How To Use Accidental In A Sentence

There are many horror stories about an ex-spouse getting the proceeds of a big life insurance policy or the accidental disinheritance of a child because the owner never changed the beneficiary," Norfolk warns. How To Protect Your Spouse Financially After You're Gone
The lid won't come off accidentally , it's been fastened on.
He leaned over and reached into the glove compartment, his forearm accidentally brushing across her thigh.
It was, in fact, the accidental discovery of several mind-altering drugs in the middle of the 20th century that drew me into research on brain functions and mental illness.
One of the hospitals said that some of the people that had stuff either left or accidentally placed inside them became 'unwell' as a result, but it is not known to which objects, or patients, they were referring. TheSpoof.com : Spoof News : Front Page

The bite valve has no shut-off mechanism, so it's more apt to leak if accidentally squeezed.
But the designer decided to withdraw the shoes over fears they could become a lethal weapon if the wearer accidentally trod on someone else's foot, the Daily Telegraph reported.
But what about the accidental acts that no one could foresee? Times, Sunday Times
The emotionally devastating effects of non-accidental injury, especially to children, has been receiving dramatic mass media coverage recently.
When Wanda's little brother accidentally shrinks Ms. Frizzle and the kids, they end up trapped in a bathroom with no way out!
They are not meat eaters, and any insects they swallow are accidental or incidental.
The way many estate plans are currently worded could cause them to backfire, either by triggering unnecessary state estate taxes or even accidentally disinheriting a surviving spouse. Does Your Trust Need a Tune-Up?
One of my friend told me that he fell down in swimming pool accidentally, and unable to swim. Goodbye Old Friend. R.I.P. Rajeev Motwani
Frank Rossitano (Judah Friedlander): Just before the show begins, neglects to put on one of his ridiculous trucker caps and accidentally slaps some deely boppers on his head instead. '30 Rock' live: What could possibly go wrong?
Discussion covered procedures for avoiding accidental clashes, disclosing the location of mines, and exchanging information about those missing in action.
Secure: built-in write-protect switch prevents accidental data loss The Earth Times Online Newspaper
Such experiences are not accidental by-products of complicated physical structures.
Under the substitutional theory of artifact production, the forgeries of documents so common in the Middle Ages can be understood as the legitimate reproduction of accidentally misplaced facts.
Charles Darwin's core claim is that the apparent design we intuitively observe in nature is an illusion that can be explained by mindless, purposeless, mechanistic and accidental processes.
She accidentally knocked the tea tin off the shelf.
Combine this with the effort by South Carolina Republicans to tar the state's Democratic gubernatorial nominee Vincent Sheheen with now-infamous accidental candidate Alvin Greene and I think you're seeing conservatives get revenge for a year of being painted as allies of "birtherism" and conspiracies about the president. Embracing the crazy
_The comedy of Wilmot successful: The wounded stranger seen at a distance: Oratory abandoned with regret: The dangers that attend being honest: A new invitation from Hector: A journey deferred by an arrest, and another accidental sight of the stranger_ The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
She recorded that her death had been accidental. Times, Sunday Times
Gaston's real story involves what seems to be an accidental death of a childhood friend during a homoerotic role-playing game.
Surma is made from antimony sulfide, but it may contain lead as an accidental impurity that remains in antimony sulfide or it may be an intentional adulterant.
Syntax function of Adverbial phrase of neoteric Chinese adverb "indeed" is mostly serving as predicate, and it also serves as a complement accidentally.
It was self-evident to her that anything so wonderful could not have evolved accidentally.
Perhaps the most famous creation of an isomeric compound was Wöhler's accidental synthesis of urea in 1828, when he was attempting to prepare ammonium cyanate (which he later succeeded in preparing by allowing the crystals to form at room temperature instead of by evaporating the solution). Wöhler, Friedrich
That is, only 2.7% of phone numbers would even make it possible to accidentally call the police if you miskey at most one digit. Digg.com: Stories / Popular
The confusion was caused when two numbers were accidentally transposed by a Social Security clerk.
