How to Use error in a Sentence

error

noun

• The shortstop was charged with an error.
• I made an error in my calculations.
• They uncovered several errors in his report to the committee.
• The paper contains numerous spelling errors.
• This gives Georgia the largest room for error of any team in the FBS.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
• The Red Sox have committed 35 errors, tied for the fifth most in the majors.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 points.
  — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2023
• Poway’s first run came as the result of two Broncos errors in the fifth inning.
  — Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
• Under the bill, the error reports would not be made public.
  — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• That is to say: choosing the perfect balm can be a trial-and-error process.
  — Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 22 Dec. 2022
• Biden’s two-point lead is within the poll’s margin of error.
  — Dan Balz, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
• Putting shame aside at the beach My decades-long exile from the sand now feels like an unforced error.
  — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
• Check for errors Typos and misspelled words are a turnoff.
  — Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• The closing of the U.S. embassy in Caracas in March 2019 was a major error.
  — William Neuman, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2023
• The poll has a margin of error of +/-4.4 percentage points.
  — Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 18 July 2023
• Ask questions, go directly to the source and leave no room for error.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
• The poll had a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
• The ball took a big hop, hit him in the midsection, and resulted in his second error of the year.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
• This can lead to some small errors that put the final value off a little bit.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2023
• The margin for error in these elite matchups is small, and the Ravens are struggling to overcome their mistakes.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
• The paper also made at least one error in describing part of the book.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
• Blade Carver broke a 3-3 tie with an RBI single, then two runs scored on a two-out error.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• And then, just as the match seemed to be slipping away thanks in part to a slew of unforced errors, Gauff straightened out her strokes and pulled away.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
• Most of the time, viruses with errors won’t work or be fit enough to continue to copy and survive.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 11 June 2024
• But Boeing seemed to believe that pilot error had caused the crash.
  — James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2023
• Due to a clerical error, Kelly was paid twice in both May and June 2022.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 25 Jan. 2023
• At 4-7, the Lions remain in the thick of the NFC wild card hunt, but have little margin for error over the final six games.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2022
• Their margin of error became thinner with each miss just as the Bucks’ lead grew with each make.
  — Khobi Price, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
• For images, look at the backgrounds, which can often show more errors than the main subject.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• The error did not prove costly, however, as Tom Wilson put the Caps ahead with a power-play goal late on in the third period.
  — Jacob Lev, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024