he shows me mistakes my teachers didn’t bother correcting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“A mistake isn’t a failure,” Candice said, pulling at a loose thread. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t have anything to do with me—you must have made a mistake. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Unless I am very much mistaken, the delegation from Beauxbatons approaches!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Our aim is poor and we don’t hit much of anything, though we hit a woman in a fur coat, from behind, by mistake. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Holly, “not fugitives. Campion’s there. We ran right into him and three or four more that Blackavar recognized. I believe Woundwort’s there himself. They’ve come for us—don’t make any mistake about that.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he looks again he studies the face more closely, still thinking that perhaps it’s a mistake, that a tap on his father’s shoulder will wake him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But as the cat neared shore, he made the mistake of opening his umbrella. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But the final four knew the mistakes were the secret code. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But it was your papa Joseph, Delsie. He was the one who told me a man is not made by his mistakes. He’s made by what he does about them.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Some of the lights swept over me and I trembled with fear that I would be found out, or worse, that I would be mistaken for Lupito and shot. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She says she was the one who made the mistake. She didn’t know what else to do. I think she’s desperate. She has two children.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Eventually, I forgave Kia for his mistake and apologized for yelling at him, and returned to my favorite hobby: lying in bed and listening to depressing songs that perfectly captured my longing and despair. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sure, go ahead and use your checker, but don’t depend on it to catch every mistake. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t hear, “Did you make a mistake?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

How had I made such an egregious mistake? Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Rabia was four years old and Safa was three, but with their matching black curls and dimples, people often mistook them for twins. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mohan scans the unsmiling faces around the room and realizes he might have made a mistake. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s my mistake. I could’ve sworn I set the app to auto-update. It can be a pain to do manually.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“But it was a mistake,” said Alvin Hooks, pointing a forefinger at her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I told him that I had left it at home by mistake, and casually recited a fictitious pass number. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sensing Lyra beside him impatient and angry, Will said quickly, “Excuse me, but Lyra thinks that when she had a lift in your car earlier on, she left something in it by mistake.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the authorities soon discovered their mistake and ended the subscription. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody’d mistake the guitar for new, but I cleaned it until it shone. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not so long. I thought maybe I was mistook. But ain’t no mistake. Gabriel, what we going to do?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

His only mistake in trying to escape had been forgetting about the incoming tide. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When black youth find it difficult or impossible to live up to these standards—or when they fail, stumble, and make mistakes, as all humans do—shame and blame is heaped upon them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“In case I eat any nuts by mistake, this EpiPen makes sure I don’t die.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The angry plum color had faded to yellow, and the swelling was down, but there was no mistaking it for anything but what it was. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you were, because I can't believe you would ask me out after what you did to both my sister and Warren. In fact, we shouldn't’ve kissed at all. Now that was a mistake.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

All the attack would guide on Pickett; it was necessary there be no mistake at all. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t hit Liyana, even after the twenty-ninth day’s tardiness, though she made more mistakes than they did. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Make no mistake—we scythes are above the law because we deserve to be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The former chief magistrate pursuing peace every where with sincerity, tho’ mistaking the means; the latter taking as much pains to get into war, as the former took to keep out of it. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The mistake, in part, had been in trying to wedge the piece into a novel. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

No choice event was kept out of our conversations, and he would show equal gusto in telling of his occasional mistakes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“I talked to social services today and told them I didn’t think your situation at home has improved, after all. I told them I thought maybe they’d made a mistake.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Unfortunate incidents had occurred, mistaken ideas had been current. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what a Voluntary Removal is, but all I can think is that there’s a mistake. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

At first he thought he must have made some sort of mistake. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

We agreed that we had made a terrible mistake. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Milo, also my science teacher, gave me an A+ on the report, even though I had made several grammatical mistakes in it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She was fairly sure this boy was demented or just hopelessly deluded, but she liked that word, and unless she was mistaken, he was offering to let her walk out of this house tonight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He didn't want strangers to hear his mistakes. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought it, and as soon as he thought it he realized that he was mistaken. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I put my arm around her neck because I didn’t want her to feel bad about the mistake she’d made. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh God, she thought, be prepared for the rest of the year to be mistaken for something you’re not. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

