How to Use error message in a Sentence

error message

noun
  • For those for whom the link is still available, trying to sign up only returns an error message.
    T.c. Sottek, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Suddenly, if a user scrolled for just a few minutes, an error message popped up.
    Zoë Schiffer, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024
  • In an email, a Dominion spokeswoman noted the remark was about a splash screen that was hiding an error message.
    Stuart A. Thompson, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
  • If a fault happens, drivers would get a warning sound and an error message on the instrument panel.
    CBS News, 26 June 2024
  • Then, in March, users were briefly unable to click on external links on the platform, getting an error message instead.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Never call the phone number that appears in a pop-up window or an error message claiming to be from Microsoft.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Here at The Verge, among writers and editors scattered across the country, some of us could stream just fine, while others were getting the same error message and code other users have complained about.
    Richard Lawler, The Verge, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Some users who attempted to load Twitter were met with an error message or encountered slow-loading pages.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • However, that page has now been scrubbed of all mentions of Khan, and the personal website for Khan that worked yesterday now displays an error message.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 10 July 2024
  • Just 30 minutes after its launch, players were hit with an error message announcing the servers were completely down.
    Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
  • The second paragraph contains an error message from the chatbot that was asked to create the text and was evidently copy and pasted into the website without any oversight.
    James Vincent, The Verge, 2 May 2023
  • An air-bag warning light, sound and error message on the instrument cluster will alert passengers if there is an issue with the Volkswagen vehicles.
    Hannah Ziegler, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • My Aura contact confirmed that Aura is not meant to display a warning message and that the error message is expected behavior.
    PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Many screens were blank except for an error message and airport personnel made announcements directing questions about flights to airlines.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • Ironically, visiting his Twitter profile can also trigger the same error message about the API.
    PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Phoronix reports that the latest release of systemd for Linux systems comes with a systemd-bsod service that’s able to generate a full-screen error message on Linux distributions.
    Tom Warren, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2023
  • My personal laser printer showed a persistent error message.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Ahead of Sunday's festivities, fans noticed that her website was broken and giving visitors an error message.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The city of Dallas website currently displays an error message and Dallas Water Utilities is currently unable to process payments, according to the city.
    Matt Novak, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Twitter was again experiencing widespread technical issues, returning an odd error message to users who tried to click on links in tweets to third-party websites for nearly an hour Monday.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Instead of going dark or returning an error message, the universe hosted on the server that Josiah had knocked offline simply froze, as each player was suddenly disconnected and confined to their own computer’s splintered version of it.
    Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Annoyingly, the error message that's thrown up suggests a problem with your PC's memory and many users have reported running memory tests after seeing it as reported by Windowslatest.
    Antony Leather, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

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