How to Use dysfunction in a Sentence
dysfunction
noun- The disease causes gastrointestinal dysfunctions.
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Good for you, by the way; tough to do amid dysfunction.
— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023 -
This means the joint moves too much, which is a common cause of dysfunction.
— Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 15 Feb. 2023 -
Your husband holds the key to the dysfunction and lack of respect in your household.
— Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024 -
The dysfunction in this town is very, very widely known.
— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024 -
Horror movies help some of us process all that dysfunction and worst-ness.
— Sean Abley, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022 -
On top of all the chaos and dysfunction, more and more members of Congress are heading for the exits.
— Mark Murray, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023 -
There was too much at stake, too much to do, too much to fix, and too much division to the degree of great dysfunction.
— Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2023 -
For the second time in a week, the House also canceled votes on two funding bills that lacked the support to pass, adding to the dysfunction.
— Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2023 -
The human brain is the most complex organ on the planet, and the signs of its dysfunction are manifold.
— Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2023 -
Downey was set to play a cop obsessed with bringing the killer to justice in this sendup of Beltway dysfunction.
— Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023 -
That doesn’t mean your team can’t be better or that it isn’t held back by all-too-common forms of dysfunction.
— Scott Brown, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023 -
After all the chaos and dysfunction, the British people deserve a say over who governs the country.
— Laura Beers, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022 -
But strife and dysfunction, long bearable parts of life there, have driven the city to paralysis.
— Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 -
On the other call, with a reporter, Repole tried to explain the dysfunction of horse racing.
— Joe Drape, New York Times, 4 May 2023 -
Here’s a look at the worst of the Bears, from record to point differential to takeaways to general dysfunction.
— Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023 -
Inflammation is the trigger for most of the dysfunction and disease in our bodies and in our skin.
— Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2023 -
The dysfunction has left area residents with a nagging fear: what happens when a big fire comes?
— Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024 -
By the fall, the DeSantis operation was mired in a mess of dysfunction.
— Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024 -
At the time, that seemed like a full-time job itself with a franchise so accustomed to losing and dysfunction.
— Mark Maske, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022 -
Their dynamic feels very familiar to me, the laughter and the dysfunction.
— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024 -
Still, Morris saw the draft post going live as proof of dysfunction at Insider during the strike.
— Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 14 June 2023 -
The Roys will be back too, for more deals, dysfunction, and drama, and the new season is supposed to pick up just after the big season 3 finale on the timeline.
— Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 25 Mar. 2023 -
But so much of the school board meeting dysfunction sweeping the country is as much a battle over symbols as substance.
— Courtney E. Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2023 -
Whether this is a product of a dysfunction specific to New York or the sign of a national bloodbath to come remains to be seen.
— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2022 -
Miles was appointed by the state to address the academic decline and dysfunction in the district.
— Joshua Q. Nelson, Fox News, 21 July 2023 -
The disruption in nerve signals leads to dysfunction of mood control.
— Smita Patel, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024 -
No one seems to be solving San Francisco’s problems, the feeling goes, so by God, people are going to film the dysfunction and post the footage.
— Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023 -
The Kims, a family struggling to make ends meet, set their scheming sights on the Parks, a well-to-do family with plenty of problems of their own, but also plenty of money to muffle their dysfunction.
— Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024 -
One issue commonly seen is bowel dysfunction, which can appear as long-term constipation, diarrhea, or a change in stool consistency.
— Qin Rao, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
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