How few mistakes can you make the first time you try it? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Tell me if I'm mistaken, but isn't that my girlfriend in the graveyard?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Most women would be offended to be mistaken for the ghostly apparition, but she did not flinch at the horrific namesake. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

No doubt the boy had made the mistake of thinking that the Night's Watch was made up of men like his un-cle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I read through the Langston Hughes stuff real quick but that was a mistake. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept making typing mistakes and had to go back a couple of times to fix them. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d say several things are your magic. And more things coming, if I’m not mistaken. Though it does look as though someone has attempted to hide your magic from you.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Instead of the classic newjack mistake of enforcing a rule that nobody really cared about, I had just enforced a rule that wasn’t a rule, for my “brother in gray.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, in late July he made the mistake that pulled him down. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not know why Min did not explain things more fully; Tree-ear’s mistakes often cost valuable time or wasted valuable clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

"It was a dangerous mistake to give you the opportunity," one of the others said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A mistake? There was no need, my lord,” Master Hyrrokkin assured him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My breathing quickens, and Adam mistakes it for enjoyment. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

DELPHI: Do not mistake — I would not claim to be worthy of you, Lord. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“Must be a mistake. Goat boy—” “No complaining!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s a mistake to go down there,” he said firmly. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

In truth, this mistake was not so terrible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Granger was sure it was a mistake. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, always have the courage to own up to your mistakes. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then he said it was a mistake to know everything. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Any mistake I made would have immediate and deadly consequences, for both myself and those around me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sofia’s mother was always one of those women who was so pretty, people would mistake her and her daughter for sisters. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It might have been an old story to Patrick and the others, but I got a kick out of being mistaken as volatile. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the identity of the trio, given the specificity of the bulletins. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“We’re asking God to forgive any sins we might commit by mistake.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

No mistaking him: matchless rider gliding over rail fences in parade-ground precision, effortless motion, always a superb rider. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sorrel went on: “They had orders not to engage, so they withdrew. General Hill thinks they were mistaken. He says it must be militia. He’s going back in force in the moming.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But pangenetics was overloaded with all the baggage of Darwin’s mistaken theory of hereditary instructions. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I appreciate my customers. And many of them are fine, fine people. But not all book people are good people. Don’t mistake shared interests with shared ethics.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Such a mistake, I think. The whole thing would go with much more swing if you did.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Sloan was giving everybody wedgies until he made the mistake of trying it on my friend Tyson. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s all a mistake,” said Mrs. Rimas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“How could you mistake me so? I merely meant you to be properly dignified and composed, and you made yourself a perfect stock and stone. Try to be sociable at the Lambs’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The developer had even started running pipes across National Park land in the confident—but, as it happened, mistaken—presumption that the Park Service wouldn’t have the will or money to stop him. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose you sometimes mistake icicles for carrots? Or wagons for outhouses?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I knew it was a mistake letting you two see each other.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one is more aware of my shortcomings and mistakes than myself so I won’t bore you further. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Alter, if I make a mistake, you could die.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If I’m suspended above the room, looking down, I can see how this would be mistaken for a violent act, especially as large as I am. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You get that way playing shortstop, where it is so easy to make costly mistakes, which are closely related to extinction. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

There’s no mistaking what the themes of Mueller’s discussion are; he tells us in so many words. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He felt that his acting in this manner was a mistake. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dusty’s first mistake had been allowing Jasper Jr. and Bull to hang out aboard the Coral Queen on the night of the grand reopening. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Costly mistakes, like sexual confusion and nuclear weapons, which by the way are both legacies passed down from the greatest generation—the guys who whipped Hitler—are strongly related to extinction. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

All he said was, “We fight it careful from now on. No more mistakes.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Admitting a mistake in foster care had just brought further punishment, so I never backed down. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“If they find out it’s Rebecca you must say the other body was a mistake,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Everything that had, in some way or another, led him to some nothing town where, as it seemed, things could come back from the dead, mistakes could be rectified, lives could be started over. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It made me uneasy, thinking it might have been a mistake to reveal my connection and where I had come from. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Ralph, as he and Helen tried to figure out what paying their full taxes would mean, that mistakes were harder to erase than he remembered. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if there was a mistake, and a woman got pregnant anyway, she was supposed to get rid of it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

