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No one likes it when their sandcastle is knocked over, but his reaction is a bit, err, extreme.

They tend to err heavily on the side of the government where kidnapping is concerned.

The bottom line is agencies almost always err on the side of caution.

In other words, the vast majority of Americans seem to agree with the American Mullahs, err, “hard-liners.”

Err, yes, of course Newt Gingrich loved the number of debates.

And they that call this people blessed, shall cause them to err: and they that are called blessed, shall be thrown down, headlong.

Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee?

Whatever his own personal blunders, it was impossible for Joseph Addison to err in a point of literary judgment.

Is not your style so simple, frank, and direct that a wayfaring girl can read it and not err therein?

It is under the abiding influence of the Holy Ghost, and therefore cannot err in matters of faith.

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On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to err, such as: misbehave, miscalculate, stray, stumble, blow, and blunder.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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