How to Use dysfunction in a Sentence

dysfunction

noun
  • The disease causes gastrointestinal dysfunctions.
  • Good for you, by the way; tough to do amid dysfunction.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • This means the joint moves too much, which is a common cause of dysfunction.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But the story detectable through the fog is one of a job market still in the throes of dysfunction.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Your husband holds the key to the dysfunction and lack of respect in your household.
    Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The dysfunction in this town is very, very widely known.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024
  • Horror movies help some of us process all that dysfunction and worst-ness.
    Sean Abley, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022
  • His play with the Jets has not been ideal, and the rumors of dysfunction might be too much to overlook.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
  • On top of all the chaos and dysfunction, more and more members of Congress are heading for the exits.
    Mark Murray, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • There was too much at stake, too much to do, too much to fix, and too much division to the degree of great dysfunction.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2023
  • For the second time in a week, the House also canceled votes on two funding bills that lacked the support to pass, adding to the dysfunction.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • What does Boston Rob make of all that Traitors dysfunction?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Auburn eats itself from the inside out, and now players don’t have to put up with that dysfunction.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The human brain is the most complex organ on the planet, and the signs of its dysfunction are manifold.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2023
  • Downey was set to play a cop obsessed with bringing the killer to justice in this sendup of Beltway dysfunction.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
  • That doesn’t mean your team can’t be better or that it isn’t held back by all-too-common forms of dysfunction.
    Scott Brown, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • After all the chaos and dysfunction, the British people deserve a say over who governs the country.
    Laura Beers, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
  • These five days of deceit and dysfunction don’t stand alone and won’t end with this argument.
    Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The dreams shared in 2018 are gone, instead replaced by pessimism and dysfunction.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Not just hospitals The dysfunction runs across the whole health ecosystem.
    Nick Thomas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
  • But strife and dysfunction, long bearable parts of life there, have driven the city to paralysis.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
  • On the other call, with a reporter, Repole tried to explain the dysfunction of horse racing.
    Joe Drape, New York Times, 4 May 2023
  • Here’s a look at the worst of the Bears, from record to point differential to takeaways to general dysfunction.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Inflammation is the trigger for most of the dysfunction and disease in our bodies and in our skin.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2023
  • The dysfunction has left area residents with a nagging fear: what happens when a big fire comes?
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • By the fall, the DeSantis operation was mired in a mess of dysfunction.
    Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • At the time, that seemed like a full-time job itself with a franchise so accustomed to losing and dysfunction.
    Mark Maske, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Relationships should be easy, the thinking goes, and any hint of conflict is a sign of dysfunction.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The Eagles also went 18-3 and won the championship a year after dysfunction led to the team losing six of its final seven games, including a playoff defeat.
    Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Together, the research team suggests these two factors may be contributing to the ailments and immune dysfunction many astronauts experience on the job.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2025

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