A group of customers from the Bear Flag mistook Western Biological for a rival house and charged up the stairs whooping with joy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy could not pardon the mistakes his father had made as a young man, and he was even less willing to pardon the attempt at concealment. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying down on the floor was a mistake. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It finally occurred to Gilly that he really thought she would smack him every time he made a mistake. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“He visits here sometimes—that must be your mistake. But his name is Yeste and he lives in Madrid.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Five days and 150 miles into Mexico, he committed the mistake of falling asleep on top of a train with his shoes off. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I later met with the president, explained the case of mistaken identity, and he offered generous material assistance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is not a murderer. We just made a mistake.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Dad had two vivid memories about children who had been left behind by mistake. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, and he instantly knew that the pause was a mistake. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If I had any chance of getting to the wedding, I should have passed the Forest on the second day, unless the baker had been mistaken about the distance from the Forest to the giants. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would not repeat the mistake he had made against Stagehand, moving too soon. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What? Did you tell him requesting me was a mistake?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I had no problem with admitting mistakes, however, and thought the sergeant might be pleasantly surprised by candor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I loaned him some to get him started, but boy, was that a mistake. He’s nearly as good as Marmalade.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“If I’m not mistaken, that’s the familiar and fragrant scent of yesterday’s french fries and deep-fried chicken nuggets.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The guards always thought they could rely on someone else to catch a mistake or fix a problem. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The Dark Lord is ... I believe...mistaken,” Bella panted, and her eyes gleamed momentarily under her hood as she looked around to check that they were indeed alone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Noodles? Big mistake. Noodles have got like no energy. I mean like zero.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she shut him out once by mistake he wailed pitifully. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands were shaking so badly, I was afraid I might squeeze off another shot by mistake. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Not striking it off straightaway had been his captor’s first mistake. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“To describe it as hard to read would be a mistake,” he wrote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They were boys who made a mistake that cost them their lives and that is so sad. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Big mistake, putting her in there with the TV. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Did you and Grandma think you’d made a mistake coming to America?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“A mistake. The Great Master Hizdahr plays Your Worship for a fool. Do you want a serpent in your bed?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had made a crucial mistake the last time. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

We made a variety of mistakes in the Western Areas antiremoval campaign and learned a number of lessons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had made a mistake during my first five minutes in the white world. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sidney’s never makes a mistake, he said to himself. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Nabila is a good girl, but she just made too many mistakes. The timing of your arrival was perfect. I was planning to replace her anyway.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Because almost none of us black people have thought that maybe we were making a mistake not wondering if there wasn’t a special religion somewhere for us—a special religion for the black man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Oho! So they haven’t told you what to expect? They don’t tell us all they know, do they? Not by half. But they can make mistakes, even the Top Ones can.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

If Ser Kevan and the High Sparrow thought that it would be the same with her, they were very much mistaken. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And yeah, maybe she had made an epic mistake, but that didn’t make her any less epic. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I made a mistake. I got angry. I wanted to prove something. It was stupid.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I made a lot of mistakes, and went to jail, but I wasn't on the road to ruin like everybody said. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But when I step up to the reservation desk, ready to haggle over this booking mistake, it is confirmed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glancing at the people talking and laughing loudly, and all those doorknobs David’ll want to turn, I woriy coming was a mistake. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My greatest mistake,” said Xenocrates, “was choosing you as an apprentice all those years ago.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The hydra spit acid, which was a mistake. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The way she looked at him, as if she’d made a huge mistake, played across his eyes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“This whole thing was a mistake,” I say as Darius gets into the car. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He seems to struggle in silence, wondering whether letting me into his world will be a huge mistake. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their soft spirit footsteps, so vague I could mistake them for my own breathing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And people forgave you, right? Because everyone makes mistakes?” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The language was old-fashioned, and Emily noticed a spelling mistake right off the bat and then another a few sentences later, so she was having trouble getting into the story. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

