slip of the tongue
Example Sentences
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It seems unlikely that Baldwin’s comments to Funke were a slip of the tongue.
From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025
If the occasional slip of the tongue yielded a few bad stories, Mr. McCain dusted himself off and went right back to the reporters in the rear of the bus.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
A slip of the tongue highlighted how the events had caught the state’s public figures by surprise: Harris, formally introducing Butler to the Senate as the appointee for Feinstein’s “unexpired term,” instead said “unexpected.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023
In the air, Holland assumed it was an amusing slip of the tongue when an announcement welcomed travelers to Anchorage.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023
I was not a great believer in psychiatry but still, who knew what a trained eye might see in a personality test, a dream, even a slip of the tongue?
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