To define ideology as"false consciousness"was not an accidental error made by Engels as said by some scholars, but the consistent idea possessed by both Marx and Engels self.
One exploded after a bomb disposal robot accidentally cut the wrong wire. The Sun
While my father remained in the garden, I sent my dutiful compliments to my mother, with inquiry after her health, by Shorey, whom I met accidentally upon the stairs; for none of the servants, except my gaoleress, dare to throw themselves in my way. Clarissa Harlowe
Admittedly, Venice wasn't a very big place, but there was little chance of meeting her again accidentally.
Accidentally knocking over the bottle, I watched as the crimson coloured liquid soaked into the white papers.
This commitment to science runs counter to the way he was first represented by the press: a school dropout who had accidentally sparked a national movement. Times, Sunday Times
Other more widespread common species include Putterlickia pyracantha, Rhoicissus tridentata, Grewia accidentalis, Phyllanthus verrucosus, and the grass Panicum maximum. Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
Use the curry comb away from your wrist so that you do not accidentally injure yourself. Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring
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Mr Whittaker added: ‘My conclusion is that she died an accidental death that was due in all probability to inadvertent overlaying.’
Dracula decides to leave and go on vacation to New York City, but his coffin is accidentally sent to Harlem. Five Odd Actors To Play Dracula | myFiveBest
‘It is tragic that a momentary lapse of concentration can have such consequences,’ said Mr Singleton, who recorded a verdict of accidental death.
A master of the tea ceremony in old Japan once accidentally slighted a soldier.
Evolution proceeds by the accidental combination of already existing stable sub-assemblies, thereby producing new stable assemblies of higher complexity.
Is he the old man who came out the night of the acci -" She broke off, obviously realizing that term was no longer accurate; there had been nothing accidental about what had happened that night. Gage Butler's Reckoning
Meanwhile Blackburn, frantically seeking to empty the boat after a wave had swamped it, accidentally bailed his own mittens over the side.
they met accidentally
There were 21 injuries as a result of accidental fires a slight increase from last year but half of those reported were from just two incidents.
Or you accidentally stumble across some unusual snapshots from his overseas " business trip.
I also quiver in fear if anyone tries to touch my knees, or accidentally bumps into them. The Sun
Some people accidentally dropped their praline square into the melted chocolate, and tempting as it may be, it is not okay to fish for it with your hand.
There have already been two accidental near-misses involving passenger aircraft and a drone. The Sun
In a distant past, when there were vast territories still unmapped, there were secret places everywhere, though, I imagine, few of them held nostalgic charms for those who stumbled on them accidentally on their way to somewhere else.
He's been a happy-clappy all his life. He accidentally sent me this email by mistake.
His reserve might by the ill-natured have been termed dissimulation, inasmuch as when asked by the ladies of the embassy what had become of the young person who had amused them that day so cleverly he gave it out that her whereabouts was uncertain and her destiny probably obscure; he let it be supposed in a word that his benevolence had scarcely survived an accidental, a charitable occasion. The Tragic Muse
In plants and in animals, accidental varieties, formed under our own eyes, have become fixed, and have been propagated; * (* For example, the sheep with very short legs, called ancon sheep in Connecticut, and examined by Sir Everard Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
Most of the chloracne cases have been attributed to accidental exposure to high doses of 2,3,7,8-TCDD. Public Health Statement for Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs)
A system of valves limits accidental releases of the substance.
One is not even made wet by the rain nor cold by the frost; while death, instead of stalking about grewsome and accidental, becomes a prearranged pageant, moving along a well-oiled groove to the family vault, where the hinges are kept from rusting and the dust from the air is swept continually away. THE UNEXPECTED
So, differences can be accepted only as secondary or accidental characteristics of persons.
I wipe them with solvent when I dribble chain oil on them accidentally too.
‘The most harmful thing is an ‘accidental’ leak of compromising information.’
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It was during his work on the ergot fungus, which grows in rye kernels, that he stumbled on LSD, accidentally ingesting a trace of the compound one Friday afternoon in April 1943. April « 2008 « Isegoria
This wasn't an accidental outburst: he went on to repeat the word "shyster" twice more. F&C falls to a very American coup. Now what?