What happy times they had planning together, what solemn shopping excursions, what funny mistakes they made, and what shouts of laughter arose over Laurie’s ridiculous bargains. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to set one of those mistakes right. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“And you framed him, didn’t you? I thought you made a mistake, but —” Riddle laughed his high laugh again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Which, as it turns out, is something of a mistake. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Yesterday’s dirt and mistakes have moved through me. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Our sense of galaxies as ponderous rigid bodies is mistaken. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to panic; maybe this was all a mistake—he was guilty, of course he was guilty. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Soon I realized that I was greatly mistaken in believing Hamlet and his mother to be alike in their passions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he’d made a mistake because he was so distracted by the football suspension and opening the new preparation plant over in Caretta. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the sound of the hinges this time. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

If the crew made mistakes, we would make not only ourselves look ridiculous, but also our whole country. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the pedants are mistaken in insisting that than and as may only be conjunctions, the tree-thinking that motivates their judgment is sound. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She remembered the old woman’s words when she had been half awake and mistaking Ophie for her previous caretaker: My dear, sweet Clara. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"Aye, but he thought us friends. A common mistake. - When the old fool gave me his hand, I took half his arm instead. Then I let him see my face." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“This covering up of pipes is all a mistake, they should be exposed everywhere, if necessary painted well and handsomely.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

After practice, Luma had concerns: Kanue’s outburst had been troubling, and she wasn’t happy that Mandela was lashing out at his new teammates when they made mistakes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

You know, like, “Ha-ha. Those silly doctors. Can you be-LIEVE they mistook a nosebleed for leukemia? It’s just so ridiculous!” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a mistake, and although I realize that nothing can replace the lives of these great men and the pain these families have felt, I’m willing to do anything to gain their forgiveness.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I could not hold back a small gasp of surprise, for I was sure there must have been a mistake. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I recognised his decisive nose, more remarkable for character than beauty; his full nostrils, denoting, I thought, choler; his grim mouth, chin, and jaw—yes, all three were very grim, and no mistake. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I now knew that this had a been a colossal mistake. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

For a second, it even felt like a mistake. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archie said that he had later wondered if he had made some mistake, since I was so ready to die about it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in their terror they had mistaken the depth of the water and had been tossed onto the rocky ledge. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to regret this mistake, however, when the winter term ended and I went back to my comfortable little room in Monmouth House and all my old incompetent ways. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Apart from the spelling mistakes, the last line—Hope you will enjoy this recipe—was Estha’s only augmentation of the original text. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They want to see if there were any avoidable mistakes that led you to being stranded, lust a heads-up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull found a knife and clambered to the back end of the boat, which turned out to be a humongous mistake. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As I bit my lips in order not to howl with pain, he must have mistaken my silence for defiance and so he continued to hit me harder and harder. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was just a mistake. She was a mess at Lucy’s funeral, and I got caught up in feeling sorry for her. But it was a terrible reason to go out with her.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The copy editor for the series, our last line of defense against the stupid mistake or infelicitous phrase, was Joe Rogers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry, Isabella. I made a mistake. A huge mistake.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Hm, this is a bundle of news and no mistake! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This time there was no mistaking it: definite wary silence, and when Anita Rees spoke again, it was with a touch of frost. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was so drunk that he mistook the fractured elbow for a dislocated shoulder. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of these latter drawings contained a detail he found in none of the others, either a truncated passage or a small room in a location which seemed either senseless or mistaken. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“She asked my mom to talk to me about how you just made a mistake and went there so you could drink and dance and stuff. Is that true?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Correlation and Causation Correlation and causation are two quite different words, and the innumerate are more prone to mistake them than most. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something tells me that not taking advantage of the flood of refugees is a mistake. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I wipe a small section of the table and then make the mistake of looking at the cloth. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Willie, all I seed was that fat little white baby angel. But wasn’t no mistaking that voice ... ‘I want some children.’ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been easier to just tell his brother he’d made a mistake and return to Dowa, but my father buckled down and pressed on. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then he also made the mistake of drinking not one but two frosted glasses full, while everybody else had a half-inch “just for taste.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's flesh and blood and makes mistakes just like other people. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Meeting your obligations is the definition of adulthood, kid. If you’re going to make mistakes and break promises, now’s the time.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I said a mistake had been made in the administration department. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, a thoroughly despicable deal, make no mistake about that. It’s absolutely revolting. But you’ll accept it quickly enough.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I add, “I chose flute, but I think I made a mistake.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Too long, too long. Come in! Ah yes! And this, if I’m not mistaken, is your Older Sister.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over this there was a bit of excitement King Pellinore, who had really been scarcely himself all day, made the fatal mistake of asking when the bounds were going to be given their quarry. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he could have formed whole sentences, he’d have explained that they watched too many scary movies to make that mistake. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Not forgiving himself for mistakes was one of Percy’s biggest talents. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hanging back is a common mistake most ninth-graders make, she says. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you please take this troublesome child outside and play with her so I may focus on healing your mother without killing her by mistake?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand,” said Lancelot, “why you should love me. Are you sure you do? Is there some mistake about it?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shouldn't the short man have the right to make a mistake without his motives being considered consciously or unconsciously malicious? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

