Sentence examples for odd mistakes from inspiring English sources

Anyone new to office deserves a running-in period where odd mistakes are made.

There are some odd mistakes – electricity doesn't snake through the limbs of convulsing individuals, muscle relaxants aren't used to terminate seizures, and the DVLA insists on surrendering your licence for one year after a fit, not two.

Excessive anxiety can cause you to lose focus, feel confused and make odd mistakes.

The city's subpoena, in an odd mistake, identified Mr. Serpico as Mr. Schoolcraft's father.

Indeed they do make the odd mistake (not that passengers would normally notice).

"Wow, so someone in Jeremy's office made the odd mistake," he sneers.

He might have made the odd mistake but never for a sustained amount of time.

He makes the odd mistake and he's not very quick but he could get involved.

When you are the world's greatest central banker, after all, you should be able to admit the odd mistake.

He can make the odd mistake in his races, but he didn't this time," said the Naunton handler.

(An odd mistake in the booklet suggests this was a private tape, but it was actually a live BBC Home Service broadcast).