How to Use irregularity in a Sentence

irregularity

noun

• He is suffering from irregularity.
• Now there were irregularities in that election -- they were reviewed by the courts around the country.
  — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2023
• To go back to our soap layer, imagine a wave of light being split into two by an irregularity in the soap film.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022
• Mapping of the area beneath the pyramid turned up an irregularity that looked to be a tunnel.
  — Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• The irregularity of Earth’s spin led scientists to study a new way to measure time.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2022
• The real point of the game is to get Utahns to provide an affidavit of a voting irregularity.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2021
• In moments like those, when the failure will be magnified solely because of the irregularity of the play call and who’s on the field, Reich will have to steady himself.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Nov. 2020
• Some airlines also have built in back-up plans in case of irregularities.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2024
• She was then referred for a test that would be able to detect any irregularities in her cervical cells.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 25 Aug. 2023
• Air traffic control drew the pilot's attention to the irregularity and urged a go-around, Khan said.
  — NBC News, 22 May 2020
• Project Rousseau’s lawyers said any irregularities could count against them.
  — Olivia Bensimon Todd Heisler, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Five judges agreed there had been a range of irregularities and canceled the election results in February.
  — Rabson Kondowe, Quartz Africa, 6 Apr. 2020
• Over two months of thinking nearly every day that this time, this shortness of breath or this irregularity in my heartbeat could put me in the hospital or worse.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 12 July 2020
• The scientists say that the paper is the first to examine the link between sleep irregularity and the risk of developing heart disease.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2020
• The irregularity continued Tuesday, with a high of 41 degrees during the day amid drizzle in the northern suburbs and clouds.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
• Including these irregularities—as well as different sheens derived from different pen and ink types—is part of what sets The Vale apart.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 20 Feb. 2020
• In 2020, Putin engineered changes to the constitution in a nationwide vote marred by irregularities that allowed him at least two more six-year terms.
  — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Some are trying to crowdsource a database of results from specific polling units in hopes of providing records that could prove irregularities in court.
  — WIRED, 22 Mar. 2023
• The scheme was uncovered in 1996 when one of the banks noticed an irregularity in the documents and contacted the authorities.
  — Bytonya Simpson,matt Cullinan,ivan Pereira, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2022
• The firm claims that Block has committed widespread fraud in its performance metrics, along with a litany of other irregularities.
  — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 2 May 2023
• This month, tests showed signs of possible kidney failure that could lead to a lethal irregularity in Mr. Navalny’s heartbeat, his doctors said.
  — New York Times, 23 Apr. 2021
• If your tortilla is turning out more amoeba-shaped than round, embrace the irregularity.
  — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
• For one, sleep irregularities may actually be hard on the body.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 7 Apr. 2023
• Bowles has sought to have the case thrown out, citing numerous irregularities and missteps by the prosecution.
  — Variety, NBC News, 30 June 2023
• Sonny Borelli and Wendy Rogers, all of whom had publicly claimed widespread fraud and election irregularities.
  — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
• Blood tests, though, showed signs of possible kidney failure that could cause a lethal irregularity in Mr. Navalny’s heartbeat, Dr. Ashikhmin said in a post on social media.
  — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2021
• At least one death was caused by firing irregularities.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2023
• Russian elections are often mired in irregularities and claims of fraud.
  — Keir Simmons, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
• After a layer has been deposited and cured, the scanner creates a depth map of the print surface, which is then compared against the 3D model to work out how to adjust the rate of deposition from the inkjet units to even out any irregularities.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2023
• There were betting irregularities in each game, and Draft Kings reported massive losses on Porter prop bets for 3-pointers.
  — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024