Sentence examples for minor mishap from inspiring English sources

"minor mishap" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a small accident or mistake that does not cause significant harm or damage. Example: The camping trip went smoothly, except for a minor mishap when one of the tents collapsed in the wind.

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A minor mishap gave the day a final farcical twist.

This could be a minor mishap, or the work of someone not paying close attention to the forms.

"But a close race appears all but certain to expose even the most minor mishap on Nov. 2".

So it is in a laboratory where a seemingly minor mishap like not sterilizing a pipette can cause serious illness, even death.

Apart from that minor mishap, however, the 23-year-old's box-to-box play was sublime, full of guile and effective: 10 goals and 12 assists in 31 starts.

With two 15-year-old males hovering between boyhood and manhood as my London mates, the young gentlemen, as the staff referred to them, had one minor mishap in the room they shared (mine was on another floor).

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Some were insignificant, like the minor mishaps that Brazilians call "desastres".

Over the years, he has had only a few minor mishaps on the road.

What emerged was an appalling pattern of assumptions that the vehicle could survive minor mishaps and be pushed even further.

Indian government officials say that the problems, including the partial roof collapse on Wednesday, are mostly minor mishaps.

But a bit of sour intonation from the horns at the beginning of the Mahler spelled trouble, and other minor mishaps followed.

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