How To Use Choppy In A Sentence

The crowd stood and cheered when the two appeared together, Romo sporting a choppy bob instead of her famous long locks.
Modak said that a small quantity of the ship's oil had leaked but had been broken up and taken out to sea by yesterday's choppy swells.
Vu again shot away from the start, rowing more comfortably than his heavier rivals in the choppy water.
My walk is an inelegant bob… as if navigating a choppy sea.
He smacked his choppy lips, his moist skin dark olive green in the candlelight.

Valery conveys a sense of the viewer's charged state and the imminent darkness in his exclamatory tones, alternating lines with choppy rhythms with those that hurtle towards their close.
LynnFlewelling 9:08 pm: Little fishing boats were coming in for the night, scudding across the choppy harbor, their lateen sails black moth wings against the vermillion sunset. Transcript: Well-Rounded Worlds with Lynn Flewelling « Coyote Con
The choppy, layered cut is used by hairdressers to make it seem as though their clients' hair is thicker than it really is.
His gray eyes glinted with an air of impatience as he offered a helping hand to another being, a small boy, his choppy brown locks sticking out disobediently in all directions as he was pulled back to his feet.
The one down side is the average ride quality that results in a choppy ride on poor surfaces. The Sun
Mia's short cut and choppy fringe are more versatile than you think.
Over this two - mile stretch, the massive sweep of the Junction Pool, with its lovely, choppy fly water at the throat and its tantalisingly glassy tail, is a sure thing at this time of year.
Choppy waves soused the seaweed which clung to the rocks.
But choppy waters subside, and the sharks and the little fishes and the roosters should be aware of this.
He was still staring impassively out over the choppy, angry waters of Blackwood Lake.
A stiff breeze and choppy sea change my plan. Times, Sunday Times
Ahead of us, all I could see was a wide horizon with no end to the choppy seas.
It's been a choppy ride. Times, Sunday Times
Be aware that choppy seas mean that smaller boats roll more than larger vessels. Times, Sunday Times
Her long locks have vanished and she's got a new choppy bob.
Together they've made Julianne's choppy bob one of Hollywood's most copied cuts.
The old man cut away the demurral with a choppy gesture.
With a unique take on post-punk dance music, Maximum Joy meld punky choppy guitars, disco-funk beats and basslines, skronk-y jazz elements, reggae and dub effects, polyrhythms and (more!) cowbell. Hit me with your best shot (Music (For Robots))
On the other side of the breakwater is a choppy small bay where the more experienced snorkelers go out. Billingsgazette.com
A night of calm, when sleep is well-nigh impossible in the sultry, muggy air, may be followed by a day of blazing sun and an oily swell from the south'ard, connoting great gales in that area of ocean we are sailing toward -- or all day long the Elsinore, under an overcast sky, royals and sky sails furled, may plunge and buck under wind-pressure into a short and choppy head-sea. CHAPTER XXVII
A short choppy shag that drapes seductively across your forehead and cheeks would be another Libran hairstyle winner.
Elsewhere, it was a choppy day for trading. The Sun
It's often imaginative, but the choppy and pedestrian delivery strongly stunts the acidic flavour.
It will be a choppy ride but hold for now. Times, Sunday Times
Many a swimming pool fund has run into choppy water and adventure playground appeals turned into assault courses!
The bottom of her dress, I noted, had been scissored so that the ends were choppy and uneven - probably to look more ‘rock’ and less ‘pretty’, I guessed as I returned the small smile.
I think you maybe meant to say "Tilda Swinton was the the only gleam of light in the ambivalent putrescence of bad acting, choppy 'plot,' and butchered source material of 'Constantine.' After the Relapse
Things are so much easier now I can converse, albeit in a choppy inept way, in Japanese.
He stood by the windows, looking out over the great expanse of choppy sea, his tall form draped in something nondescript which might have been a military greatcoat.
That is because most small-cap managers tend to buy the larger of the small companies, which are stabler and more liquid, and thus do better when markets get choppy. Stock Picking Gets Trickier
Our other issue with the preview version of the game was the choppy frame rate and uneven sense of speed.
While Odita's works have roots in patterned geometric abstraction, their choppy contours suggest both turbulence and organic growth.
The water was choppy, and dunked the bobbers under several times and often, pushing them one way, then another, like utter chaos.
Got my hair cut today in a v stylish bob with short choppy fringe that makes me look exactly like a blowfish. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
That beach breeze is doing wonders for her choppy blonde hair.
