How to Use delinquency in a Sentence

delinquency

noun

• They tried to steer him away from delinquency by giving him a job in their store.
• She's been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
• The rate of delinquency, that is debt more than 30 days past due, rose across income groups.
  — Harriet Torry, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
• Both were charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
• The quicker a homeowner gets in front of the delinquency, the better.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
• The topic of interest would be delinquency in the streets.
  — Scott Calonico, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2022
• The two boys will be charged in juvenile court for delinquency.
  — cleveland, 19 May 2022
• The 15-year-old will be charged with delinquency to wit and assault with a dangerous weapon (knife).
  — Maeve Lawler, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
• The child was charged with breaking daytime school curfew and the man was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child.
  — Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2021
• The Sun Sentinel’s review found such delinquency was the norm, not an anomaly.
  — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2022
• That is, the bank took on cardholders who were prone to delinquency or default.
  — Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 10 Sep. 2024
• In contrast with Hansen, Weller said the rise in credit card debt and delinquency falls short of posing a threat to the economy.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
• North Carolina lawmakers warn that the bill to raise the age of delinquency may not cross the finish line this year.
  — Bryan Anderson, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
• The average delinquency rate across the 50 largest metro areas in the country is about 5 percent.
  — Rachel Siegel, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2023
• The previous three quarters had the lowest delinquency rates since the dataset began in 2003.
  — Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
• As a whole, card providers have been facing better levels of net charge-off rates and delinquencies.
  — Lisa Kailai Han,fred Imbert, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024
• The delinquency rate on this category was 5.9% a year ago.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2023
• Personal-loan delinquencies declined for the first time since the first quarter of 2022, Dolev added.
  — Peter Cohan, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• But as the Fed keeps raising rates and delinquency rates edge higher, those offers are likely to take a hit in the future, Schulz said.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
• With the invasion of France, intelligence work was no longer a sideshow to the main dramas of crime, delinquency and vice.
  — Beverly Gage, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2022
• The delinquency rates quoted in the story do not reflect the most recent loans in the program, as these have not had their first payment yet.
  — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2021
• As of January, the delinquency rate for loans tied to apartment buildings was just 2.3%.
  — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2021
• There are some pockets where the delinquency rates have started to move up in consumer credit cards and in auto loans.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
• The reason for the delinquency charge, police said, is because Brown knowingly gave the gun to a minor.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022
• James Khuri was charged with a misdemeanor for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
  — CBS News, 28 Apr. 2022
• If all of those loans default, the CMBS office delinquency rate could rise from the current 6.2 percent to more than 13 percent.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
• The two adults were charged with felony theft by shoplifting, felony theft by receiving and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2023
• Consumers who have topped out their credit cards over the last two years are more likely to fall into delinquency, Bankrate found.
  — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
• Lopez, 35, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and allowing a child to have access to a loaded firearm.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2023
• They were charged with assault, discharging firearms and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a 17-year-old boy who was with them.
  — cleveland, 17 July 2021

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024