No one likes it when their sandcastle is knocked over, but his reaction is a bit, err, extreme.
Was Baby Jesus A Holy Terror?|Candida Moss|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They tend to err heavily on the side of the government where kidnapping is concerned.
Mexican Journalists Speak Out on Reporter Murders|Jason McGahan|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In other words, the vast majority of Americans seem to agree with the American Mullahs, err, “hard-liners.”
The Myth of the American Mullah|James Kirchick|December 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Err, yes, of course Newt Gingrich loved the number of debates.
Thanks, Newt, But We Should Have Fewer Debates|Justin Green|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But in the humble opinion of this correspondent, it should err on the side of "too high".
The Obama Administration Wants Banks to Stop Being So Uptight About their Mortgage Underwriting. How Crazy is That?|Megan McArdle|April 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Here is a suitable garb, a quilted and padded coat—a trifle large for thee, perhaps, yet 'tis better to err on the generous side.
The Winning of the Golden Spurs|Percy F. Westerman
Unquestionably he does occasionally, like Robert Browning, err in the direction of cacophony.
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters|Edmund William Gosse
To err is to be human and the troops, if sent at once, may or may not, fulfil our hopes.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
This prediction is so plain that a "wayfaring man, though a fool, need not err therein."
Cowley's Talks on Doctrine|Matthias F. Cowley
But firstly, these curses were uttered by those who could not err in such things.
The Expositor's Bible:|Alfred Plummer
British Dictionary definitions for err
err
/ (ɜː) /
verb(intr)
to make a mistake; be incorrect
to stray from the right course or accepted standards; sin
to act with bias, esp favourable biasto err on the side of justice
Word Origin for err
C14: erren to wander, stray, from Old French errer, from Latin errāre