How To Use Sporadic In A Sentence

These warlords continue to exercise their authority by means of force and firepower, and often engage in sporadic armed conflict against one another.
Since then, there have been sporadic attempts at least to get individual westerns off the ground. Times, Sunday Times
Subterranean species are difficult to monitor since they appear seasonally and sporadically in seeps and springs or may not appear even during high water flows.
ICE hasn't listed any native Filipino on its "gangbanger" watchlist or detention cells in the past few years, although insignificant remnants of Pinoy street gangs like Akrho and Bahala Na Gang sporadically surface in known Filipino communities here and in Carson, Glendale, Eagle Rock, San Fernando Valley, Rowland Heights, West Covina and Hawthorne. Undefined
Cognitive blanks are the sporadic result of careless reading, I knew.

Olives from wild trees (oleasters) were sporadically gathered, in the Near East, by Neolithic peoples about 10,000 years ago.
In spite of sporadic violence, polling was largely orderly.
She claims that she had sporadic contact with her alleged father. Times, Sunday Times
For example, a family history of multiple relatives with Down syndrome suggests an inherited translocation, not sporadic non-disjunction.
She had not spoken to her parents in years and contact with her sisters was sporadic and infrequent.
Soft or sporadic snoring, which is not generally considered a health hazard, would be at the other end. Sound Effects
England's replacements did make some kind of difference, although still the attacks were sporadic. Times, Sunday Times
But sporadic fighting continues between militiamen, rebels and government troops in the lawless north-east.
First, data on law firm clientele are sporadically and unreliably available.
Alliance forces met only sporadic resistance to an overwhelming display of firepower. Times, Sunday Times
Over the next few weeks my posts might be a bit sporadic as my exam is due in October and I have a mighty rush to complete the course work, do the last assignment and revise.
Understandably, they were subject to sporadic physical attacks from partisans and Polish villagers. Refugees in the Age of Total War
It all adds up to a very uneven, sporadic film experience.
Although there were some sporadic attacks, things were relatively quiet. Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War
But, given these similarities, it's at least possible that he might have followed Axl Rose's lead, turning into a loopy, mansion-bound recluse, tinkering with unfinished projects, piling on the suet and emerging sporadically to sue his ex-bandmates and have a punch-up with Tommy Hilfiger. Never mind Nevermind, 1991 was all about Guns N' Roses
The city by night became increasingly anarchic with sporadic bursts of gunfire. Times, Sunday Times
There were reports of sporadic fighting in the streets.
The vagueness of the selectmen's assessment of whether or not to continue with the present workhouse or build another one closer to the center of town might indicate that the house had infrequent or sporadic use as a workhouse.
Strong velarisation of certain consonant groups, especially of the cluster ‘cl’, which is typical of most Irish dialects, has only been noted sporadically.
Some phenomena will be periodic, some episodic/sporadic, and some may be solitonic one-time-happenstance. Underground Problems with Mann-Holes « Climate Audit
Fires continue to belch smoke over the city and sporadic gunfire echoes through the flooded streets.
Alfred answered the Danish threat by creating an impressive system of fortified burhs [boroughs] throughout his realm and by reforming the fyrd, changing it from a sporadic levy of king's men and their retinues into a standing force.
A year of sporadic contact passed. Times, Sunday Times
In some inland areas of the country where the availability of water is seasonal and sporadic, sheep have often had to rely on artesian or sub-artesian water.
The attacks followed sporadic rioting in the west and north of the city on Monday night when 22 police officers were injured. Times, Sunday Times
In spite of sporadic violence, polling was largely orderly.
he only works sporadically
Bacharach resurfaced only sporadically in the '70s and '80s, turning out the occasional hit with his new wife, Carole Bayer Sager.
Perhaps it means that low-key, sporadic participation, which is the norm for most displays of citizenship, is not enough?
One of the big problems now facing the industry is sporadic discharges when the sewer system is unable to cope with heavy rain and sewage. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps it means that low-key, sporadic participation, which is the norm for most displays of citizenship, is not enough?
Those who are familiar with the New Testament record of his teachings would admit that the material we possess is unsystematic and sporadic in nature.
When grown in their natural environment, often consisting of hot climates with sporadic rainfalls, C 4 plants have a selective advantage over C 3 plants.
There is also sporadic news of high ranking al-Qaeda officials travelling in Iran, seeming to be causally connected to terror attacks in Iraq.
Although for much of the time the various teams within the city operated in tandem, respecting each other's territory, there were sporadic turf wars characterised by tit-for-tat shootings, with kneecappings a popular form of warning or 'frightener'. Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover
Sporadically developed crenulation occurs on some foliation surfaces as small patches of closely spaced wrinkles.
The unpredictable, sporadic nature of storms on an open coast presumably render exposed shores unstable in this respect.
