(v. i.) To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
(v. i.) To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
(v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
(v. i.) To offend, as by erring.
Example Sentences:
(1) But isn't it better to err on the side of caution and start emoting more?
(2) We take the health of our performers very seriously and felt that it was better to err on the side of caution while we determine whether anyone else may have been exposed."
(3) A given diver was reasonably consistent in the direction of his error from one trial to another and from one maneuver to another, although about half the divers tended to err to the right and half to the left.
(4) Antony Altbeker, author of Fruit of a Poisoned Tree, about a miscarriage of justice, said: "Society should err on the side of giving bail to the accused.
(5) But O'Cathain and colleagues say it is perhaps inevitable that call handlers without medical training will err on the side of caution and send people to seek emergency care.
(6) "Err on the side of the [New York] Times, not xoJane ."
(7) All submammalian vertebrates have extraretinal photoreceptors (ERR) that can mediate entrainment of circadian rhythms to 24-h light-dark (LD) cycles.
(8) So this review of the Keynote news will err on the side of optimism.
(9) When localizing tones, however, the barn owl errs in a manner that suggests that it is confused by phantom targets.
(10) to rats for 5 days, indole-3-carbinol was a potent inducer of hepatic ERR deethylation and cytochrome P-450 activity, but had much less effect in the intestine.
(11) The PRC for ONX lizards (only ERRs present) shows a threefold increase in the amplitude of both the advance and delay portions of the PRC compared with a PRC previously generated for sighted S. occidentalis.
(12) This synchronizing system is functionally coupled with the olfactory generator of electrographic respiratory response (ERR), which is brought into activity by nasal air flow.
(13) Thus, immunosuppressive regimens used in cardiac transplant programs tend to err (if they err) on the side of heavier suppression and accept the consequences of this choice.
(14) Unexpectedly, the majority of in vivo ermA transcripts detected were only 245 nt long, suggesting that expression of ErR may be regulated post-transcriptionally.
(15) Humans consistently err in their percepts of rotational motion viewed through an aperture.
(16) While both adults and children err on the 'place of articulation' feature most often, and 'nasality' least often, children produce 'voicing' feature errors less often than adults do, indicating that voicing may be a more important organizing principle for young children than for adults.
(17) "Err no, every right thinking person wants their own team to win, not the best team to win, weirdo.
(18) In my judgment, the Court errs egregiously by overriding Congress’ decision.
(19) Scanning electron microscopy morphometric analysis found major evidence of ERR in the tooth-borne jackscrew appliance, in the long-term group, in the maxillary premolars, on the buccal and furcation root surfaces, on the mesiobuccal root, and in the apical zone.
(20) Concomitantly with splenomegaly, ERR gene expression in spleen cells increases dramatically.
Flub
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Subsequent inoculation of the mice with FluB significantly increased mortality rate.
(2) That has sometimes meant retaining flubs and awkward moments that another show might fix in editing.
(3) We have examined hepatic lipid profiles in a mouse model for Reye's Syndrome (RS) in which young animals are exposed to nontoxic doses of an industrial pesticide emulsifier and subsequently are infected with sublethal doses of mouse-adapted human Influenza B (Lee) virus (FluB).
(4) He lost additional points for flubbing the end of the somersault in Israel when he tried to explain the economic differences between Israel and the Palestinian Authority through a cultural prism (that may end up offending Mexican Americans as much as he appeared to offend Palestinians).
(5) But Kasich flubbed his intro: he appeared disorganized and sometimes antic.
(6) Even Biden's rhetorical flubs – which, admittedly, are mesmerizing dadaist poems with the kinetic frenzy of a Kozachok dance – get a free pass while my Ricky's do not.
(7) So how did Bill Shorten flub his opportunity to land hits on Malcolm “seven day economy” Turnbull where he’s truly vulnerable?
(8) Neonatal mice given nontoxic dermal applications of an industrial surfactant, Toximul MP8 (Tox), and subsequently infected with sublethal doses of mouse-adapted human Influenza B (Lee) virus (FluB) develop many of the biochemical features of Reye's Syndrome (RS).
(9) The New York Daily News called Romney's visit to the UK "flub-filled".
(10) He came into office preaching the gospel of the New Deal, but punted on the home foreclosure crisis even when he had the banks over a barrel, opted for an economic stimulus that was far too weak and flubbed healthcare reform.
(11) The combined Tox + FluB treatment had several significant effects on liver lipids, including a transient increase in phospholipid (PL) content, a reduction in neutral glycerides and persistently high cholesterol levels.