How to Use spotty in a Sentence

spotty

adjective

• Her work has been spotty.
• The service at that restaurant is a little spotty.
• And why on earth are some of my blooms chewed up and spotty?
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
• Trump's record at the Supreme Court has been spotty, at best.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
• Cell service gets spotty as the park gets more crowded in the evenings.
  — Nicole Cobler, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
• The park’s trails were washed out by years of heavy rain and spotty maintenance.
  — Erin L. Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
• Rain chances look to be rather spotty tonight and Wednesday, meaning much of the time will be dry.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
• Cell service was spotty at best and didn’t function most of the time.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2022
• Wednesday will bring spotty chances of storms and gusty winds, but the rest of the week should be dry, Boxell said.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2024
• After that the third deck was empty and the middle deck was spotty.
  — cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
• The pork loin on the other hand had a noticeably spotty sear on one side.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2023
• But supply has often been spotty since then: In the first half of 2023, Huy Fong had no chilies at all.
  — Indrani Sen, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
• The track record of the convention group’s spending is spotty.
  — Nicholas Riccardi, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2022
• Earnings have been spotty, but seem to be in an uptrend.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Partly cloudy, with a 20% chance for a few spotty showers.
  — Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2022
• And violent war films have a spotty record at the German Film Awards.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
• While the damaged camera made for a spotty livestream, flares of light prompted rounds of cheers from the crowd watching at the launch site.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
• But enforcement of the laws has been spotty in recent years.
  — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2022
• Earnings have been spotty – nine profits and six losses in the past 15 years.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• Well, that’s a little rough, but her records are pretty spotty.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2024
• The route consists mainly of dirt and gravel roads, and cell service is spotty.
  — Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 14 Sep. 2024
• The siblings last spoke on June 12 over a spotty cell connection.
  — Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022
• This air mass will also raise a slight chance for showers throughout the weekend, but most of these will be brief and spotty.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2023
• Some spotty frost is even possible around the city, where lows in the mid-to-upper 30s are predicted.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
• His mid-range shooting was spotty, and his moves around the basket were only starting to show promise by the end of the season.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• Thursday will start with clouds and spotty showers, but sunshine will increase through the day.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
• Most of the showers and storms will stay across much of the Texas and Louisiana coasts, and the eastern Gulf Coast will see more spotty showers.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022
• The daily charts of these new ETFs reveal the kiss of death in the stock market: Followers are few, so trading is spotty.
  — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• Add corn and broccoli to pan and cook until softened and spotty brown, about 5 minutes.
  — Gretchen McKay, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
• Be open to discovery, Matthews advised — and be aware that cell reception is spotty.
  — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024