His sporadic attempts to record solo records were not very successful. Times, Sunday Times
After a few minutes her laughter abated to sporadic giggles.
The microgranite has a felsitic groundmass containing microphenocrysts of albite and orthoclase along with phenocrysts of corroded quartz and sporadic dihedral garnet.
A prominent streak of misanthropy and shyness in his nature resulted in his concert career being sporadic.
When Haleem returns from the Navy at age twenty-one in 1959, his life consists of sporadic interactions with the family and attending college courses with little interest.
Several thousand were slaughtered in this sporadic sectarian violence which continued intermittently after 1795.
The sound change would be sporadic but not without credible phonetic motivation since the height of the vowel e and the preceding palatal l which is naturally +high as well might have lacked sufficient saliency for speakers to maintain without further fortition of the preceding m. Some random thoughts on Proto-Aegean languages
He was never going to be available for sporadic short-term gigs, except in an ex post facto fantasy about the Cohan years. SFGate: Top News Stories
In those days, long before comic shops were conceivable, especially in the nowheresville, Leicestershire where I lived, American comics were as rare and sporadic a presence as nylons in wartime.
THE "BORN" IDENTITY: The "Born This Way" episode of Glee is even more AfterSchool Special than usual, a sporadically enjoyable seminar in self-acceptance with a chaser of Nip/Tuck, as Rachel considers altering her schnozz after Finn busts it in rehearsal, prompting Mr. Schue to urge the entire glee club — and OCD gal pal Emma — to embrace their metaphorical warts. Matt's TV Week in Review: A Wedding, A Farewell, and More!
Fires continue to belch smoke over the city and sporadic gunfire echoes through the flooded streets.
The second track is even more severe, beginning with soft and sporadic shards of computer noise, at a level too low to be heard without turning the volume way up.
As Schlesinger explains at pp. 156-59 of the Mariner Books edition: "What had been for a century and a half sporadic executive practice employed in very unusual circumstances was now in a brief decade hypostatized into sacred constitutional principle. Aziz Huq: Subpoenas and the Exercise of "Executive Privilege"
Certainly the fire had been strong initially, although since they had taken cover it had become more sporadic. Man of Honour
Yet while complications ensue in satirical subplots in which love and money commingle, hilarity proves only sporadic. Times, Sunday Times
The film also features high-tech special effects, dialogue in "Hinglish," a mixture of Hindi and sporadic English, and scenes that until recently would have been taboo by Indian cinema's conservative standards, including kissing and brief nudity. A Passage to Hollywood
After sporadic usage, the cordiform projection all but disappeared by the 18th century in favor of the Bonne projection.
Yet while complications ensue in satirical subplots in which love and money commingle, hilarity proves only sporadic. Times, Sunday Times
Jules, who had found a sheep-pond in the dark a little lower down, gave what you might call a cinematograph reproduction o 'sporadic musketry. A Diversity of Creatures
Centuries of sporadic sectarian violence had largely died away by the 20th century. Times, Sunday Times
The city by night became increasingly anarchic with sporadic bursts of gunfire. Times, Sunday Times
They have had only sporadic contact since. Times, Sunday Times
It's probably a metaphor for the sporadicness and momentariness and transientness of being an actor. Times, Sunday Times
Hence, interest was slight and sporadic, and the works were not assimilated into mainstream western art history.
They exhibit and work extensively on the Continent and in the UK, but only sporadically in the US.
This ear to ear variation was probably due largely to sporadic male sterility which resulted in a small but apparently significant reduction in the number of grains per ear in some plants.
Basically our internet works sporadically, meaning it works for five minutes and doesn't work for five days. Archive 2007-11-01
Both inherited (autosomal dominant and recessive with variable levels of penetrance) and sporadic forms of uncombable hair syndrome have been described, both being characterized by scalp hair that is impossible to comb due to the haphazard arrangement of the hair bundles. Boing Boing
Since then, there have been sporadic attempts at least to get individual westerns off the ground. Times, Sunday Times
It was early admitted that certain cases of so-called membranous croup in children occurred after or while other members of the family or household had diphtheria; and for a time the opposing camps used such words as "sporadic" or scattered croup, which was supposed to come of itself, and "epidemic" or contagious croup, which was diphtheria. Preventable Diseases
Sure, Ann Coulter has proven that being shrill and vapid is no serious barrier to success, but Coulter is at least sporadically witty and entertaining — she can turn a phrase, whether or not she uses it to say much of anything. Peer Produced Harassment
The attacks followed sporadic rioting in the west and north of the city on Monday night when 22 police officers were injured. Times, Sunday Times
GenoMed's SNPs may pick up the remaining 95 % of sporadic breast cancer cases in white women, i.e. in women without a strong family history of breast cancer.
Sumek, whose family owns Lenco transmissions, has raced the car sporadically the last couple of years.
