Mistaken

Examples

• Nor do I perceive how I can easily be mistaken in this matter. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I wish you could know Mr. Clayton; he is the dearest fellow imaginable, and unless I am mistaken he has fallen very much in love with me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• And,' said Mrs. Micawber, 'though it is possible I may be mistaken in my view of the ceremony, I never will! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Sir, you have been entirely mistaken in supposing it. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You are very much mistaken. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Tom spoke in a mild voice, but with a decision that could not be mistaken. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I thank you; but I assure you you are quite mistaken. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You are mistaken if you think I am anxious to curry favour with rich and great people. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It is possible that I am utterly mistaken. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I do own myself to have been completely mistaken in Mr. Elton. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Nor were we mistaken in our conjecture. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• However that might have been, nobody could have mistaken him for anything like handsome at the moment she presented him to us. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• There's blackmail in it, or I am much mistaken. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I did think so, but as they never said anything about it, and you came away, I supposed I was mistaken. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And it might lead to mistaken notions, you see, my dear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I'm wery much mistaken if that 'ere Jingle worn't a-doin somethin' in the water-cart way! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• You surely must be mistaken. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He could only plead an ignorance of his own heart, and a mistaken confidence in the force of his engagement. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• She was mistaken, however, in supposing that Edmund gave his father no present pain. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She is amusingfairy-like, interesting to me;--you must be mistaken in supposing her handsome? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I am much mistaken if we do not hear from her before many days are past. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had been mistaken again. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Miss Bingley is to live with her brother, and keep his house; and I am much mistaken if we shall not find a very charming neighbour in her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But, _I_ mistaken on a point that has caused me more smart in my breast than a flight of savages' arrows could have done! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• On my way I saw William Crowder, the game-keeper, as he had stated in his evidence; but he is mistaken in thinking that I was following my father. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• This gentleman speaks of footsteps in the grass, but, after all, it is easy to be mistaken on such a point. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I believe I am not mistaken in supposing that I am acquainted with those features? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• So far your conduct has been faultless, and they were quite mistaken who wished you to do otherwise. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Let us hope we are mistaken. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• We have all been mistaken over and over again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Checker: Thelma