Indeed, it was not until 2040 that the unexpected and accidental manufacture of stable muonium-hydrogen 'compounds' had opened up a new chapter of human history - exactly as the discovery of the neutron had initiated the Atomic Age. 2061 Odyssey Three
In 2007, Greg Parks was prepping his kids for the Florida state test, but in what he calls an accidental peek at the test, the middle-school math teacher noticed a troubling choice of words: Instead of asking kids about the volume of a can — the example he and the textbooks had been using — the test asked about the volume of a swimming pool. For teachers, many ways and reasons to cheat on tests
It is said that when a neighbor accidentally killed Gotti's young son when he struck the poor kid with his car, that the neighbor subsequently disappeared, poof!
Among the exclusions from cover listed in the Special Conditions is non-accidental pollution.
At the end of the service the coffin is being carried out when it is accidentally bumped against a wall.
I accidentally dropped a loaded tray crowded with entrées of pork tenderloin and pasta Alfredo.
Accidental homicide is often called involuntary manslaughter, for which one can serve time. (Very) Basic Economics and Abortion
Jeremy Bach, also 13, told police he accidentally shot Hansen and then threw the body into a residential garbage container.
I never tore my urethra, but Urethra Franklin tore me a new one after I accidentally ate one of her twelve ham sandwiches. JOHNNY KNOXVILLE TORE HIS URETHRA
A New Mexico farmer accidentally hits a cow with his tiller.
Most of the tiny bits of jigsaw on show here survived accidentally, cemented into the walls as rubble, dropped into coal bunkers and forgotten. Times, Sunday Times
Pictographs should be used carefully because the graphs may, either accidentally or deliberately, misrepresent the data.
I finally panicked one more time as I was sprinkling the caramelized, toasty brown, cooling almonds with sugar and I accidentally dumped more on than I intended.
My brother was ‘a naughty boy’ and dabbled with drugs, nothing grotesquely bad, just uppers and downers, but we think one day he got carried away and accidentally took too many of one sort or the other.
An inquest on the holiday isle recorded a verdict of accidental death. The Sun
Design should incorporate provisions to avoid any accidental collapse of a bed full of solids.
He knew that he was dicing with Death, but that was the very essence of his ideal; and he knew that if Death won the throw, his ideal was crowned and consummated, for ever safe from the withering touch of time, or accidental soilure. Poems
He accidentally trod on her foot.
He'd be awfully sorry after he accidentally walloped her on the head with a cuspidor, but she'd still have the aching noggin.
It's like a bookbinder accidentally dropping a chapter from one book into the middle of another one.
Instead, I think it has more to do with the rights and burdens which result from an unagreed-on pregnancy, whether accidental or not. Court Strongly Rejects “Choice For Men” Civil Rights Lawsuit
This focus on "niceness" in critical approaches to young adult fiction -- a genre almost overwhelmingly produced and consumed by women -- is not accidental. Sarah McCarry: Faking Nice in the Blogosphere: Women and Book Reviews
History is not a chain of meaningless and often accidental occurrences, but a necessary process heading towards a discoverable goal.
Lawless insolence, and wanton caprice" [Trench]. to work all uncleanness -- The Greek implies, "with a deliberate view to the working (as if it were their work or business, not a mere accidental fall into sin) of uncleanness of every kind." with greediness -- Greek, "in greediness. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
He knew that he could fake an accidental rub against her skin.
The difference to which I have alluded is not accidental, but part of the far-reaching consequences of causes which it is possible to ascertain. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
She was accidentally rammed by HMS Warrior in thick weather in the winter of 1867, losing boats, chains, shrouds and back stays.
Parker's body chemistry is drastically altered after the accidental bite.
The fire had started accidentally when fat from the chip pan caught alight.
In contrast, accidental injuries rose only 6 percent.
