Sentence examples for merely a mistake from inspiring English sources

CheapOair says extracting the two very large payments was merely "a mistake".

So the number on the scoreboard was not an omen, after all, merely a mistake.

Liu Wei's wooden structure, "Merely a Mistake II," is made of the rubble from demolished buildings, in a country where state-ordered "relocations" have caused protests and strife.

Russia's Vladimir Putin was sufficiently persuaded to describe Mr Bush's decision to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty as merely a "mistake", and to take up the offer of deep cuts in nuclear weapons.

But if the rule for applying the word cow is derived entirely from linguistic practice, what would make this case merely a mistake and not a change in the rule and thus a change in what the word cow means?

He also suggested that the crime is not particularly serious, that rape should be considered as merely a "mistake" that young men sometimes make.He sounds massively out of step with Indian public opinion, at least if you believe results from a national opinion poll published on April 22nd by the Pew Research Centre.

Again, the rationale is not ridiculous: a lie is more grave than an untruth, which can be merely a mistaken conviction, and it implies conscious intention to deceive rather than inward-turning self-deception.

In short - Hough's character doesn't sleep with Cruise's heavy metal rocker like she does in the show, it's merely a mistaken accusation from Diego Boneta involving spilled wine and an open fly.

Cases in which office investigators conclude that prosecutors merely made a mistake or had poor judgment would, however, still be handled by their supervisors.

Might these have merely been a mistake?

According to the insider, the pair merely kissed -- a "mistake" that the 22-year-old actress "feels awful" about.