Sentence examples for at mistaken from inspiring English sources

The phrase "at mistaken" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be a confusion of phrases; the correct expression would be "in mistake" or "mistaken."
Example: "I was mistaken about the meeting time."
Alternatives: "in error" or "wrong about."

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A few Sikhs, those wearing turbans and beards, were shot at, mistaken perhaps for being templated from Osama bin Laden.

So while I agree with you that the people you mention (whom I've never met personally) are very bright and very well-versed in the areas they write about, that doesn't mean they can't arrive at mistaken conclusions sometimes, just like the rest of us.

Frondlike fossils are also common at Mistaken Point.

At Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada, rangeomorph "fronds" dominate the earliest (579 565 million years ago) fossil communities of large (0.1 to 2 m height) multicellular benthic eukaryotes.

But as a native of Kansas City, Missouri, I cringe just a little at mistaken assumptions I am from Kansas.

By far the most common fossils at Mistaken Point are the "spindles" — at the best- exposed site, over one thousand "spindles" are preserved on one surface.

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The sources were at best mistaken and at worst liars.

He had at first mistaken their cries for seagulls.

Chancellor Merkel looked somewhat taken aback at being mistaken for Sarkozy's aunt.

"I don't think the direction the D.P.J. aimed at was mistaken," Mr. Furukawa said.

The embassy was located at this mistaken target, and three Chinese journalists were killed.

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