How to Use gaffe in a Sentence

gaffe

noun

• He realized that he had committed an awful gaffe when he mispronounced her name.
• Trump seeks to press advantage from Biden’s ‘garbage’ gaffe.
  — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
• Here’s Biden’s full closing remarks, gaffes and all: Thank you.
  — Andrew Prokop, Vox, 1 Aug. 2019
• The headset gaffe didn't affect Finley's play too much.
  — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• The room had been booing Grundmann, but the gaffe triggered even louder cheers and jeers from the crowd.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2019
• One of the most memorable gaffes of the night came when Walz was asked about his time in China.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
• Whether or not Harris, Booker or any other of the top contenders takes Biden to task over this latest gaffe remains to be seen.
  — cleveland.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• After a reporter pointed out an apparent gaffe by Jalen Hurd, Shanahan said those rookies weren’t the only ones at fault.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2019
• For the homeowners, the gaffe with ADI Engineering means waiting even longer to fix the work botched by the original builder.
  — Dallas News, 16 July 2019
• Harris' camp has echoed her closing message of unity while still going on offense to capitalize on Trump's recent controversies and gaffes.
  — Axios, 3 Nov. 2024
• After two incorrect answers and some head-scratching, the youngster beamed with delight upon figuring out her mathematical gaffe.
  — Andrew J. Campa, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
• Another young college analyst, Dan Orlovsky, has seen his role grow, too (also following a career remembered for a single gaffe).
  — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 23 July 2019
• Add this to the gaffes Biden has made in the past two weeks.
  — Melanie Eversley, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2019
• But our pick for the worst Apple gaffe of the decade has to go to the iPhone 4.
  — Christopher Null, Wired, 24 Dec. 2019
• But Louisville had a key gaffe at each end of the floor in the final minute.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2022
• The Wired interview isn’t the first gaffe Grant has made in the press this week.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2023
• Johnson and Smith were amused by the gaffe, but O’Neal was not.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
• Biden critics called it a gaffe, but the statement wasn’t a slip of the tongue.
  — Doyle McManuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2022
• The gaffe says quite a bit about the fascists in Donald Trump’s rolodex.
  — Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 23 Oct. 2023
• There were a number of gaffes along the way too, as happens over the course of decades.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
• And will there be any big gaffes that one side can weaponize against the other?
  — Heather Hendershot / Made By History, TIME, 27 June 2024
• The gaffe didn't change the outcome of the game but Chryst was asked about the issue afterward.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2021
• Biden is prone to make gaffes and verbal slips; so is Trump.
  — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 1 May 2023
• The Astros got a reprieve with a huge Twins fielding gaffe in the ninth.
  — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2020
• William has not been the only high-profile figure to make such a gaffe since the start of the war in Ukraine.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
• Though Wilson's gaffe will be the defining highlight of this game, the seeds of the upset were sown in the first half.
  — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2020
• Not many Americans noticed the gaffe, but the British press did.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• The gaffe led to three Pirates crossing the plate when no Mets player went to retrieve the ball.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 21 July 2021
• Watch Lee's gaffe above, and see the full list of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival award winners here.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 17 July 2021
• The 49ers have been high on Luter, minus his Super Bowl punt gaffe.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024