Sentence examples for first mistake from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

first miscarriage

first misstatement

first fallacy

first error

initial mistake

The part of the sentence "first mistake" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an action or decision that someone made which was not the ideal one. For example, "John knew it was his first mistake, but he still kept going."

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"That was their first mistake".

The New Yorker

That was my first mistake.

BBC

"That's your first mistake".

The Guardian - Tech

And the first mistake.

The Guardian - Travel

It's my first mistake.

The New York Times - Travel

"That's their first mistake," Coach Granatell muttered.

The New Yorker

And this is your first mistake.

The New Yorker

The test administrator made the first mistake.

The New York Times

That was the first mistake.

The Guardian - Sport

That was his first mistake.

The New York Times

"Expanding was the first mistake," he said.

The New York Times

More suggestions(15)

first illusion

first flaw

first shortcoming

first misconception

first misunderstanding

first confusion

first errors

commonest mistake

prior mistake

first erroneous

worst mistake

highest mistake

biggest mistake

largest mistake

first wrong

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