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.
• That brings the overall delinquency rate for May to 8%.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 22 June 2020
• For the same period a year ago, the delinquency rate was 0.62%.
  — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2020
• 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 report said Sisk did not have a prior delinquency record.
  — al, 12 Nov. 2020
• 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
• That’s the lowest delinquency rate in more than five years, though warning signs suggest the rate could go up in the coming months.
  — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 15 Oct. 2020
• 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
• The man was cited for contributing to the delinquency of a minor due to the curfew and the girl was released to her parents.
  — cleveland, 14 Jan. 2021
• One of the women was also charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
  — cleveland, 20 Mar. 2020
• 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 delinquency pertains to the two towers of rental apartments at the three-tower complex.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Nevada was among the states with the biggest delinquency rates, climbing 5.2% to nearly 8%.
  — Jessica Menton, USA TODAY, 21 May 2020
• 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 justices agreed and found a state law requiring juvenile court judges to seal records in delinquency cases when the child has been found not delinquent unconstitutional.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2024
• And inflation and high interest rates have squeezed low- and middle-income Americans, leading those households to drive record U.S. credit card debt and elevated delinquencies.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Jan 2025