Sentence examples for when they meant from inspiring English sources

All around them, people were talking about "parameters" and "life styles," saying "disinterested" when they meant "uninterested," "fulsome" when they meant "full".

I guess all those who have announced in Spanish that they are pregnant when they meant embarrassed, or asked for a condom in French when they meant jam, will be glad to know they're not the only ones.

Some Democrats said many people accidentally voted for Mr. Buchanan when they meant to vote for Mr. Gore.

A number of elderly Floridians say they voted for Pat Buchanan, when they meant to choose Mr Gore; and 19,000 ballots were spoiled.

There seems clearly to have been some kind of technical error in entering trades, although the rumor that someone entered "billion" when they meant "million" still hasn't been confirmed.

I thought the bear looked a little like the teenage werewolves you see in movies, howling and shifting shapes just at the moment when they meant to be picking up their date for the prom.

On-the-spot fines will be issued to people who say "refute" when they mean "deny", "fortuitous" when they mean "fortunate" and "floor" when they mean "ground".

"Because British people ask for lemonade when they mean Sprite".

Newspapers use them interchangeably when they mean very different things.

But thousands of people still get "I live you" when they mean "I love you," or "fir" when they mean "for".

The media, instead of challenging public figures to say kill when they mean kill, and people when they mean people, repeats these evasions.