I like some the choppy rhythm, and the alternating difficult rhymes - endless/tortoise, fractal/awful, commitments/balance.
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A minute into the track, Avi Bortnick's choppy wah-wah rhythm guitar kick starts proceedings, closely followed by Jesse Murphy on bass and drummer Adam Deitch.
The surface was slightly choppy but otherwise it was a gorgeous English summer's day.
She wore her brown hair in the choppy cut of a lead singer from a local rock band.
From here, looking back across the choppy river, there is the best view of Greenwich, with the twin halves of the Royal Naval College, and the green swell of Greenwich Park behind.
The young actress was one of several crew members who found the choppy seas of the Caribbean a little unsettling.
Time and again, the legislation has sailed through congressional votes only to encounter choppy seas as it neared the safe harbor of enactment.
He said he thought he saw a yellow kayak and was going to help when he was overcome by the choppy water and "tumped" (Galveston dialect) over. The Daily News - News
Drifting out of an open window, riding over a choppy bassline, comes the distinctive voice of Omar.
Emotional Branding navigates these choppy waters by enabling brands to carry on a personal dialogue with consumers on the issues which are most meaningful to them.
The Insight steers anaesthetically but adequately, is a touch choppy over bumps, and brakes firmly and naturally even though up to 60 percent of braking effort comes from the regenerative braking which uses the absorption of kinetic energy to recharge the battery via the motor. Motoring
Time and again, the legislation has sailed through congressional votes only to encounter choppy seas as it neared the safe harbor of enactment.
Reveries of former felicity are interrupted by the sight of a valiant little vessel ploughing towards us through choppy seas.
His gravelly voice, honed by years of bellowing across vast, choppy distances at fellow yachtsmen, brooked no denials. A MEANS TO EVIL
Magisterial/ magnanimous Seigl rose like a cresting dolphin out of the choppy sea to invite" my friends" to have drinks, sandwiches on him. THE TATTOOED GIRL
At the reservoir, the choppy water initially deterred the wary goslings from taking their first dip.
Our jaws hit the floor when we first spotted Jennifer Lawrence's new choppy cut.
In the comfort of their trapezes and trampolines, the multihull sailors had an easier time than the courageous Laser sailors, who were constantly adjusting sails, gear and centerboards to the gusts of wind and choppy waters.
Curator Joan Murray once called it a "magnificent failure" - the choppy, thickly coloured brush strokes of the water, the flat tree and hills, the clouds billowing against, not with, the wind - but don't discount the word "magnificent. Thestar.com - Home Page
This meant climbing to the top of the 80 ft mast in a safety harness, with the yacht plunging in gusts of wind and a choppy sea, and holding on for dear life for five hours while she attached a spare halyard.
I'm sitting behind Tommy and five other former whalers in a whale observation tent high above the choppy seas of Cook Strait.
Chad made it to the door in a few short and choppy steps, and yanked it open.
Our main sign is most often a wiry and choppy pulse, and congested purplish veins in the inner eye lids.
He has nothing to do with the choppy rhythms of the Rococo, nor its obvious confession of make-believe.
The wind gusted, making the water slightly choppy, but otherwise it was a fine day.
The sea was rough and choppy, and a south-easterly wind, steadily on the increase, made the fishermen's task ever more dangerous.
I had sailed for about a mile in a north-westerly direction and the sea began to get very choppy.
Its slowburning choppy intro starts like the opening to a Jewish hymn, before the entire band bursts into a kaleidoscopic sound addiction.
The clips all share a rough, choppy style, as clunky as their conversational tone. Times, Sunday Times
As we got further out the waves got calmer, but for right now they were choppy and making the boat lurch from side to side, pitching with each rise and fall of a wave.
Her hair was a shiny, choppy bob - more cutting edge than her previous longer style. The Sun
Many a swimming pool fund has run into choppy water and adventure playground appeals turned into assault courses!
The rough crossing in the cold and choppy waters from the U.K. to the shores of North America took 10 days.
A freshening wind whipped peaks of white from the choppy waters, in turn cold gray and bronzy green, and she looked to the sky with new worry. Raven Speak
A strong headwind and choppy water made rowing difficult for the young hopefuls during the three day trials.
My walk is an inelegant bob… as if navigating a choppy sea.
He was about to try again when a choppy message mentioned the name Rachel. Rogue Wave
The water is choppy, cold and deep - the chances are you can't even see the bottom.
