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.
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War and instability do not just take lives.
—Sarah Al Asmar, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
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Gargash added that any deal must deal with the root cause of instability in the region.
—Max Burman, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
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What has hit me hard over the past week or so is that all of my clients have been dealing with so much change and instability.
—Jennifer Mizgata, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2021
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The result was a sense of instability and drift.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 11 May 2026
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And there’s a lot of instability in the market.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
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His first full year at the helm was defined by injury instability.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
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Some people also feel a pop or instability in the knee.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
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That instability has shown up in the data.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
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This instability comes from warm moist air at ground level mixing with cooler dry air above.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 19 Feb. 2026
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The greater the instability, the greater the chance for lightning, Gass said.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
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Better to suffer a short-term shock than long-term instability.
—Joel Mathis, The Week, 12 July 2022
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The instability along the offensive line over the past week caught up some to the Colts in this one.
—Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2022
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That instability alone can make flares more frequent or less predictable.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 11 May 2026
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Symptoms may include pain, swelling, or a feeling of instability or that the joint is locked.
—Jonathan Cluett, Md, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
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In other words, for some, gig work has become shorthand for instability and low wages.
—Kellen Browning, New York Times, 27 May 2023
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This is the point often missed in moments of instability.
—Assef Shaikh, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2026
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The instability of the water shined a light on areas of my body that were weaker than others.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
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Keep in Mind The pods can move in their slots, which creates instability for some plant types.
—Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2021
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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
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In later stages there may be instability of the joints of the foot and deformities.
—Isabel Casimiro, Verywell Health, 22 May 2025
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Neglecting them can set you up for instability, pain and even injury.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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There is every reason to believe that instability at the poles - and around the planet - will get worse.
—Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2021
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There’s political instability in a lot of places in the world right now with tension.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
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The time frame appears to be the afternoon hours, when instability will be the highest.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 15 Mar. 2022
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In this sense, delay is not simply a byproduct of instability.
—Jasmin Lilian Diab, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2026
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Because there's a sense amongst them of fear, distrust and the instability that just permeates their lives.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2021
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At that stage, the precision was still limited by the instability of the laser.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
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In that sense, funding instability can become a public health issue of its own.
—Max Crowley, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026
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