How to Use anomaly in a Sentence

anomaly

noun

• We couldn't explain the anomalies in the test results.
• Californians aren't the only ones vexed by rolling brownouts and other power-supply anomalies. Everyday power spikes, surges, sags, and line noise cause computers, stereo equipment, televisions, telephones, and other delicate electronic equipment to go psychotic or have complete nervous breakdowns.
  — Fortune, 25 June 2001
• Past research had suggested a structural anomaly exists there that seems to split the blob in half.
  — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
• Right now, the Thorns need to prove that their loss agains North Carolina was an anomaly.
  — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2019
• When spaces are left between the arches, certain branchial anomalies like branchial cleft cysts can develop.
  — Ani Freedman, Fortune Well, 16 Oct. 2024
• Her career is an anomaly—there are so few Black women at the helm of a luxury fashion business.
  — Marquita K. Harris, Essence, 16 Sep. 2019
• Congenital anomalies can range from mild to severe, and in some cases, babies are only able to survive a few months.
  — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
• The company’s proprietary algorithms scoured markets across the world for tiny price anomalies.
  — Daniel Golden, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2019
• When the vehicle returns, the sonar data is analyzed for anomalies that could be debris or an actual wreck.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 21 Oct. 2019
• The 5-foot-7, baby-faced teenager is an anomaly as a female suspect charged with plotting a mass shooting, but police described her as a serious threat.
  — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
• That's probably an anomaly for the Cardinals, though, according to Kingsbury.
  — Bob McManaman, azcentral, 11 Sep. 2019
• Easily, the strangest anomaly to the entire 60-year history of the series were the four seasons that the two competed as non-district opponents.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2019
• Bell is equally convincing when explaining other apparent anomalies.
  — Eric Herschthal, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2019
• The shooting was not an anomaly in the Bronx of the era.
  — Neal Hirschfeld, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2019
• Is this an anomaly, or is this a trend that the sport needs to fix?
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 15 May 2018
• If Texas were an anomaly that would be the end of the story.
  — Mark N. Templeton, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• Whitebark pines are a bit of an anomaly in the tree world.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 July 2021
• Joyce and Kathy Zheng are a bit of an anomaly in the world of high school badminton.
  — Matt Le Cren, Naperville Sun, 11 May 2018
• The field of flags’ absence this year may be more of an anomaly than a new norm.
  — Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, 1 May 2018
• But Roach's brief hot streak turned out to be an anomaly.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Dec. 2017
• The Japanese prints that adorn the walls seem like an anomaly.
  — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2019
• The White Mountain Range seems an anomaly when first glimpsed.
  — Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• Just five years ago, Ecuador was an anomaly in a region of chaos.
  — Anna Gordon, Time, 19 Aug. 2023
• This tranche is going to show again that there's anomalies.
  — Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
• The flame-haired British songstress has always been something of a pop anomaly.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 June 2018
• In an age when even high school golfers are bombing it 300 yards off the tee, Daniels is an anomaly.
  — Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 7 June 2017
• With each passing day, new anomalies have come to light.
  — R Nagaraj, Quartz India, 10 Sep. 2019
• With race brought back into view, Moore and Trump are not anomalies.
  — Nancy D. Wadsworth, Vox, 30 Apr. 2018
• By the time Maezawa flies to the moon, the state of human spaceflight may make this flight look like less of an anomaly.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 18 Sep. 2018
• Happening at Hart High is a sports anomaly for the record books.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024