Sentence examples for major mistake was from inspiring English sources

Our major mistake was made early.

I believe that my only major mistake was marrying too young.

The major mistake was removing any evidence of the tragedy that occurred there.

Critics say the first major mistake was the decision to merge Mr. Netanyahu's Likud Party with the ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu.

Bela Karolyi, who coached the 1996 Olympic gold medal team, said the United States team's strong performance, in which there was nary a major mistake, was rare.

His only major mistake was a middle-of-the-plate pitch to Prince Fielder, who hit the ball off the batter's eye in center field to give Milwaukee a 1-0 lead in the sixth.

The film's one major mistake is embellishing the story with a pretentious overlay of Christmas symbolism.

But perhaps the conventional wisdom that the Republicans have, in this regard, made a major mistake is wrong, at least in terms of the 2016 elections.

For them, a major mistake is a traumatic event because it strikes at the heart of their most profound desires or primal fears, emotions buried so deep that they may not be aware of them.

2. Make it Formal: A major mistake is to allow the process of due diligence to become somewhat informal.

But their claim on having done as well as could reasonably have been expected — to have avoided major mistakes — is hard to accept.