How to Use choppiness in a Sentence

choppiness

noun

• The choppiness was related to the large number of events on the field in the last month.
  — Corey Roepken, Houston Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2017
• In response to this choppiness, the chain launched a $1 Your Way menu in December.
  — Alicia Kelso, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
• With such choppiness, the question became, what team would find a rhythm.
  — Tom Noie, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2021
• For hardcore gamers with the right gear, higher hertz specs mean smoother motion with less choppiness.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2021
• And the choppiness is a key characteristic of the stock market climbing a wall of worry.
  — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 4 June 2022
• But there was a choppiness too from one section to the next, and a lack of cohesion among the scenes that prevented a deeper impression.
  — Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com, 1 July 2018
• That would suggest choppiness for stocks in the coming months, analysts say.
  — Jessica Menton, USA TODAY, 14 July 2021
• To be fair, crypto markets have long been defined by choppiness.
  — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2019
• His first game in Philadelphia as manager of the 1–4 Phillies attested to the choppiness of his wake.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• Still, Trump is adding a historically high degree of choppiness to the mix, by at least one measure.
  — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2018
• And companies that have this revenue stream may be able to ride its wave until the choppiness elsewhere subsides.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2022
• The latest Treasury data reflect lags and choppiness across the country.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
• With neither team wanting to give an inch in their first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series, the intensity, the choppiness, the shoves, and the elbows all heightened.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
• The pullback reflects the fact that for all the choppiness in asset markets this year, expectations for earnings growth are still solid.
  — Mike Bird, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
• Call quality also suffered a lot of echo and choppiness.
  — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 21 Aug. 2020
• And early next week might bring choppiness and little sense of direction as people get positioned ahead of the Fed meeting.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 11 June 2021
• The Bears spent the spring in an inevitable period of choppiness with stumbles galore and stretches of trial-and-error within their new system.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2018
• Even after the choppiness in recent days, this return dwarfs the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite, which has recovered by over 100%.
  — Joel Litman, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• Later, Montague tried to build software that could simulate a sail’s real-world behavior—accounting for the weight of its mylar, the motion of its boom, the choppiness of the waves.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2019
• There's a choppiness that both Alexa and Google Assistant can have when responding with long or multi-layered answers, but Cortana doesn't have that.
  — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2017
• The corporate environment reflects forces, along with the changing course of global central banks, that could further add to the choppiness of markets.
  — Matt Phillips, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
• Zeplain has been preparing for potential longer-term choppiness.
  — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2020
• That means caution is warranted heading into earnings, but short-term choppiness shouldn’t...
  — Aaron Back, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2017
• As for the health of the overall marketplace, Gambelli notes that there is still some choppiness, though certain categories are performing better than others.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
• Navy pilots on a routine training mission first noticed unusual choppiness in the water.
  — Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
• After some choppiness, electric vehicle stocks are hot again.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
• Investors said some of the choppiness this week has also likely been driven by portfolio repositioning.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2021
• And critics expressed concerns about Moderna’s high cash-burn rate and lofty valuation amid recent choppiness in the broader stock market.
  — Jonathan D. Rockoff, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2018
• The shifts in the U.S. car market reflect a broader choppiness in the economy, where the pricing power companies have enjoyed in recent years is starting to wobble as consumers and businesses pull back on spending.
  — Ryan Felton, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022
• Meanwhile, investors braced for more choppiness ahead and piled into ultrasafe government bonds.
  — Saumya Vaishampayan, WSJ, 10 May 2019

Last Updated: 30 Jul 2024