How to Use accidently in a Sentence

accidently

adverb

• The contents accidently spilled onto his young daughter.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
• The video does not show the beginning of the clash when the suspect and a group of three men, including the victim, accidently bumped into each other.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2022
• The series will follow Mateo, a man who went to prison for homicide after accidently killing a man when trying to break up a fight.
  — Sheena Scott, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
• At most, when they were designed, there was concern that an errant aircraft might accidently hit one of the towers.
  — Donald Dusenberry, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2021
• During the holiday season six years ago, a girl accidently knocked her home's elf off the shelf and called 911, which led to the police arriving at her home.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2021
• Garcia stars as a man who discovers his wife cheated on him and accidently kills her.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 Jan. 2022
• Materials will demonstrate how to safely store and dispose of cannabis and cannabis waste and what to do if a child or pet accidently ingests cannabis.
  — Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2022
• Tatum returned to the lineup after playing just 21 minutes in Game 2 because he was accidently poked in the right eye by Durant.
  — Ken Powtak, ajc, 29 May 2021
• The bottle is vacuum insulated to keep drinks hot or cold all day long, and the leak-proof lid helps prevent any spills if the bottle accidently gets knocked over.
  — Steven Rowe, Verywell Health, 24 Feb. 2023
• The man, who accidently shot himself while cleaning his gun, was transferred to Fairview Hospital.
  — Cheryl Higley, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
• The game was delayed for 10 minutes in the first inning when a spectator accidently fell from the concourse into the visitors bullpen trying to retrieve a baseball thrown to him.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• The 4-year-old boy who died Thursday from a fatal gunshot wound suffered at a Kissimmee home accidently shot himself with a handgun, according to court records.
  — Christopher Cann, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2023
• In another instance of a child getting a hold of a gun inside a home, a six-year-old was accidently shot in the head by a nine-year-old on Monday afternoon in Jacksonville, Florida.
  — Scott Butler, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
• The second is that the virus was accidently released by researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a scientific lab a few miles from the wet market.
  — Staff Reports, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
• Basco told the news network that an investigation revealed Goulart accidently fired two shots, one which hit his leg and the other hit the door of his police vehicle.
  — Staff Report, NOLA.com, 24 Sep. 2020
• Katz says Glock handguns are designed to withstand almost any amount of jostling without accidently firing.
  — CBS News, 2 Oct. 2021
• Cubs catcher Willson Contreras accidently hitting Max Muncy in the groin while trying to recover a wild pitch.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
• One day West accidently disconnected the power supply and then heard something strange.
  — Ainissa Ramirez, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2022
• For this reason, the Russia expert does not believe that Washington would respond if an American soldier were accidently killed in Ukraine.
  — Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2023
• Durant departs: Durant, with 17 points at that stage, departed late in the third period after Butler accidently fell into his right knee.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2023
• The issue with the incorrect ballots happened because a computer-mapping system accidently mixed up ballots in which voters have the same street name and number, but live in a different city, Scott told NBC 6.
  — Wells Dusenbury, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2022
• Students threatened teachers and their classmates, weapons went off accidently in buildings and even some toy guns looked real enough that alarmed parents called into school offices to report them, according to the documents.
  — Leon Stafford, ajc, 28 May 2022
• The infection can be contracted by accidently ingesting cat feces particles (such as from cleaning a litter box) or eating raw meat, according to the CDC.
  — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2018
• Although all persons using these products on their hands are at risk, young children who accidently ingest these products and adolescents and adults who drink these products as an alcohol (ethanol) substitute, are most at risk for methanol poisoning.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 27 May 2021
• But the analysts said it is rarely prosecuted, if only because of the difficulty in proving that a perpetrator acted intentionally instead of accidently.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• Natalie accidently found evidence on Chacey's computer that her stepmother was cheating.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2020
• Unfortunately Lydia accidently gets the strength formula.
  — Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024