How to Use inconstant in a Sentence

inconstant

adjective

• Swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circled orb, lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
  — Shannon Stirone, Wired, 11 Apr. 2020
• But more interesting than Medvedev’s inconstant persona were the shades and shadows of his game.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2019
• Migraine auras and pounding headaches are inconstant partners.
  — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2018
• But the about-face on Syria was about more than the indiscipline of a reliably inconstant presidency.
  — W.j. Hennigan, Time, 12 Apr. 2018
• And the prospect of hacking by foreign adversaries—or by any malign actor—will always be present in a system as decentralized and inconstant as the one that grew out of that single line in the Constitution.
  — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 7 July 2020
• While the rhetoric makes sense, Trump's decision to decertify Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal, coupled with his inconstant support for Iraq's Kurds, have pushed things closer toward an endgame.
  — Ian Bremmer, Time, 19 Oct. 2017
• Despite their impact, these inventions trickled across Eurasia, because trade was slow and inconstant.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2011
• No indications of inconstant constants have yet emerged.
  — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2021
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis, on the other hand, is an inconstant thing.
  — New York Times, 2 July 2018
• The former President’s endorsement last month of Oz—a television celebrity who had not lived in Pennsylvania for decades, and whose commitment to conservative principles was at best inconstant—was seen as an out-of-the-box choice.
  — The New Yorker, 15 May 2022
• His main failing has been inconstant rhetorical leadership.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2020
• As the paranoid Lise grows convinced that her husband is plotting to induce her to commit suicide, the voices ratchet up, accusing her of various offenses: of being an inattentive wife, an inconstant mother, a solipsistic writer.
  — New York Times, 26 Jan. 2021
• Some things must abide, beyond the power of equivocators, thugs, and misbegotten presidents, beyond the influence of inconstant political drama.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Aug. 2017
• Turgenev was also indecisive, inconstant, maybe even a bit unreliable.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022

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