How to Use accidentally in a Sentence

accidentally

adverb

• The biggest thing to worry about with pink cocaine is accidentally taking too much ketamine.
  — Celia Ford, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
• The warheads could have been struck accidentally by drones or missiles—or deliberately attacked or stolen.
  — William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
• 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
• 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, 11 June 2024
• Blood stains where bed bugs have been accidentally crushed.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
• In his testimony, per the AP, Rudolph stated that the shotgun that the two got for a leopard hunt went off accidentally.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
• So, there are a few pros to weigh against accidentally singeing your eyebrows.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 12 Nov. 2023
• More than three years after Britney Spears accidentally burned her home gym down, the pop star took to Instagram to share the extent of the damage.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Nov 2024