European stocks ended a choppy session in the black Tuesday, as investors grappled with a mixed bag of economic data. European Stocks End Higher
Got my hair cut today in a v stylish bob with short choppy fringe that makes me look exactly like a blowfish. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
On Sunday at dusk two boat loads arrived despite the choppy sea and high winds. Times, Sunday Times
Certainly, the choppy English should not reflect poorly on the quality of the information presented.
Our teacher was using the ocean as a simile for the mind: the ocean was rough and choppy on the surface, she said, but silent and still at its vast depths.
The sea was rough and choppy, and a south-easterly wind, steadily on the increase, made the fishermen's task ever more dangerous.
The town planning ship ran into choppy waters and it remains in uncertain seas.
The channel may have been suetty but it was not choppy. Europe Revised
Rose looks absolutely fabulous in both the color and style of her longer choppy bob.
Her notes were bouncy and choppy and her audience was pressed for breath.
Her chin length French vanilla hued bob is heavily layered ending in razored edges that are slightly choppy and flippy.
There aren't too many women who would brave the choppy waters of Lough Arrow and catch some of its famous trout.
The Insight steers anaesthetically but adequately, is a touch choppy over bumps, and brakes firmly and naturally even though up to 60 per cent of braking effort comes from the regenerative braking which uses the absorption of kinetic energy to recharge the battery via the motor. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
The light winds went and the sea became choppy. Times, Sunday Times
His delivery was choppy, halting now and then, as if he were choking up, on the verge of tears.
With his rouged cheeks and talcumed face, he resembled a genial eighteenth century wind-up doll waving welcome with choppy strokes.
The bad weather and choppy waves meant the ice was breaking up; the piece of ice they were on had broken away from the main body.
Greene then created this choppy bob by razor-cutting the hair into asymmetrical sides, supershort bangs and a cropped back.
The swoopy roofline and choppy rear end suggest it has more style than practical substance, though. Times, Sunday Times
The giant fund-raising event took place on Saturday but the choppy waters caused some competitors to capsize.
Hair loss can be instantly disguised with a sizzling new choppy cut.
When I go from playing my PC to playing a shooter on a console I find it choppy and annoying.
Many times, conformation dictates how the horse moves; his choppy gaits are comfortable for him, if not for you.
The wind lashed the water into a choppy expanse of whitecaps.
Investors are braced for a choppy ride. Times, Sunday Times
Piano Concerto #15's opening allegro, for example, scintillates like sunlight on a choppy lake.
Her hair was a shiny, choppy bob - more cutting edge than her previous longer style. The Sun
She gave it an edgy twist with her choppy hairstyle, a cute look that suited her petite frame. The Sun
In fact, the years between 1660 and 1685 were something of an aberration, a brief period of calm in an otherwise choppy sea.
The sea was calm/smooth/choppy/rough when we crossed the Channel.
Its windows gave a view of the choppy night waters of Lake Managua and a scattering of supply boats docked at the metal pier. Kahen no Ame
A fat lady on stage was far more of a subversive statement than the ruched purple pants and shirt worn by one model with a choppy haircut and a glum expression. Robin Givhan's take on the punk style of Gaultier, Balmain, Givenchy
I can understand that the acting was supposed to be choppy, and the sets were supposed to look fake.
- Watch for dangerous waves and signs of rip currents, such as discolored or unusually choppy water, or water that is foamy or filled with debris. Undefined
A stubborn current began to muscle against the raft as 5-foot waves peeled off choppy waters.
It struck her suddenly: the world as one choppy sidewalk of wannabes - everyone with something to hail a chance for.
The Orsay picture is the more finished of the two, showing five faceless men rowing their boat through a choppy sea towards a waiting ship on the horizon.
I was interested in the geese feeding at the edge of a very choppy River Aire.
The sea was grey and the tide race choppy, but it was beautiful, in a wild way.
This meant climbing to the top of the 80 ft mast in a safety harness, with the yacht plunging in gusts of wind and a choppy sea, and holding on for dear life for five hours while she attached a spare halyard.
Such choppy interferences told them an island was beyond their sight.
Search vessels and helicopters continued scouring the choppy seas despite fading hopes of finding the nine still missing from the boat.
The fishing is divided into Upper, Middle and Lower beats and offers a mixture of falls, deep holding pools and choppy fly-fishing streams.
Fanfare sounds erupt over funereal pulses broken into by choppy keyboard figures. 1982: Pintura – review
When you're out on the water, you've got to contend with a choppy and unpredictable sea.
A gale was blowing and the sea was choppy.
