How to Use dereliction in a Sentence

dereliction

noun

• The officer was formally charged with dereliction of duty.
• And that has been a huge dereliction on the part of America's elites.
  — Fox News, 25 Sep. 2018
• As part of a plea deal, Ambuhl pleads guilty to one charge of dereliction of duty.
  — CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
• But a refusal to think hard about this is something of a dereliction.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 June 2023
• But to not plan for such a scenario would be dereliction of duty.
  — Barry Tramel, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2020
• But the sense of dereliction has been replaced by unease.
  — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 1 Sep. 2020
• Almost 150 years have passed since Nora slammed that door, but the sound of a woman’s dereliction still alarms us — and thrills us.
  — Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2022
• In the fall of 2021, Mills was found guilty of two counts each of dereliction of duty and falsification.
  — Jane Morice | [e-mail], cleveland, 16 Jan. 2022
• But the fact that the White House hasn't nailed down every possible meeting at this point is a dereliction of duty.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 13 July 2017
• The loss of Pavarotti to stadium events didn’t just feel like an affront, but a dereliction of duty.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 June 2019
• But in the end, only one was convicted - of dereliction of duty.
  — Stephen Koff and Seth Richardson, cleveland.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• Coy pleaded not guilty to one count of murder, one count of felonious assault and two counts of dereliction of duty last month.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2021
• But for a gossip columnist, that would be dereliction of duty.
  — Gonzalo Soltero, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2020
• In another tweet, Van Duyne accused the Democrats of dereliction of duty.
  — Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 18 July 2021
• Eight US Marines faced charges in the deaths, but only one was convicted of a crime, that of negligent dereliction of duty.
  — CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
• Kelly and McGahn are guilty of gross negligence and dereliction of duty and should follow Porter out the door.
  — Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• Luria, a Navy veteran, said Trump was guilty of dereliction of duty and betrayed his oath of office.
  — Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
• But many Republicans say Democrats would rather run than fight, and that quorum breaks amount to a dereliction of duty.
  — Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2021
• Yet, in an odd twist of events, he was soon accused of medical negligence and dereliction of duty and spent nine months in prison.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 13 May 2020
• One of the study’s authors, A. David Paltiel, said that college leaders who do not require vaccines were guilty of a dereliction of duty.
  — Stephanie Saul, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021
• He was charged with murder during a felony, felonious assault, and two counts of dereliction of duty.
  — Peter Nickeas and Marshall Cohen, CNN, 23 Apr. 2021
• Failing to do so could well be a dereliction of their fiduciary duty.
  — David Atkin, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
• So the absolute clear dereliction of duty towards these men and women is on us.
  — Adia Robinson, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2021
• Less than two months later, Russo and two aides each plead guilty to dereliction of duty to settle charges stemming from the audit.
  — cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
• Block by block, the city is reclaiming itself from dereliction.
  — Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
• To not use art to process that everyday violence would be a dereliction of duty.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• Others reacting to the Court’s dereliction have renewed calls to add more Justices and to end the filibuster.
  — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2021
• Some had predicted this hearing would prove Trump was guilty of dereliction of duty.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 22 July 2022
• Ohtani’s decision shouldn’t be considered a dereliction of duty to promote the sport, however.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
• Three officers in the gunman's chain of command have been disciplined for dereliction of duty, the Army said in its report, citing failures after several alarm bells rang about Robert Card's intent to commit violence.
  — Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024