True, I had tried to do teshuvah for my mistakes, but nothing would simply erase the pain I had caused. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But after having a whole week to think about it, I’m sure I’m making a mistake. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Furthermore,” said Eilonwy, “you’re mistaken if you think I’m going to go marching through the woods in the middle of the night.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s possible that I was mistaken about the paper birds.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They had both acted on the same impulse, that was their mistake. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she covers her mouth, like she’s sure this was a bad mistake. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun began to explain his case, the mistakes that had brought him to prison, and asked for an immediate phone call to his wife. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The book I was reading was this book I took out of the library by mistake. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was no reason to hurry or make foolish mistakes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The friend had been working on the car when he mistook a container of gasoline for a container of water and tried to use it to douse a spark. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Yes, he made the classic mistake of all criminals; he returned to the scene of the crime." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I’d corrected my mistake, the lecture was nearly finished. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He thought of Democritus: “Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions, his mistakes and weaknesses.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It would be a mistake, however, to think that Connectors are the only people who matter in a social epidemic. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That thing before, what I did, I’ll admit it, it was a mistake,” he says, voice low. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And, in truly yielding, she had won the battle by mistake. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must be so: how could the immortal, collective brain be mistaken? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s a suburb of the world of the dead. Sometimes the living come here by mistake, but they have to wait in the holding area before they can go on.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I know I’ve made a huge mistake, that I shouldn’t have raised my voice, but I’m her daughter. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gimpy had really made a mistake in ringing up the sale, and the half-dollar was a tip. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man who had made them had now destroyed them, erased them like mistakes in a drawing, like marks on white paper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I began to cherish hopes I had no right to conceive: that the match was broken off; that rumour had been mistaken; that one or both parties had changed their minds. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But she also made a big mistake. Maybe that doesn’t make her a failure in our eyes, but the world doesn’t always see people in the way we want.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, he tried something different, talking to kids who made fun of him so that he could learn from his mistakes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was some monstrous mistake they had made, not I. I crept to her side and saw it was Irawaddy. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was supposed to be a transport angel but by mistake was dropped off as a ground angel. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Naturally, if you have room to play, you have room to make mistakes. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom told me, ‘Thank you for bringing me here. You have no idea how much it means to me. But this might be a mistake. We should go.’ I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Most people can divide tones into only about six different categories before they begin to make mistakes and start lumping different tones in the same category. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I tell him, “I’m fine, I’m fine. I’m getting the dog food. I put it up too high. Made a mistake.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And don’t worry if you make any mistakes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking their wide eyes and dilated nostrils. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Ellsworth discovered his mistake, he felt guilty about it, and one can understand how heartbreaking it was to Bobby: “My whole life!” he said, outraged. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s no earmuffs and no mistakes allowed, and Noah drumming everything. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

That trip was relatively uneventful, but in 1845, hoping finally to discover the fabled Northwest Passage, Franklin made the mistake of returning to the Arctic for a third time. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether after all he and Julia had mistaken the time—had slept the clock round and thought it was twenty-thirty when really it was nought eight-thirty on the following morning. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He seemed convinced that the fathers, and the nuns too, couldn’t make a mistake. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes he thought he’d made a horrible mistake in embarking in the canoe, and that they’d be drowned for sure; but what else could they have done? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She knew that her home had been destroyed, though secretly she had hoped she was mistaken. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I let go, which was a mistake. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He started to rise, to open his mouth, to tell them there had been a mistake . . . and then he saw Ser Alliser studying him, eyes shiny as two flakes of obsidian, and he knew. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

That animal is supposed to be me, but the artist made a mistake. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

