How to Use accidentally in a Sentence

accidentally

adverb
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  • In one case, a passenger accidentally cut the ropes on one side of the boat.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The woman claimed she was accidentally shot when her boyfriend was cleaning his gun at their home, Lynch said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Even if your pet accidentally stains your carpet, this cleaner easily removes the mess.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
  • But things go more than awry when the ceremonies are accidentally double-booked into the same — and intimate — wedding venue on an Atlanta island.
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Russian troops accidentally blew up the Tor earlier this month after mistaking it for a Ukrainian system.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Each of them accidentally went to the wrong address or opened the wrong door — and each was shot.
    — Susan C. Beachy, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The owner had just moved the SUV to the street to work on cleaning the garage and accidentally left the keys in the vehicle.
    — cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Once at home, put the work in a place where no one might accidentally see it.
    — Michael Finkel, Time, 14 June 2023
  • While the set-up, for sure, of season four was, who would want to kill Charles and accidentally got Sazz?
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Who is most likely to accidentally start a fire in the house?
    — Emily Becker, Women's Health, 24 May 2023
  • Check your cartons to make sure none of the egg shells accidentally cracked.
    — Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 5 July 2023
  • The Glendale boy fired the gun, accidentally shooting himself in the chest the morning of March 20, Mendez said.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The usher then accidentally stepped on the singer’s gown.
    — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
  • Thuney accidentally gets under the facemask of Garrett and pokes him in the eye.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
  • In March, a group of dirt bikers dragged a man and his adult son out of their car in Harlem and beat them after the driver accidentally hit one of the bikers.
    — Hurubie Meko, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Ringo came up accidentally with key lines in lyrics or titles of songs.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
  • And most Americans eat up to two pounds of bug parts a year accidentally.
    — John Hodgman, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Then, at the beginning of the year, Jeep accidentally leaked a few photos.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 May 2024
  • Pets add to the problem, accidentally dropping food in the water, which can then be used as stepping stones.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Most of us have mastered the art of accidentally shrinking clothes in the washing machine.
    — Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Given the murky water, the shark could have accidentally bitten the man while feeding on fish.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
  • Like Max Dennison before them, the teens accidentally bring the sisters back to the land of the living — to the tune of a delightful song-and-dance number.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2022
  • One day, he accidentally gets attached to a train that carries him far away.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In this one, a young boy named Dalton Lambert accidentally gets lost in the Further.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 7 July 2023
  • No charges were filed against the boy who accidentally killed Christian Petillo, nor the boy’s parents.
    — The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Keep in Mind The one button function can accidentally result in going to strobe and turbo at the same time, which can hurt your eyes.
    — Jack Byram, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2024
  • This could allow the driver's hand to contact the key and accidentally shut off the vehicle.
    — Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Tabitha accidentally becomes a sleuth, with Cold War dangers along the way.
    — The Know, The Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Your daughter might grow up in a tense home, or be taught (accidentally) that a person is supposed to put up with misery.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Blood stains where bed bugs have been accidentally crushed.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024

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