How to Use litany in a Sentence

litany

noun

• The team blamed its losses on a litany of injuries.
• He has a litany of grievances against his former employer.
• What to know: The Saints enter Week 6 with a litany of injuries.
  — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2022
• There are those songs that haven't been shared for a litany of reasons.
  — Ben Trivett, PEOPLE.com, 22 Oct. 2021
• This is the striking first line in the Bene Gesserit litany against fear.
  — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• But smartly, the film doesn’t dwell on the entire litany of Maurice’s scams.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
• In a litany of sins, Djokovic’s selfishness is supreme.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2022
• Rust remains in the headlines, but mostly for the litany of lawsuits in progress.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2022
• This piece is far more than just a litany of bizarre behavior.
  — Longreads, 22 Sep. 2023
• It’s part of a litany of terminal upgrades set for the months and years ahead — $166 million worth.
  — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• Armed with a changeup that kept hitters off balance, Aupont got ahead in the count with a litany of first-pitch strikes.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022
• The dizzying pacing, the litany of hapless jokes, the all-out slapstick and the familiar shtick.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
• The litany of blunders and worse inspired by this Churchill obsession is a long one for Mr. Wheatcroft.
  — Richard Aldous, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021
• His wife, Cheryl Traud, ticked off a litany of reasons to vote for the Republican.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
• With the window present, Mohajir expressed his thoughts on a litany of items.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Apr. 2022
• The effect is not the numbing of a litany but of an incantatory drone, a colony of bees.
  — Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
• As was the case two years ago, the 2022 midterm elections have sparked a litany of baseless accusations of fraud.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2022
• The 'growth at any cost' attitude and litany of Mega deals have all but disappeared.
  — Mark Flickinger, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Four months earlier, the prison’s warden, Ray J. Garcia, was charged with a litany of crimes.
  — Libor Janystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
• Roosevelt listens to his litany of horrors, then changes the subject.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
• Her litany of woes traces the limits of science and the deficiencies of healthcare.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Elsewhere in the video, there are cameos from a litany of famous — and infamous — New Yorkers.
  — Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
• But neither Roy’s stern words nor his itemized litany of how much the shindig is costing him manage to budge her.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2022
• In the same report, the officer listed a litany of complaints that had been filed in recent months.
  — Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
• Putin has a litany of resentments and reasons for his actions.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2022
• The quick return of power and low number of fatalities from Idalia may be added to that litany.
  — Nicholas Nehamas, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
• Structural problems are just the latest in a long litany of problems affecting the small, frigate-sized ships.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022
• While most movies would be happy enough with all of those achievements, Barbie has added even more to its litany of honors.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2023
• The litany of defensive issues — transition problems, keeping teams off the glass, playing with force on the perimeter — added toothlessness at the rim when the Suns routinely went to the basket while the Lakers stood and watched.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
• The company is facing a litany of unfair labor practice allegations from the union and from labor board officials.
  — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024