Some, however, repeat it as they pass through any crowded area of the kitchen, rhythmically announcing each step— “QUEmoQUEmoQUEmo”—so that the word becomes a mantra against accidental bumping and other calamities. The Sorcerer’s Apprentices
No more worries about slandering Lee Hsien Yang accidentally.
One piece includes blues-like flatted thirds written as D-sharps and a few later pieces involve E-flat and B-flat accidentals that suggest dominant seventh harmony.
Jamal creeps into Forrester's apartment for a dare, but accidentally leaves his notebook behind.
Love is not about running into each other in crowds. Love is an impossible meeting. For example, I am a bird flying in sky, u r a leopard in forest. We just fall in love accidentally.
Downfalls include: Accidental harvest of antlered does (rare occurance, but it happens) and difficulty identifying button bucks. NY Hunting Regulations
When uncle Billy, in one of his characteristic empty-headed gestures, accidentally lost his score, the one that would redeem him from undeserved obscurity, something broke in him and he ran screaming out into the streets, meandering aimlessly, meaningless sounds burbling from his lips until he wound up here, on the bridge, teetering over the edge on the verge of a long, life-crushing fall into the dark waters below. The envelopes
The maker says its thermo-formed parts help to prevent accidental knocks damaging the contents. Times, Sunday Times
I accidentally spilled my drink all over him.
The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death. Times, Sunday Times
However, airport sources claimed some employees were watching a blue film and accidentally sent it out on the airport's television sets.
Meter changes frequently; accidentals are profuse.
They had accidentally bumped heads kneeling over to pick up their jackets. Times, Sunday Times
The other accidentally removed the last centimeter of his little finger with an electric planer.
Using a host-based file system may expose you to viruses, file corruption, and accidental or malicious file deletion.
Thus in Aristotle's view, there are accidental phenomena in nature, and they are not subject to scientific knowledge.
Regardless of the amount involved, gastric emptying is not indicated for accidental ingestion of a hydrocarbon lacking systemic toxicity. Hydrocarbon Ingestion
Overall, all rabbits inoculated with the non-passaged rabbit HEV isolates seroconverted to HEV by 3 months postinoculation, except for animals that died accidentally midway through the study. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
After hearing the results of the post-mortem carried out by consultant pathologist Dr William Keeley, the coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
But now it is claimed donkey and horse DNA were accidentally mixed up in the lab. The Sun
Only belatedly was it discovered that a drain in a workhouse near the well had been accidentally ruptured by a pickaxe.
Besides the reef, the Keys are full of accidental and manmade shipwrecks to dive on.
George A. Romero's 1973 original was an underbudgeted thriller about a Pennsylvania town in the grip of a bloody nightmare: Biological weapons accidentally dumped in the water supply, turning the locals into lunatics. 'A Prophet': The Crime Epic Reborn
A special system prevents the circuitry being tripped accidentally by a power surge or lightning strike.
It is natural to conclude, therefore, that they have some hidden property which saves them from attack; and it is easy to see that when any other insects, by what we call accidental variation, come more or less remotely to resemble them, the latter will share to some extent in their immunity. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays
Others claimed they had been accidentally caught up in the riots while running errands or had been trying to rescue people from the burning embassy. Times, Sunday Times
In 1985 after months of sobriety, she accidentally overdosed on prescription medication and sleeping pills. The Sun
Well, now's your chance to offer that reward - a real Accidental Hero weekend.
Hence exchange-value appears to be something accidental and purely relative, and consequently an intrisic value, ie, an exchange-value that is inseparably connected with, inherent in commodities, seems a contradiction in terms. A Bland and Deadly Courtesy
The balance was perfect, cunningly counterpoised and never accidental. Speaking in Tongues
However, the three times British champion crashed on the way out of the Quays after a TV motor bike crew accidentally flipped a traffic cone into her machine.
Was it some physicalised premonition and I'm going to accidentally cut my hand off this evening?
Berlusconi www. buzzfeed.com Politics Buzz While getting ready for the official G8 picture, a female assistant accidentally drops some papers. WN.com - Photown News
She flung out her arms, accidentally knocking Nishair on the nose, who fell back and stepped on Riviara's toes who stumbled back and tried to look dignified while windmilling her arms around.
