How to Use gaffe in a Sentence

gaffe

noun

• He realized that he had committed an awful gaffe when he mispronounced her name.
• Not exactly the best way to talk about who should be the leader of the free world, but a gaffe does not a monster make.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
• Overcoming the gaffes to still win a matchup between two of the area's top teams might be all the solace the Tigers need.
  — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2019
• For Broncos Country, though, the gaffe will likely resonate a bit longer.
  — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2019
• The gaffe-prone front-runner should stay out of the Democratic mosh pit and campaign via social-media videos.
  — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
• Admit it, with all his gaffes, old Uncle Joe’s campaign is teetering.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• Biden is also coming into the debate with a recent string of gaffes that the other candidates are likely to bring up.
  — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2019
• Michael Kinsley once defined a gaffe as when a politician accidentally tells the truth.
  — The Editors, National Review, 26 Sep. 2024
• All three pitchers allowed baserunners in an inning in which the Giants also made multiple fielding gaffes.
  — Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2019
• So much can go sideways, from injuries and standard malfunctions to officiating gaffes and bad bounces, that the margin of error for high-level success is thin as the seam on the ball.
  — Jon Wilner, The Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2019
• On Biden’s propensity for gaffes, Maher, his former aide, calls it a nonissue for undecided voters.
  — NBC News, 23 Aug. 2019
• The strategy has drawn some scrutiny in recent days, with the national CBS News arm involved in a handful of gaffes.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
• Biden, 76, has struggled during his presidential campaign with gaffes and misstatements that hark back to his earlier political troubles and have put a spotlight on his age.
  — Author: Matt Viser, Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2019
• But with every ballot cast, each day’s developments — an endorsement, a policy pronouncement, a stumble, a gaffe — become that much less significant.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024