choppy
Example Sentences
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Against Roma, and at times against Hearts, they looked like a ship that's been taken off course due to choppy waters.
From BBC
She and her two companions set out on a typical wooden fishing skiff at 5 a.m., the person said, with strong winds and choppy seas slowing them down.
Toll Brothers stock opened lower after the company reported mixed financial results and said it won’t be clear until late January whether a “choppy” environment for home sales will improve.
From Barron's
The figures suggest a choppy hiring environment as economists await official figures that have been delayed by the government shutdown earlier this fall.
Toll Brothers is deciding how many projects to start and how much inventory to build based on demand levels in individual communities because the market is so choppy, Chief Executive Douglas Yearley said.
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