Sentence examples for some blunders from inspiring English sources

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He scored a few points, but he also committed some blunders.

Steinbrenner has made many correct decisions, but he has made some blunders, and this may be his biggest.

TO ERR may be human, but some blunders are so egregious that they fall into the "you couldn't make it up" category.

But in recent tournaments, some of the top players in the world have made some blunders that even, well, ordinary players might make.

And, wow, in "Clicks and Mortar" (Jossey-Bass, $26), does he own up to some blunders: Nearing the apex of a sparkling career, he was stunned when his boss observed that he was "too persuasive".

The routinely maligned boss of the supermarket chain Morrisons finally checked out after a five-year spell at the grocer, which the City succinctly summarised like this: Philips broadly made two mistakes; firstly, taking a long and expensive route reversing the errors of predecessor-but-one Sir Ken Morrison; and, secondly, introducing some blunders of his own.

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He will be caught only through some blunder of his own, not through police investigation.

Some jokes land clumsily; some blunder into a moment of emotion and cheapen it.

Russia's actions in Ukraine and Syria have raised fears that some blunder or reckless act could draw Nato into a confrontation with its huge eastern neighbour.

Until this moment, Holbrooke's manner toward me had been either flattering or bantering; now I wondered if I had committed some blunder.

Some blundering operative outside alerts Jonas Sparrow to the impending bust and she gets hit around the head by the estimable cult-leader... which only knocks the camera offline, rendering her unblind!

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