If the material is accidentally punctured, it can be repaired quickly using mylar tape and bitumen.
Can the police let off a person involved in a shooting incident, even if the two sides have reached a compromise and the victim claims that the gun went off accidentally?
Almost every man on the quarter or main-decks of the "Serapis" was killed or wounded by the united fire of the enemy; and the calamity was increased by the accidental ignition of a cartridge of powder near one of the lower deck-ports, and the flames spreading from cartridge to cartridge all the way aft, blew up the whole of the officers and people that were quartered abaft the mainmast. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria
In her nervousness, she accidentally dropped the printout of Tyler's E-mail on the floor. CIRCLE OF THREE: BOOK 8: THE FIVE PATHS
Regret and love and pain flooded into her, as if she had accidentally tripped a porthole below the waterline. THE CRASH OF HENNINGTON
Poor old Victor gets clattered again, this time by an accidental elbow from Nuno Valente.
But that parole hearing had been accidentally delayed by six months. The Sun
This music was full of accidentals, thirty-second notes, dotted whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes, slurs, ties and key changes.
An earlier upload of this episode accidentally cut off the last few minutes of discussion.
However, if one attempts side spin, and accidentally puts vertical spin on the ball as well, the spin axis is changed and the ball can curve off the intended path.
Without noticing the cold tiles beneath my feet, I accidentally trod on one of the drops.
Many newspapers, periodicals and fiction of the day detailed the accidents and almost-accidents which befell early motorists, such as when Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, upon taking her new motorcar for a trial run, accidentally drove backwards and knocked over a passing man, and then proceeded to drive over him twice more before he got away and she got out of the car. To Drive a Motorcar | Edwardian Promenade
It prevents a hacker from deleting any files, but restricts a user from suing the hacker should anything be accidentally erased.
There was apprehension over a small explosion close to an abortion clinic, but the explosion proved to be accidental.
Polly Morgan, 29, is a trained taxidermist and has made her name fashioning art out of dead animals that have met accidental or unpreventable death.
I mention it because general public awareness of accidental poisoning seems higher there than in this country.
It is more like an accidental fire which destroys a large factory at an industrial plant. Times, Sunday Times
She touched his elbow so timidly that he thought it must have been accidental.
Wiltshire's deputy coroner William Bache delivered a verdict of accidental death.
Like accidentally picking up a hooker and talking to a dead moose. The Sun
She spoke of you enthusiastically on both occasions, and I realised that what had started as an accidental meeting had blossomed into a rewarding friendship.
I don't know if she accidentally picked up the phone or deliberately did that.
The site was located after the accidental discovery of bones in a field.
Here's a hint: Accidental of cutting fiber optics not within direct control of the provider, scheduled maintenance (planned and unplanned) and scheduled proactive behavioral upgrades to applications.
She recorded a verdict of accidental death. Times, Sunday Times
His name was accidentally omitted from the list '. Times, Sunday Times
The first time may have been accidental, but it seems she's adopted it as a stylistic tic.
Was four years of punishment not enough for an unpremeditated, almost accidental, crime? MAJIPOOR CHRONICLES
During the procedure, you wear goggles to protect your eyes from accidental exposure to laser light.
I also accidentally took a look at the subdiscipline statistics, which always depress me. Jobs « Gerry Canavan
I agree with Lois - Not only has no poet ever seen the kind of money James Patterson makes, there's also that smarmy tone Amanda Urban uses: when she says "some poet" she makes poets sound like something you step in accidentally on the sidewalk. J.K. Rowling wishes they paid by the word.
Read in studio A murder suspect has told a court that he accidentally stabbed a teenager to death during a street fight.
Suprapubic cystostomy was done again the next day, as the catheter was pulled out accidentally during night. BioMed Central - Latest articles
In a genetics experiment gone horribly wrong, human and frog DNA were accidentally mixed and this giant tadpole egg was spotted downstream from the lab. Beat 360° 9/22/09
The Badawi who eructates as a civility, has a mortal hatred to a crepitus ventris; and were a by-stander to laugh at its accidental occurrence, he would at once be cut down as a “pundonor.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
My plan was foiled when I asked my sister if she'd accidentally called me, and she said ‘Must have, you're in my calls list!’
