Sentence examples for were mistaken by from inspiring English sources

The scribbles, which the two-year-old drew when his grandfather left a copy of the bill unattended during Thanksgiving, were mistaken by Republican staff members for the work of McConnell himself and were hurriedly incorporated into the bill.

These were mistaken by Brown for the real nares or nostrils.

The car she was travelling in was "mistaken" by police for one driven by car hijackers.

The dressed-down director, for instance, is mistaken by a movie company secretary for an air-conditioning repairman.

In a fairly common intermediate stage, weathered biotite is golden yellow, has a bronzy lustre, and may be mistaken by inexperienced observers as flakes of gold.

I was mistaken by locals for an escaped stuffed goose and chased through the streets for my liver.

Meanwhile, Taiwan summoned the Vietnamese envoy to Taipei after reports that many Taiwanese firms were targeted having been mistaken by rioters for Chinese factories.

Her beauty resulted in her being mistaken by gopas (cowherds) as a manifestation of goddess Lakshmi.

The letters have been mistaken by some recipients as confirmation that they have been added to the voter list.

The conspicuous red gasters are mistaken by birds for ripe fruits, such as Hyeronima alchorneoides, and eaten.

In the darkness, the blazing vessel stood out and was mistaken by the crew of San Hermenegildo for a British ship.