ERRATIC in a Sentence

Learn ERRATIC from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for ERRATIC, such as:

1. Mary is a gifted but erratic player.
2. The electricity supply here is quite erratic.
3. Argentina's erratic inflation rate threatens to upset the plans.
4. Irrigation measures will be necessary in areas of erratic rainfall.
5. As he became excited, his heart began to palpitate more and more erratically.

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 Meanings and Examples of ERRATIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
erratic
 a.  no fixed or regular course; wandering
Classic Sentence:
1  Though occasionally chatty, his moods were erratic, and nobody could be certain how he would behave at any particular moment.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
2  Misfortune had struck them gracefully, cutting off their erratic histories with a catastrophic dash, instead of, as with many, attenuating each life to an uninteresting meagreness, through long years of wrinkles, neglect, and decay.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 1 The Inevitable Movement Onward
Example Sentence:
1  Irrigation measures will be necessary in areas of erratic rainfall.
2  Mary is a gifted but erratic player.
3  The electricity supply here is quite erratic.
4  Argentina's erratic inflation rate threatens to upset the plans.
5  State Senate Minority Leader, a Democrat, accused him of engaging in erratic behavior.
6  As he became excited, his heart began to palpitate more and more erratically.
7  The tax cuts won't do what they are meant to do - to provide a boost to the economy which is recovering rather erratically after a recession in 2001.