erratically
Example Sentences
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Not long after, video footage showed the vehicle swerving erratically between lanes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Drivers called 999 after seeing Hynd's Nissan Qashqai moving erratically and swerving into the opposing carriageway.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has sought to regulate the industry, with spokesman Hamayoun Afghan saying resources "used to be extracted erratically; it wasn't done under supervision" by the previous government.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
If the stock starts trading erratically, bankers have a secret weapon to attempt to calm things down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The wind, however, was gusting erratically out of the west, quartering across the racecourse at roughly a forty-five-degree angle, pushing in bursts and fits at the starboard side of the shell.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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