Sentence examples for erred in describing from inspiring English sources

We erred in describing Pink Floyd as managing to "kiss and make up long enough to play a few money-spinning gigs" in the article above.

An article on Dec. 23 about visiting Revolutionary War sites in New York City with the historian David McCullough erred in describing John Adams and John Quincy Adams as members of George Washington's cabinet in 1790.

Early authors erred in describing the flowers as having blue corollas, based on Epling and Játiva's description.

FOR THE RECORD: The subheadline on an earlier online version of this article erred in describing the desert tortoises as "endangered creatures".

FOR THE RECORD: Water dispute: In the April 6 California section, a photo caption accompanying an article about a lawsuit pitting the San Diego Water Authority against the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California erred in describing the organizations' dealings.

Perhaps the psychiatrist Carl Jung was on to something when he suggested that Christianity had erred in describing divinity as totally good and neglecting the "shadow side of God" -- although I personally think a fuller understanding of the evolutionary process yields a more satisfactory explanation for the evil in the world.

Senior executives have acknowledged, for instance, that they erred in statements describing Mr Kelly as an "intelligence source"; in fact, he was not a member of the intelligence services.

Greg Braxton's story on Myrlie Evers, the widow of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, erred carelessly in describing my book "Klandestine" ("She's Kept Her Eyes on the Prize," July 10).

As Richard Read noted for The Car Connection, the voice-over errs in describing these cars as "remote-controlled".

If you err in trying to describe a man as "tall," you may have said that he has "long balls".

Now West erred in return.