How to Use profligacy in a Sentence

profligacy

noun

• Peru were left to rue their profligacy in front of goal as Denmark scored against the run of play.
  — SI.com, 16 June 2018
• But charges of profligacy and failed projects dogged his tenure.
  — Adam Rasmi, Quartz, 23 July 2019
• The English club should have been level by half-time but for its own profligacy in front of the goalmouth.
  — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• France had the upper hand in all areas and could have scored more in the second half if not for its forwards’ profligacy in front of goal.
  — Samuel Petrequin, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019
• With such big-budget TV buys, profligacy was often the point.
  — Mac Schwerin, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2020
• The Weinsteins’ profligacy led to a split with Disney in 2005.
  — John Clark, latimes.com, 31 May 2018
• Elaine, Mike makes a good point about these women who became avatars for profligacy.
  — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2021
• Lukaku again stood accused of a heavy first touch, poor positioning and, at times, a profligacy in front of the goalmouth.
  — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 12 June 2021
• The signing of Olivier Giroud has further highlighted the 25-year-old's profligacy in front of goal.
  — SI.com, 9 May 2018
• Only two stunning saves and extreme profligacy let them off the hook.
  — SI.com, 21 June 2019
• And his profligacy in front of goal cost him his spot in Spain's set-up during the last international break.
  — SI.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Most troubling, the Fed bankrolled the fiscal profligacy, purchasing more than half of the new Treasury debt issued this year.
  — Kevin Warsh, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2021
• Such profligacy ultimately led to the shop’s demise in 1939.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• Sure, there was some naivety, and certainly some profligacy at the start, but their tails were always up, and in an atmosphere as charged as this, that was no mean feat.
  — SI.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• But that doesn’t justify the profligacy of Trump and the Republicans in Congress.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2020
• That strange, reckless profligacy made Barb think of their mother, who in her final years sat at home, saying yes to every sales phone call.
  — Robert Kolker, New York Times, 20 July 2023
• Liverpool could, perhaps should, have scored more than five, a profligacy that may prove haunting.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
• The hosts were almost made to pay for their profligacy two minutes later, but Edinson Cavani's clumsy finish kept them in the lead.
  — Samuel Petrequin, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• The Rams’ defense has compensated for Stafford’s profligacy by making seven takeaways in the first two weeks of the season, tied with Buffalo for the most in the league.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 25 Sep. 2022
• His cure was to redouble his efforts to warn America about the perils of profligacy.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2018
• Investors, among them bond king Bill Gross, once feared that government profligacy was a death knell for sovereign bonds.
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2016
• Bilic has been desperate for a new forward this summer after the east London club's profligacy in front of goal last term.
  — SI.com, 19 July 2017
• The visitors would soon pay for their profligacy in front of goal, as Spurs took full advantage of United's frail looking defense.
  — SI.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• Juventus missed other chances to extend its lead and was made to pay for its profligacy as Eriksen fired a low free kick into the bottom left corner.
  — Danniella Matar, chicagotribune.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• In the years before he was toppled in a coup in November 2017, Mr Mugabe’s regime created money out of thin air to finance graft and profligacy.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
• All this is quite a change for many Republicans, who once accused Mr Obama of profligacy, but now say that trillion-dollar deficits are no big deal.
  — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2020
• The Brazilians were made to pay for their profligacy in the 13th minute, as Fernandinho diverted a Nacer Chadli corner into his own net.
  — SI.com, 6 July 2018
• In general, Asians don’t eat much animal-milk cheese, and aren’t fans of fruity olive oil, so grating Gruyère, for example, on a pho doesn’t cut it; but profligacy with greens and crunchy nuts sure works.
  — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2019
• And their profligacy continued to plague them, as Perisic met Eder's immaculate cross but could only flick the ball off target.
  — SI.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• Some recent scholarship has challenged Nero’s reputation for profligacy, suggesting that he was portrayed by ancient historians as a villain, accused of playing a lyre while Rome burned in A.D. 64.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 30 July 2023

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024