Sentence examples for mistake thinking from inspiring English sources

"I think we made a mistake thinking it was all about equality: we must have parity, we must change the laws".

Nevertheless, choking is actually triggered by a specific mental mistake: thinking too much.

But I did make a mistake thinking about how I could use it.

The guest, the general said, had entered the staff member's room by mistake, thinking it was the guest's own room.

"The exiles made a big mistake, thinking that they could ride an American tank into Baghdad and gain legitimacy.

The defendant claims he killed Steenkamp by mistake, thinking she was a nighttime intruder in his home when he shot multiple times through a closed toilet door.

Which is dangerous, as I often make very big mistakes, thinking I can 'carry off' something when I can't.

That's mistaken thinking.

Omission errors may occur because of mistaking thinking about an action with the actual performance of the action (i.e., output/reality monitoring error [ 27]), or mistakenly thinking that one has performed an action because one erroneously recalls the memory of performing that action from a previous occasion (temporal discrimination error [ 28]).

I think he made an honest mistake in thinking Bardella was Issa.

(He made the mistake of thinking he could keep his YouTube link private).