Tudwal didn't expect him to be that hard on the young vaquero, who had only made a small, understandable mistake.

It was his decision to leave the two trains at Wellington where they were, a fatal if understandable mistake.

"He made an understandable mistake, and even the city admits they are trying to make him an example."

An understandable mistake in the - hic - circumstances I suppose.

An understandable mistake for a woman who had never had another lover.

That's quite an understandable mistake in a moment of emotion, sir.

The American military already concluded that the shooting was an understandable mistake.

Listening outside the door, Sara thought he'd made an understandable mistake.

We all make human, understandable mistakes and saying sorry helps both parties.

Some strongly defended the police, saying the death, while tragic, was an understandable mistake.