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Example sentences for "erratically"

Lexicographically close words:
errantry; errare; errat; errata; erratic; erratics; erratum; erre; erred; erreth
  1. There, leaning on erratically cut foundations, monumental rocks seemed to defy the laws of balance.

  2. The other pearls that stick to the oyster's shell are more erratically shaped and are priced by weight.

  3. Grant hesitated, circling erratically with his victim close to the steps.

  4. She had him by the ears, then, pulling his head erratically from side to side, and she finished by giving each ear a little slap and laid her arms around his neck.

  5. When it rattles at full speed, it has been seen that its sighting is illusory--that it throws erratically high in the air, and that ammunition is simply wasted.

  6. Meanwhile the Americans on the Wall are behaving more erratically than ever.

  7. Combined with the fact that both periscopes were out of action, and that the submarine could only dive erratically under the influence of the remaining hydroplane, it was plain to all on board that the sooner she made Cronstadt the better.

  8. R19, unable to dive, was forging ahead blindly and erratically upon the surface, an easy prey to the vigilant destroyer.

  9. Erratically swaying, lurching and side-slipping, with one of the wings twisted like a broken reed, the German aircraft fell through a thousand feet of space before the pilot was able to check its descent.

  10. They were dimly conscious of the fuselage turning rapidly and erratically around the gimballed seats, while the air was rent with vivid flames and pungent volumes of black smoke.

  11. Oh, like this," erratically said the captain, illustrating with frantic motions of an imaginary stick and rudder.

  12. The huge beast, his tawny mane bristling around his hideous head, kept his eyes fixed upon another banth that charged erratically hither and thither, with shrill screams of pain, and horrid roars of hate and rage.

  13. Standing waves set up and dissolved and moved erratically in the air of the cabin.

  14. Slugs whizzed through the air and slapped against the trees; the firing of bullets was heard as the rifle-armed Manyema fired erratically at their invisible enemy.

  15. While the bullets were flying erratically over the palisade, the carriers placed their ladders against it, and as, owing to the slope, they stood somewhat insecurely, Tom ordered four men to hold each while the rest mounted.

  16. The guns and machine-guns in a radius of five miles fire frantically and erratically towards it, and in the midst of this discord is heard a fast whistle which quickly develops into a scream.

  17. Looking behind me I see one or two beams moving erratically across the sky.

  18. The robot shook for a second, its blaster muzzle lifted erratically and for an instant it seemed almost out of control, then it quieted and the muzzle again pointed down.

  19. Confused by the sudden dispersion of mind impulses, the robot fired erratically as Alan crouched and raced painfully for the door.

  20. Whirlwinds of sand, looking at a distance like huge columns of smoke, are wandering erratically over the plains in all directions.

  21. Three tin balls rolling erratically in a blanket supported by two men were sent flying into the air in four shots, Tex taking six seconds.

  22. The lights had been switched off in the living-room, but the piano continued, and glowing cigarettes, like red and erratically waving signals, were visible.

  23. Fanny, in a lavender dress with a very full skirt decorated with erratically placed pale yellow flowers, had everything in readiness.

  24. That I had partly succeeded I knew; but all that I had experienced was a fluttering of apparitions that merged erratically and were without continuity.


  25. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "erratically" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    carelessly; fitfully; haltingly; impulsively; intermittently; irregularly; jerkily; random; roughly; spasmodically; sporadically; unevenly; variably