mistaken
Example Sentences
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Ralph Belmonte, a resident of Grange Road for 47 years, said a postman discovered the body on the road after having mistaken it for a dummy strapped to the roof of a driving car.
From BBC
“I did think that I invented this profession. I was absolutely mistaken. But at the time I thought, ‘Someone should do this for people, this is really hard,’” she said.
Some seniors have multiple family members or caregivers who might be mistaken about which prescriptions are current.
For a quarter century I’ve been mistaken for another opinion journalist.
At a Yankees game earlier this year, Robert was mistaken for Armstrong Williams, a Washington-based commentator.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
