Sentence examples for avoid being mistaken from inspiring English sources

That's good news.But what can you do to avoid being mistaken for a terrorist?

They even stripped the yellow piping from their uniforms in order to avoid being mistaken for cavalry.

"My father is from India," I would recite, phrasing it in such a way as to avoid being mistaken for an American Indian.

When he arrived, in 1979, as a freshman at Occidental College, in Los Angeles, Obama wanted "to avoid being mistaken for a sellout".

And, although it may be a dream to gaze upon the Iron Throne, one must be vigilant of many eyes and whisperers in King's Landing, so to avoid being mistaken as a serious contender in the Game of Thrones.

It was only in 1980 that he adopted an old spelling of his family name to avoid being mistaken for another artist named "Pritchard" whose work he spotted in an exhibition catalogue.

Wad up the used tissue to avoid it being mistaken for an unused one.

Either way, they can avoid being harmed by a mistake in it.

The easiest mistake to avoid is probably the easiest mistake to make in a class: asking the professor a question that's clearly answered on the syllabus.

The only mistake to avoid is overcooking, which releases all the liquid from the cranberries and makes the sauce runny.

For athletes, the classic mistake to avoid is focusing only on preparing one's body for the game.