gaffe
Example Sentences
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Journalist Michael Kinsley famously defined a “gaffe” as what happens “when a politician tells the truth—some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.”
The Capitals had scored three goals in the final 15 minutes to keep their faint playoff hopes alive, but one last defensive gaffe led to a 4-3 loss to put those hopes on life support.
From Washington Post
Mr. Trump was also quick to highlight the president’s gaffe on Friday.
From Washington Times
But Bush then made a rather profound gaffe, publicly bemoaning “the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq.”
From Washington Post
It’s a tournament career so rich in the familiarity of danger that Virginia’s wreck and Kihei Clark’s gaffe just add another warning to the pile.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