After a single week of drills, Milton realized that he had made a terrible mistake joining the Navy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He stood there, straining his eyes to see her—as if that would help—and straining his memory too, desperate to believe that he was mistaken. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Your dad’s DUI—” “Is his problem. Why do I have to pay for his mistake?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a mistake she aimed to make again. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even Mrs. Van Hopper, with her cheap views and common outlook, had known I was making a mistake. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A mistake, maybe — a foul-up in the paperwork. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The escorts were dressed identically in blue pants, snappy white tunics, and blue sashes, but they could never be mistaken for each other. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to kiss me, and I gave him my cheek, the wrong one, by mistake. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I think he was sure, but he did not want to make any mistake. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He was conscientious about arriving promptly, and he took care with his work, doing things right the first time and stepping in to fix mistakes made by other interns. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She asks about them every time I see her, because I made the mistake of mentioning them to my mom, who mentioned them to her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Are you trying to blame it all on Aarfy now ?” “No, sir. It was my mistake for letting him distract me. All I’m trying to say is that I’m not infallible.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The poster on the wall reminds me that mistakes mean I am trying. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Nhamo didn’t know what all the words meant, but there was no mistaking the power that filled Baba Joseph. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were so many mistakes most of the contestants didn’t know what it meant, what they were supposed to do, or why the judges hadn’t proofread their paragraph before passing it around. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I realized very quickly that that was a mistake. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I did not doubt that Hamlet’s sword mistook its mark for Claudius. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure that was a mistake, Robin,” I said. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Neel was sure he’d find plenty of mistakes inside these books if he ever got the chance to read them. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The hyena feels no disgust at this mistake. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Lance,” said Arthur cheerfully, “these are some high jinks, and no mistake about it Jenny can hardly sit still, with all her captives.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also told us that a lot of those famous people were not afraid to make mistakes no matter how many they made. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I told him he was mistaken; we were not rejecting nonracialism, we were simply saying the ANC must stand more on its own and make statements that were not part of the Congress Alliance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neel’s heart was still hammering from the shock of Headmaster’s appearance, but he corrected the mistake in his head: Kill two birds with one stone. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now, don’t mistake me!’ he cried, as Frodo rose from his seat, and Sam jumped up with a scowl. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Now I live surrounded by the memory of my mistakes,” he said, gesturing at the mirrors that accompanied him. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It was a mistake. We realize that now,” Father says. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I had hoped you might know better than to waste your devotion on the things of this world, but apparently I was mistaken. I am ashamed of you.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are mistaken, Monsieur, that is not my handkerchief.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but I think that was by mistake.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Only one of its kind, before or since. A mistake, somewheres—” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

For a brief second, I almost mistake him for the ghost of his father, an old lover who disappeared with the night’s shadows a long time ago. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I told him I had lice, had fully realized my mistakes, and had been scared straight. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I got my hopes up halfway through the conversation with Rachel—that was my mistake. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

If he doesn’t change, he will repeat his mother’s mistake; time will slip by, and Jasmin will grow up without him. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Apparently the majority learned from mistakes; after this time, archaeologists don’t see this kind of widespread erosion, though they do see lots and lots of maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But there was no mistaking the man in the hideous green hat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was not mistaken about the braided hair decorated with beads. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea for my plot began with a ribald tale of mistaken love I had once read to Gertrude. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean it that way. I know everyone makes mistakes,” he says. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She reads how on her first morning, she made a mistake on the chart where you filled in the number of pieces so they’d know you hadn’t stolen anything. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I caught a disapproving look from Zach on the other side of the window, and silently cursed myself for making a mistake Lena never would have made. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He observed her for any kind of mistake, any jerkiness with the tools. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reynolds still looked skeptical, but Candless said, “It’s not a major shipping area. It would be easy to make a mistake.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, it must be a mistake,” Ashima says calmly, shaking her head, a small laugh escaping from her throat. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Edna can be awful, I know I made a mistake. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He insisted that White had made a mistake. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

