How to Use instability in a Sentence

instability

noun
  • Investors are worried about the current instability of the stock market.
  • The patient has a history of emotional instability.
  • Keep in Mind The pods can move in their slots, which creates instability for some plant types.
    Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And that is causing more instability in the jet streams.
    Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • According to the source, the new goal is for any gross motor instability to be cause for removal from the field.
    Nadia Kounang, CNN, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Hitting coach instability has been a staple of the Chicago Cubs big-league staff over the last decade.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Phil Diehl was recognized for his reporting on the instability of the bluffs in Del Mar and the threat to the railroad tracks that pass nearby.
    U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In later stages there may be instability of the joints of the foot and deformities.
    Isabel Casimiro, Verywell Health, 22 May 2025
  • Garcia said the instability has been caused as the warmer air mass moves across the region trailed over the ocean by a colder one moving in to replace it.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The time frame appears to be the afternoon hours, when instability will be the highest.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Amid this stew of instability, Haiti faces a new challenge: Guy Phillippe.
    Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2024
  • This instability has put the bridge’s proponents in the position of having to plead their case over and over again.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Decades of conflict and instability have left millions of Afghans on the brink of hunger and starvation.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Symptoms may include pain, swelling, or a feeling of instability or that the joint is locked.
    Jonathan Cluett, Md, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The trick is to place a dense fluid on top of a lighter one to create a classic instability because the heavier liquid will push through the lighter one.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 May 2023
  • The pace of events has stunned Arab capitals and raised fears of a new wave of regional instability.
    Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Timour Azhari, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Corey Bojorquez and Joseph Charlton have been battling it out to be the Browns punter after a year of instability.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2022
  • While concerns have been mounting about how to address housing instability in the city, the cost of a home has surged in recent years.
    Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The Prince estate has been plagued by instability since the singer died in 2016 without leaving behind a will.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 July 2024
  • In the view of Vance, a father of three, children are the antidote to mental instability.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The cause of the Northern Lights begin 94 million miles away with instabilities in the sun’s magnetic field.
    Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2023
  • Structural instability forced the closing and demolition of a decades-old restaurant at the end of the pier called The Dolphin.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
  • Pakistan and India have long fought over the area, which has been wrought with violence and instability for decades.
    Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Niger was seen as the Sahel’s final bulwark against chaos and instability, the last regime standing.
    Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • As the gas continued to spin, the research team caught the moment when the needle-like structure gave in to quantum instability.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2022
  • But in the short to medium term, Trump’s mass-deportation plans are a recipe for instability.
    Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The plane's instability caused the left wing to strike a light pole beyond the runway, resulting in significant damage to the wing.
    Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Sometimes there’s a slur to her speech and a droop to her lip that suggest infirmity and instability.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Fear of the unknown, driven by economic instability and geopolitical shifts, can paralyze teams.
    David Meade, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • The net result will be to increase hunger and financial instability among households with children, older adults, people with disabilities, and veterans—while also sending tens of thousands of people into unemployment.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025

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