How to Use irregularity in a Sentence

irregularity

noun

• He is suffering from irregularity.
• The vote — the fourth since the 2003 U.S.-led toppling of Saddam Hussein — was marked by reports of low turnout and irregularities.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2018
• Cut the parts to size, fasten them, and belt-sand any irregularities.
  — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2018
• The 1964 vote rested on just six votes and a few irregularities.
  — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• In a first for Africa, the outcome of those elections was annulled by the country’s Supreme Court, which ruled they had been marred by irregularities.
  — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
• 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
• While the man spoke with a deputy, the deputy noticed irregularities in the man’s speech and called for medical assistance.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• The irregularity of Earth’s spin led scientists to study a new way to measure time.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2022
• Past elections won by Mr. Biya have been called flawed and full of irregularities.
  — New York Times, 12 July 2018
• Maybe all of Swift’s less-than-lofty track record in recent years in terms of wins is a testament to some of Dugan’s claims of voting irregularities.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2020
• 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
• Testers felt the fit was true to size with a small amount of stretch throughout the upper to accommodate foot swelling or irregularities, such as bunions.
  — Cory Smith, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
• The answer, of course, is that legs are the best way to maneuver across the irregularities of a planetary landscape, up cliffs and through muddy swamps.
  — Charles S. Cockell, WSJ, 7 June 2018
• 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
• There were a lot of discrepancies and irregularities in the archival footage.
  — Jeremy Fuchs, SI.com, 6 July 2018
• The panel has denied that there were widespread irregularities in the vote.
  — Margaret Coker, New York Times, 7 June 2018
• 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
• The imaging system found irregularities in the roof and a front quarter panel.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
• Five judges agreed there had been a range of irregularities and canceled the election results in February.
  — Rabson Kondowe, Quartz Africa, 6 Apr. 2020
• Ghosn was not supposed to leave Japan prior to his trial on three sets of charges of financial irregularities.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 4 Jan. 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 company urged customers to keep an eye on their bank and credit card statements for any irregularities.
  — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 13 May 2018
• 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
• Authorities in both states, which have a collective 34 electoral votes in the Presidential Election, denied any irregularities.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
• Removing or reducing the layer of fat between the skin and the platysma can cause contour irregularities (like lumps and dents) and fibrosis (scar tissue formation), particularly if lipo is done aggressively or paired with excessive energy.
  — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Dec 2024