How to Use defect in a Sentence

defect

1 of 2 noun

• She was born with a heart defect.
• Vanity and pride were his two worst character defects.
• They examine their products for defects.
• No huge defects, but just not quite good enough to make the list.
  — Chris Abell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
• The larger the lens, the greater the chance there will be a defect in it.
  — WIRED, 10 Mar. 2023
• That search warrant is – has many defects, as the body cam footage showed.
  — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
• That search warrant is -- has many defects, as the body cam footage showed.
  — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
• To my novice eye, Prysock moved without defect.
  — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
• My companion must be of the same species, and have the same defects.
  — Rory Doherty, Time, 7 Mar. 2026
• Then again, many of the Panthers’ defects are unique.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
• Make sure screens in windows and doors are tight-fitting and free from defect.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2023
• Weeks later, his daughter, who had a spinal defect, passed away, too.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
• An engine defect grounded dozens of its planes.
  — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 May 2026
• Yet the program’s structural defects can’t be wished away.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
• The defect that caused the slip-and-fall injury lawsuit was about an inch and a half tall.
  — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
• Check the mask for any damage, and use a new one if there are any defects like holes or broken pieces.
  — Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
• When the electrons hit a defect in the crystal, that defect emits light.
  — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Dec. 2025
• Their homes had been rebuilt, only to give way to rot, mold and structural defects.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2023
• Kendall is quite resilient in certain ways, and maybe some of that is sort of a mental defect.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2023
• But the defects weren’t cavities like those etched to record data.
  — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
• Give a heads up about quirks and defects All homes (and homeowners) have quirks.
  — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
• The defect creates a risk of fire, smoke inhalation, and burns.
  — Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
• Difference alone is not a defect.
  — Sara Albrecht, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
• Yet its response to the heat-shield defect was worrying.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
• This defect, however, does not arise from flaws in the court’s design.
  — WSJ, 28 Feb. 2023
• To prevent these defects from killing the laser, they must be confined to places far from the device.
  — Roel Baets, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2023
• Four defects mean the child has to fight multiple heart problems, one of which is a hole in the heart.
  — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
• These particles cause defects, like bridges, breaks, or rough edges, that ruin chips.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
• The defect was linked to at least 54 frontal crashes and the deaths of more than a dozen people.
  — Christopher Dilella, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
• The product is then inspected for any defects and a label is added.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC news, 11 Aug. 2023

defect

2 of 2 verb

• He defected to the West before the war began.
• She defected from the conservative party.
• The reporter defected to another TV network.
• The Russian scholar defected in 1979.
• That may lead them to defect from the regime.
  — Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
• Are any more of your colleagues defecting?
  — Steve Inskeep, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
• The non-phones suffered a blow when one of their troops defected to the other side.
  — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
• That's one good way to defect if something novel is spreading there.
  — CBS News, 3 Dec. 2023
• Tetralogy of Fallot defects a baby's heart at birth in at least four ways.
  — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
• Weier was also found not guilty by mental disease or defect after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2025
• Adam is one of the most senior officers to defect from the paramilitaries during the war.
  — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
• The man had also expressed a desire to defect to South Korea.
  — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
• Loyalists have defected, and centrists have veered right.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
• The ball defected off the glove of second baseman Zack Short.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2023
• The fields for this year's eight events are fluid as more players defect from the PGA Tour.
  — Tom D'angelo, USA TODAY, 1 July 2022
• The Cuban roster featured a mix of players who defected and are now in the majors and those who still live on the island.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
• If enough progressives defect, there will likely not be enough Republican votes to pass it.
  — Charlotte Alter, Time, 29 Sep. 2021
• Top design exec Alan Dye defected to Meta.
  — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
• They were found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and were placed in psychiatric facilities.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
• Still, there are many people that will vote on election day, some of whom were already going to vote for Mills, and some who could defect to her as a protest.
  — Margie Cullen, USA Today, 8 June 2026
• The government had called on SDF fighters — most of whom are from Arab tribes — to defect.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
• Palantir solved the prisoner’s dilemma by defecting first.
  — Michael Gregory, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
• Further imaging revealed a small fracture, known as a pars defect, in his L5 vertebra.
  — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
• Republicans claimed betrayal and threatened to defect from the House vote.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
• Abby should have defected to the Aubrey Plaza camp early on, IMO.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2025
• The hope is to win back younger customers who have defected to chains like Dutch Bros or 7 Brew for their beverage fix.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
• The Democrats’ evolution left many in their old factions, including Archie, to defect from the party.
  — Alex Rosado, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026
• Ben Taleblu said the key factor is whether segments of the security forces defect, refuse orders or fragment.
  — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
• Puig signed with the Dodgers in 2012 after defecting from his home country of Cuba.
  — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
• Through the 2000s, players continued to defect.
  — Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026