inconstancy
Example Sentences
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“Then watch bewildered as the waves of our inconstancy lap them away, along with the footprints of the builder.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
It is, in some sense, that inconstancy that has gotten Mr. Lee in trouble: his willingness to challenge the powers in his own party, then tack back when his base demands it.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022
They are the Americans who work in our military, a call to service that doesn’t indulge inconstancy or caprice.
From Washington Times • Nov. 11, 2020
Yet the movie’s biggest drawback is its tonal inconstancy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2018
For Darwin’s theory to work, heredity had to possess constancy and inconstancy, stability and mutation.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing inconstancy
Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 2
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Copernicus: The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies
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