How to Use a case of mistaken identity in a Sentence

a case of mistaken identity

noun phrase
  • The police have called the killing a case of mistaken identity.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Crosley Green has said that if his were a case of mistaken identity, he would have been released by now.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • It was later declared to be a case of mistaken identity.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2025
  • If a shark sees a human splashing in the water, a case of mistaken identity can lead to an attack.
    — USA TODAY, 17 June 2023
  • This is not a case of mistaken identity in which defendant attacked the wrong brother.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Amazingly, Holt nearly passed on the shot due to a case of mistaken identity.
    — Bryan Hendricks, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Because of this, police at this point believe that the incident was a case of mistaken identity.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Joan Collins and Lily Collins have suffered a case of mistaken identity!
    — Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Police said Carter and Young both fired off several rounds at the teen in a case of mistaken identity.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Naylor and other shark experts say shark bites are most often a case of mistaken identity when sharks mistake swimmers and surfers for fish.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
  • An 11-year-old boy in New Mexico was killed due to a case of mistaken identity, police say.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Some of Brody’s friends began posting online, trying to correct the record and explain this was a case of mistaken identity.
    — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Ten months later, at just 22, he was fatally shot in the head in what authorities called a case of mistaken identity.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Advertisement The language stems from something of a case of mistaken identity.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • But that renown didn't prevent a case of mistaken identity seven years later, when an astronomer reported a sighting of the object as an asteroid.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • According to experts, shark attacks on humans are often a case of mistaken identity due to their relatively poor eyesight.
    — David Matthews New York Daily News (tns), al, 26 May 2023
  • His advocacy led to freedom for a Mexican national jailed in a case of mistaken identity.
    — Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2024
  • For many parents naming their children, going by the middle name is a matter of practicality—and avoiding a case of mistaken identity.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Sometimes, even someone like Pamela Anderson — who is boldly herself in every facet — gets a case of mistaken identity.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The Giants wide receiver was allowed to leave after it was determined to be a case of mistaken identity, according to the report.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • Attorney Brock Hunter said Lewis, his client, was wrongly swept up in this situation and that this was a case of mistaken identity.
    — Ubah Ali, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The Dude, and his bowling buddies on a journey that includes a kidnapping, a case of mistaken identity, and lots of White Russians.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Tim Ream was the beneficiary of a World Cup first as a yellow card for a foul was rescinded after a case of mistaken identity.
    — Ben Burrows, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • The victims included two parents who were murdered in front of their daughter in a case of mistaken identity in 2023, Estrada said.
    — Alex Stone, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Or is this a case of mistaken identity, blacklisting a business unnecessarily?
    — Chris Westfall, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The Dude is dragged into a larger crime story because of a case of mistaken identity and is forced to contend with dirty cops, pornographers, German nihilists, and more.
    — Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Nashville Police arrested a man after another was shot and killed in what investigators called a case of mistaken identity.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The man killed in what Nashville Police said was a case of mistaken identity has been identified as Marco Ramirez, 42.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Her character later met her untimely demise after a case of mistaken identity during an assassination attempt.
    — Claire Franken, TVLine, 21 July 2024
  • While recent reports of harrowing shark attacks and great white shark sightings may send shivers down your spine, wildlife experts want swimmers to know that most of these incidents are actually a case of mistaken identity.
    — Jennifer Earl, CBS News, 5 July 2023

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