Sentence examples for admits a mistake from inspiring English sources

A number of states have passed laws making a doctor's apology inadmissible as evidence in a lawsuit, in keeping with the belief that patients find solace when a doctor admits a mistake, and that doctors are more likely to do so if they are taking part in a conversation and not making a confession.

In a world where most people think they must be right all the time, it is a rare occasion when a person in an influential position admits a mistake and takes responsibility.

But it has not admitted a mistake.

IT'S hard admitting a mistake.

As it turned out, it was, I admit, a mistake.

"Just like George Bush, John McCain refuses to admit a mistake".

He is extremely reluctant to admit a mistake, even a small one.

Why has it become impossible to admit a mistake in Washington and accept the consequences?

Not, of course, to get Mr Netanyahu to admit a mistake.

Prosecutors, of course, are not the only people who hate to admit a mistake.

By George Packer Why has it become impossible to admit a mistake in Washington and accept the consequences?