How to Use frequency in a Sentence

frequency

noun
  • The frequency of student errors was frustrating to the young teacher.
  • Our visits decreased in frequency.
  • Errors were occurring with increasing frequency.
  • The frequency of all of that isn’t quite clear.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
  • What is the frequency of the route?
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
  • And as time has passed, the frequency of the crimes has grown worse.
    Asia Simone Burns, ajc, 22 Dec. 2022
  • For the full list of cities and flight frequency, click here.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Lost in our mind frequency, which hummed loud now like a drone.
    Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Start with low-risk, high-frequency tasks.
    Leisse Wilcox, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Here's what experts said about the frequency of meal times.
    Olivia Munson, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The ions, meanwhile, didn’t care about the high-frequency field at all.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Nothing about the frequency of dog bites.
    Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • In other words, the phrase refers to the frequency of the event, not the amount of rain that fell.
    Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
  • How the mask is used and its frequency can vary from product to product.
    Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
  • This would most likely block the frequency.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Only the top of the frequency range gives any cause for concern.
    Simon Lucas, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The frequency of the streetcar depends on the time of day and day of the week.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The number of protests in cities around the nation has grown in size and frequency.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Doug, what is the cause of the frequency of the storms increasing?
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Like forest fires, the frequency of grass and shrub fires has increased over time.
    Nadja Popovich, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Healing frequencies are one of the gentlest ways to start.
    Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
  • Each laser could run on its own radio-frequency signal.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Bose hasn’t disclosed the size or frequency range of the drivers.
    PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Following her birth, the frequency of the rapes slowed down.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • But there’s been an unusual frequency to them this year.
    Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The frequencies have always been there.
    Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
  • Storm frequency is only one part of the equation.
    Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Agave theft happens with some frequency.
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The high-frequency waves feel urgent.
    Ajaypal Banga, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
  • But, as soon as the first snowflakes start to fall, your mopping frequency needs to see a major uptick.
    Heather Bien, The Spruce, 6 Feb. 2026

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