How to Use dereliction in a Sentence

dereliction

noun

• The officer was formally charged with dereliction of duty.
• But, in the end, only one of the Marines was convicted, of the minor crime of negligent dereliction of duty.
  — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
• And that has been a huge dereliction on the part of America's elites.
  — Fox News, 25 Sep. 2018
• As part of a plea deal, Ambuhl pleads guilty to one charge of dereliction of duty.
  — CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
• But a refusal to think hard about this is something of a dereliction.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 June 2023
• But to not plan for such a scenario would be dereliction of duty.
  — Barry Tramel, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2020
• But the sense of dereliction has been replaced by unease.
  — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 1 Sep. 2020
• Almost 150 years have passed since Nora slammed that door, but the sound of a woman’s dereliction still alarms us — and thrills us.
  — Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2022
• In the fall of 2021, Mills was found guilty of two counts each of dereliction of duty and falsification.
  — Jane Morice | [e-mail], cleveland, 16 Jan. 2022
• But the fact that the White House hasn't nailed down every possible meeting at this point is a dereliction of duty.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 13 July 2017
• The loss of Pavarotti to stadium events didn’t just feel like an affront, but a dereliction of duty.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 June 2019
• But in the end, only one was convicted - of dereliction of duty.
  — Stephen Koff and Seth Richardson, cleveland.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• Coy pleaded not guilty to one count of murder, one count of felonious assault and two counts of dereliction of duty last month.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2021
• But for a gossip columnist, that would be dereliction of duty.
  — Gonzalo Soltero, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2020
• In another tweet, Van Duyne accused the Democrats of dereliction of duty.
  — Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 18 July 2021
• Eight US Marines faced charges in the deaths, but only one was convicted of a crime, that of negligent dereliction of duty.
  — CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
• Kelly and McGahn are guilty of gross negligence and dereliction of duty and should follow Porter out the door.
  — Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• Luria, a Navy veteran, said Trump was guilty of dereliction of duty and betrayed his oath of office.
  — Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
• But many Republicans say Democrats would rather run than fight, and that quorum breaks amount to a dereliction of duty.
  — Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2021
• Yet, in an odd twist of events, he was soon accused of medical negligence and dereliction of duty and spent nine months in prison.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 13 May 2020
• One of the study’s authors, A. David Paltiel, said that college leaders who do not require vaccines were guilty of a dereliction of duty.
  — Stephanie Saul, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021
• He was charged with murder during a felony, felonious assault, and two counts of dereliction of duty.
  — Peter Nickeas and Marshall Cohen, CNN, 23 Apr. 2021
• Failing to do so could well be a dereliction of their fiduciary duty.
  — David Atkin, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
• So the absolute clear dereliction of duty towards these men and women is on us.
  — Adia Robinson, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2021
• Less than two months later, Russo and two aides each plead guilty to dereliction of duty to settle charges stemming from the audit.
  — cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
• Block by block, the city is reclaiming itself from dereliction.
  — Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
• To not use art to process that everyday violence would be a dereliction of duty.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• Others reacting to the Court’s dereliction have renewed calls to add more Justices and to end the filibuster.
  — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2021
• Some had predicted this hearing would prove Trump was guilty of dereliction of duty.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 22 July 2022
• Ohtani’s decision shouldn’t be considered a dereliction of duty to promote the sport, however.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024