Highly leveraged funds sink quickly in such choppy markets.
It is characterized by an expressionless face, slow initiation of motor activity, loss of secondary movements (such as arm swing, which gives the patient a stiff, frozen appearance), and micrographia (handwriting becomes small and choppy). The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
Good timing of the turn makes an enormous difference, especially in choppy water.
I have a slight wave in my hair so it looks choppy when it is roughly cut.
Many a swimming pool fund has run into choppy water and adventure playground appeals turned into assault courses!
The ride toward a fully connected community has been as choppy as Lake Michigan on a windy fall day.
Forgive me if I take a long time with the next chapter and if it seems snippety and choppy: I just started taking midterms today.
Their sensitive blips-and-bleeps, combined with choppy beats, gave them a texture similar to the Scottish duo, ‘Boards of Canada.’
BRITAIN'S biggest pub group has shelved plans to pay a dividend this year amid predictions of choppy trading conditions ahead. The Sun
The full-length keel aids in directional stability as well as dampening roll and the deep forefoot helps to prevent pounding in choppy seas.
In Giardini di Pogo and Conversazione Telefonica con Ulan Bator, choppy black elements, like the residue of axes, anchor irregular tesserae of strong color.
On our first morning in Havana, the ocean was still choppy from a storm the night before.
The story is divided into five parts that makes the writing choppy, uneven and confusing.
It's clear that a great deal was edited out of Soderbergh's final cut, and, while the absence of this material doesn't render the storyline incoherent, there are occasions when the narrative becomes choppy.
The bad weather and choppy waves meant the ice was breaking up; the piece of ice they were on had broken away from the main body.
The rough crossing in the cold and choppy waters from the U.K. to the shores of North America took 10 days.
She had short choppy black hair and big rimmed glasses resting on her small nose.
On each of the two previous nights, boats that had sailed from Libya had sunk in choppy seas. Times, Sunday Times
The choppy, shoulder-length cut with lots of layers is a really good look for spring.
If you imagine the ground as the surface of a sea, these waves range from ripples to choppy whitecaps to long, slow swells.
While the text seems choppy at times due to an effort to cover so much material, the many figures, tables and graphs supplement the material well.
I had sailed for about a mile in a north-westerly direction and the sea began to get very choppy.
He arrived last year so fresh-faced he looked too young to be a batboy, and he left as the Mariners 'rangiest second baseman since Jose Lopez took his first choppy steps at Safeco Field. HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
If you imagine the ground as the surface of a sea, these waves range from ripples to choppy whitecaps to long, slow swells.
He joked about his unexpected arrival by car after choppy seas prevented a sea-borne landing.
Her hair has been cropped into a cute, choppy, shoulder-length haircut that seems to be particularly on-trend for spring.
This was how a recent trip to Indigo Yard began, with four besuited bankers apparently intent on letting the whole world know they had just ventured into the choppy waters of the mid-life crisis.
His gravelly voice, honed by years of bellowing across vast, choppy distances at fellow yachtsmen, brooked no denials. A MEANS TO EVIL
Early morning is usually calm, but as heat rises off the land during the day, it invokes an onshore wind and choppy water.
Meanwhile the United States could find no speed in their short, choppy strokes.
The sea was calm/smooth/choppy/rough when we crossed the Channel.
Choppy it was but as we got farther out into the lee of the outer islands the sea calmed considerably.
At 03: 00 the lifeboat was in tow but choppy conditions meant she was yawing dangerously. Speaking Like A Pirate « Tales from the Reading Room
With even individual users being drawn into lawsuits, the legal waters have become very choppy indeed.
Added to that, there's not much in the way of waves, either, which is just as well, as the last thing you need when you're trying to balance on a narrow board is a choppy sea.
Queen of gamine style, Audrey Tautou's choppy pixie has been her mainstay for quite a while now.
I have navigated the choppy waters of love and come out on top.
The Boston was forced to land in choppy seas because of a failed oil pump.
If you're fishing some choppy water why not try a muddler minnow across the surface.
It doesn't look like it's too choppy right now, the waves don't look very big.
Fuzzy black material on the canvas's surface creates high relief topped by white paint, as in a model of choppy waters seen from above.
The full-length keel aids in directional stability as well as dampening roll and the deep forefoot helps to prevent pounding in choppy seas.
The rub is that it's an hour-long speedboat ride on sometimes choppy waters.
Walking with Neglect is so belabored and choppy, requiring miles of effort to drag myself a few miserable feet. Left Neglected
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