It would raise the likelihood of an accidental war with Moscow. Times, Sunday Times
I had accidentally stopped my stopwatch so didn't know how much time I had taken, so I really wanted to push myself to get the best time possible.
She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train.
If he went abroad she wouldn't even encounter him accidentally.
He bursts into laughter as he recalls the time a soldier from Liverpool accidentally dropped his bread ration into the soup.
The objector also fears that accidental leaks from hazardous materials on the site could be detrimental to health.
Methods of capture are often violent and many animals are accidentally killed in the process or die in transport.
Someone else might mark out the same reference by another accidental property.
Invitation to wake up either covered in bumps or wondering how many bugs you accidentally ate during the night. Skittledog: April, come she will
I accidentally tugged on the reins and the horse went even faster.
He is no permissive or accidental appearance, but an organic agent, one of the estates of the realm, provided and prepared from of old and from everlasting, in the knitting and contexture of things. Representative Men
Cover for accidental damage to contents and also for flooding or subsidence are other areas that should be clarified before taking out a policy.
Thank you to everyone who prayed for my accidental bralessness yesterday. Chubbychic Diary Entry
How could he arrange an accidental meeting with Julie that afternoon, that was the question.
Bread wheat was the accidental ‘unnatural’ crossing of einkorn and then emmer wheat with another species.
These safety shields will reduce the risk of accidental exposure of healthcare workers to infectious agents through contaminated sharps in the workplace.
Successful performance of this work requires a moderate to advanced sense of lyrical line, fluid mastery of third octave fingerings and a working knowledge of accidentals, including double sharps (x).
She turned around, her arm sliding across the surface, but to her dismay, she had accidentally batted a cracked clay pot from the closed covers.
The remains of up to 20 bodies that were accidentally dug up by a mechanical digger working in a graveyard near Rathangan were reinterred at a special ecumenical service last week.
As the dealer points to the 3rd baseman, she accidentally snags her hole card on her sleeve and flips it face up.
Its curves are arbitrary, and what we call accidental, but one after another follows it as if he were guided by a chart on which it was laid down. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
At first the student hesitated with the chord changes and fumbled quite often, messing up accidentals in the tune as we jumped from key to key and so on.
She accidentally splashed oil over her apron while cooking lunch.
A holidaymaker was stung to death in front of his family by a swarm of wasps after he accidentally slipped on to a nest. Times, Sunday Times
Regulations are need to limit accidental releases of these chemicals.
The accidental finding was that on the preparation of rabbit aorta being used in the experiment, the muscarinic agents acetylcholine and carbachol induced relaxation rather than the expected contraction. Robert F. Furchgott - Autobiography
The accidental function of marriage is the gratification of the amoristic sentiment of mankind. Maxims for Revolutionists
Spitting, marleys, fights, and rolling down hills are the ingredients that make up the lives of these two accidental friends from different parts of town.
Always walk up to the side of the target butt, so as to not to accidentally walk into the rear of the arrows lodged in the target.
Another accidental discovery was penicillin. Times, Sunday Times
Driskill's adult daughter Laci was fatally shot in 2003 when she was accidentally caught in a drive-by shooting. For Levy family, trial won't bring an end to grief
In her nervousness, she accidentally dropped the printout of Tyler's E-mail on the floor. CIRCLE OF THREE: BOOK 8: THE FIVE PATHS
This commitment to science runs counter to the way he was first represented by the press: a school dropout who had accidentally sparked a national movement. Times, Sunday Times
And while you might pet a stray dog and accidentally touch a scabby sore or some other yuck, the rabies fears seemed unsubstantiated and the cities haven't taken to rounding up the lot for the public safety.
The biggest was 6lb 4oz but they were both accidental captures when pike fishing - these were the first zander that I had caught by design so I was very pleased.

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