Sentence examples for a harmless mistake from inspiring English sources

The chief executives portrayed the incident as a harmless mistake, and the planned announcement came about two hours later.

The chief executives played down the inadvertent disclosure as a harmless mistake, since the announcement was scheduled before the markets opened anyway.

The three Americans, all graduates of the University of California, Berkeley who were either studying or traveling in the Middle East, say they made a harmless mistake in wandering over the unmarked border, crossing when a soldier of unknown nationality waved to them to approach.

Between two checkpoints, at the campus border, Jarecki's driver managed to position himself in the lane reserved for trucks: a harmless mistake, or so it seemed, until he lowered his window and asked for directions to Lincoln Hall (otherwise known as the Combating Terrorism Center).

It was a harmless mistake on the third day of spring football practice, but the reaction from Corp and the reporters illustrates the level of attention being given to the question of who will play quarterback for the Trojans in the fall.

Lawyers for Ms. Harris argued in court a few weeks ago that it was a harmless mistake and she was not aware of the rule even though her office had distributed information that included notice of the need to resign one public office before running for another.

But when that sponge is forgotten inside a patient, it's no harmless mistake.

Maha Salem, a researcher under Dr Dautenhahn, programmed a humanoid Asimo robot, made by Honda, to make occasional harmless mistakes such as pointing to one drawer while talking about another.

The Brideshead Revisited goof and "Mariah-gate" are harmless mistakes.

As the narrator proclaims: ­"Coincidences; mix-ups; harmless mistakes and ­switches.

The humor in everyday life is often unintentional, consisting of harmless mistakes; the humor in comedy shouldn't be.