At first I thought Jacque would be one, but I was badly mistaken. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You said teachers make mistakes, they get tired . . .” Brother Leon was standing now. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All right, I made mistakes, especially in Minneapolis, and these mistakes were at the time an occasion for feelings of failure and shame. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father continued, “Listen, officer. This is not right. This is a mistake. Arthur told me all about this guy, back when this first happened.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mistake in trusting Dr. Lange plagued me; perhaps my judgment was unreliable. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Once the safe got locked by mistake and no one knew the combination. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When my eyes were opened to his real character—Oh! had I known what I ought, what I dared to do! But I knew not—I was afraid of doing too much. Wretched, wretched mistake!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

"A criminal mistake? Or just the mistake of getting caught?" the judge roared back. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“We don’t ’low no mistakes on this train. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But we all know if anyone is the mistake here, it’s me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"I think we're both hungry. We better eat something before we make another big mistake," Max says with a pained expression. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“And unless I’m much mistaken, Mostafa is actually attempting to send off the Bulgarian team mascots!” said Bagman’s voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

While she waited for James to send it back, she thought about how weird it was for a book to look so perfect on the outside, but have so many mistakes on the inside. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mama thought it would be a mistake to send Mate her good black towel she had made the week she was home—to save her nerves. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope there has not been a mistake?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

So she was careful not to make the same kind of mistake herself; and she believed all the stories the guys told. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That won’t help anything. You need to keep working. Learn from this and don’t make the same mistake again.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Truth be told, her mother was harsher on Izzy: always criticizing her behavior, always less patient with her mistakes and her shortcomings. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could not believe it; I had heard none, and they have a call that cannot be mistaken. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this. I see nothing in it but your own wilful ignorance and the malice of Mr. Darcy.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“All I could hear in my head was Dad’s voice rambling on about careless mistakes and how they would ruin my future.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“But these are the only conductors on the train. You must be mistaken.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

University of Florida I am in shock that after being corrected by at least three mathematicians, you still do not see your mistake. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was done paying for her “mistake” now. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I think he said something about paranoid tendencies if I’m not mistaken. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t notice that he’d hurt me and they didn’t notice that I do make fatal small mistakes from time to time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

My father was making the same mistake so many others were, believing that the Germans with whom he was now dealing were no different from the ones he had known before. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Applying to be the assistant drama director was a classic rookie teacher’s mistake. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I considered it weeks later, it seemed I had made a thousand mistakes, driven a thousand knives into the heart of my own family. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s been a mistake, Sal. Everyone is asleep here. It’s after midnight How could you let them up?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“In the city we think killing babies is a mistake,” Tendai said. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody out hunting got a dog by mistake, I figured. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe after long enough, that magic wand of confidence will mistake me for them, and give me a bop on the head, too. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

After the war he makes two great mistakes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it is very good. You will not make a mistake with it.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But the police, with their usual disorganized overzealousness, made a comical mistake. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Garvey and I want redemption for our own mistakes in life. We were never able to help those we hurt.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Joe,” he said, “are you sure you got what these fellows made? Sure you didn’t make a mistake and pick up some of that first-run stuff I finished off myself?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

That can be as big a mistake as too little knowledge. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Pet said it...in the library...it said it didn’t make a mistake...it said my house...you knew it was my house and you didn’t tell me.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It didn’t look alien any longer, but that only made it more dangerous, made me more likely to relax and make a mistake. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Was it never? I must be mistaken then.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He’s given me so much, which I don’t deserve, and yet each day I make so many mistakes! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

People used to mistake her for a boy, but she had felt proud to be a girl. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This is what the white man mistook for “jubilant living” and called “whooping it up.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight was so funny that I laughed, myself, and that’s where I made my mistake. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hoping it had been a mistake. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a mistake coming to this school. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, but I know I never would have made that mistake if I’d had my earmuffs on. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She passed by on the other side of the street, and for a moment I thought I had to be mistaken. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, we would make a mistake and the thing would kill us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was mistaken to think Auntie Seema would be on my side and willing to look after me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Perfecting the craft is a lifelong calling, and mistakes are part of the game. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly: “God, are those Timberland boots? Mega mistake. How much did you pay for them?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Petrosian’s style was closed and defensive, like a motionless but watchful snake, ready to strike the moment his opponent made the slightest mistake. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If you love someone, you don’t quit on them just because they make a mistake. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking that voice, or that laugh. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It took months for authorities to apprehend Blackie, and, as Hoover noted, “a number of officers had to take their lives in their hands to correct this mistake.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z