How to Use erratic in a Sentence

erratic

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• In winning his two-month match in Yugoslavia against Boris Spassky, 10 games to five, Bobby Fischer was erratic, which was hardly surprising considering his two-decade layoff, but there were times when he played more brilliantly than anybody could have expected.
  — Sports Illustrated, 16 Nov. 1992
• As the song began, Blanchett mimicked her erratic dancing from the video onstage, throwing her arms through the air and moving her hips to the beat.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 24 June 2023
• That's hardly a strong suit of Levis, whose ball placement last season was erratic at best.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
• If its float doesn’t move up and down on its tower or its water flow is erratic, replace it.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023
• Quartz compiled some of the strange ways AI has been shown to screen out job candidates, from the wild and weird to the erratic, the erroneous, and the blatantly biased.
  — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 26 May 2023
• Knowing how erratic Roy and Gator can be, how worried is Witt about his own safety?
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
• Tupac made an erratic move and began to reach down beneath his seat.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
• With its retro-film backdrop and edgy style, the series as a whole captures the wild essence of erratic creativity that came to define the era.
  — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Mar. 2023
• The rhythm of his clicks was erratic, possibly peevish.
  — PCMAG, 14 Feb. 2023
• That kid somehow got a bead on our erratic shooting schedule and snuck onto set one day.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2023
• There's too much debris and too many erratic currents, so just stay away from the water and enjoy the nice weather elsewhere.
  — The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
• Going from an erratic CW drama to an awards-season contender could ruin the best of men.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
• Keeping your baby in the dark may be causing their erratic sleep schedule.
  — Jana Banin, Parents, 24 Aug. 2023
• Much of his life has been erratic and wild, fueled, in part, by drug and alcohol addiction.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• Good arm strength, but can be a bit erratic with accuracy.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2023
• Maybe a little bit of overcorrection in the middle part of the zone responding to a little bit of erratic pitch-making.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2023
• The crime, filth and erratic behavior have caused female ridership to drop.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
• Alas, Mozart, Einstein, and Job were erratic geniuses as well.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2023
• While still erratic, swingman Nick Pivetta has struck out 94 in 75 innings.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• The Warriors had been erratic all season, sneaking into the playoffs as a sixth seed and without homecourt advantage in the first round.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2023
• Paul Murdaugh's driving before the crash was erratic, according to accounts from some of the survivors.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
• There's the cratered market around NFTs, the rapid devaluation and erratic behavior of many of the currencies.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2023
• Some performers are also concerned about being asked to wear tights and make-up that don’t match their skin tones, erratic and unpredictable staffing and fair pay.
  — Amy Taxin, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
• The effects of a recent heat wave, accompanied by strong and erratic winds, have fueled a series of wildfires in the countryside near Athens, Greece.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 18 July 2023
• Those attitudes might have changed in light of Musk’s erratic actions last year, but available evidence is mixed.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2023
• Noah Kim started and played quarterback until late in the fourth quarter, and was erratic in his first career collegiate start.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2023
• As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast (Swinton) becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2023
• Money matters can be erratic and spendthrift for Venus in Aries, who isn’t great at financial planning.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 19 Feb. 2023
• Rapid, erratic heart signals cause the lower heart chambers to quiver uselessly instead of pumping blood.
  — Christopher Desimone, M.d., Ph.d. Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Due to erratic spring weather, many buds did not appear this year, and others fell victim to strong winds and rain, according to an online update from the Chicago Park District.
  — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024