accidentally

Example Sentences

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In the past three months, California has seen a sudden uptick in the number of people becoming sickened and dying after accidentally eating poisonous mushrooms found in the wild.

From Los Angeles Times

Then he wondered if Mary Lou had accidentally answered his question anyway.

From Literature

Making "Year of the Horse" stuffed toys in a workshop, an employee accidentally stitched the festive foal's mouth on upside-down -- turning its cheerful expression into a gloomy frown.

From Barron's

The retailer can then fix problematic items or send them on to a reseller, allowing them to avoid accidentally reselling the fake merchandise back to a new customer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Julio was already demanding that they come to the meeting tomorrow and explain how they had accidentally caused this mess.

From Literature