Actual dance is sporadic: swift, full-out solos or canonic group movement unfolding in waves. Times, Sunday Times
Beneath the dead trees, the forest floor is awash in fresh grasses and sporadic thick blooms of lupine, arnica, penstemon, and other wild flowers.
Tripoli was quieter yesterday, despite sporadic gunfire. The Sun
He was imprisoned for twelve years and has been sporadically jailed since, but the Algerian government now lets him run on a leash. The Times Literary Supplement
It has blunted sporadic attacks from politicians, but its government funding is periodically threatened.
The workers accused management of keeping them guessing about their future with the troubled car assembly plant, which has only functioned sporadically over the past two years.
He sporadically thinks of the possibility of a pardon.
But the individual civilizations had only sporadic contacts with each other. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity
However, media coverage was sporadic at best, in large measure because West Coast critics and arts editors tended to cover contemporary works.
Indian military helicopters circled low over the site throughout the day as sporadic gunfire continued. Times, Sunday Times
With it went the myth that the modern game must be a barren wasteland of aerial ping pong, interspersed with sporadic outbursts of pick and drive. Times, Sunday Times
He had served time for burglary and his sporadic work history included stints at a steak house and a pizza place. Times, Sunday Times
Old, his face was weathered and wrinkled, but he always had a smile for the strange woman and her sporadic emotional outbursts.
But the individual civilizations had only sporadic contacts with each other. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity
This general result I shall only support by the authority of Dr. Ramsbotham, who gives, as the result of his experience, that the same symptoms belong to what he calls the infectious and the sporadic forms of the disease, and the opinion of Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
She was listless, helpless, but not suicidal, and used cocaine sporadically.
There has been action taken sporadically or on a one-off basis, but no concerted move. Times, Sunday Times
On the East Coast, sporadic records document louvars from Connecticut to south Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
After only a few weeks the episodes have become sporadic. Times, Sunday Times
He was given a sixth share in the catch and returned to Polmayne sporadically -- either out of pocket or flush after a good splat of fish. THE MAIN CAGES
The distant thunder from the coast continued sporadically.
Few sporadic reports describe post-mortem changes in human brain of heat stress victims.
After that, he called sporadically, usually late at night, to tell her what he’d bought for her and the kids. Unveiled
The continental record in South America, where caimans spent much of their history, is sporadic.
Although the show has aired sporadically in syndication, it has never been officially released on DVD.
There had already been a few sporadic skirmishes along their heavily fortified border.
As a result, their resistance was sporadic and uncoordinated, and many were killed.
{xiv} indwelling and permeative Life of the human spirit, but as foreign and remote, and He was thought of as "coming" in sporadic visitations to whom He would, His coming being indicated in extraordinary and charismatic manifestations. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries
There were only sporadic moments of virtuosity from Pelé, but enough of them draw gasps of admiration from the starstruck throng. Times, Sunday Times
The conflict ended in 2003 but its effects are still felt, with hundreds dying each day from diseases and sporadic attacks from rebel militia groups. Times, Sunday Times
Sporadic hatches of mayflies were observed in some of the bays and if the present mild weather continues the main hatch should be in full swing in about one week's time.
A handful of sporadic recordings appeared during the 1970s but years of obscurity and hard times followed. Times, Sunday Times
He wants to learn how the peregrine does it, how a bird can fly hundreds of miles a day, feeding sporadically and buffeted by uncooperative winds.
Sporadic sounds from instruments and band members yelling filled the room as everyone scrambled into their uniforms and went over their music one last time.
The gunfire was sporadic and seemed a long way off. Times, Sunday Times
Tight circles of light begin to appear, sporadically.
She occasionally breaks out a trumpet for some sporadic, appropriate bursts.
Fighting continued sporadically for two months.
There was little chance of another goal but the sporadic attacks did at least please the fans.
You'll need to sow in a block, as the plants are wind-pollinated and germinate sporadically. Times, Sunday Times
The track features a gently pulsating synthesizer under a spare, reverberating guitar melody, and is punctuated by the sporadic ebb and flow of a stuttering drum beat.
If you think of this as another of Altman's dissections of hermetic societies that function according to their own rules and imperatives, you may find yourself sporadically absorbed.
Yes, the film is sporadically funny, and, yes, it satirizes the genre, but I left the movie feeling like I had seen a missed opportunity.
As the permanent workplace becomes a shifting work space, daily face-to-face contact with fellow workers is increasingly sporadic.
Sandbag-lined bunkers and hastily-constructed concrete pillboxes rose sporadically out of the churned land.
The line coursed in sporadically, and Sasha, among a group of twenty or thirty, reached the building's first section. Tell Them, Please Tell Them
The situation is easing, although sporadic fresh outbreaks are still occurring.
Outwith the aforementioned mountain ranges, which are highest in Slovakia, larch is present only sporadically whilst arolla pine, if present, is considered by most an unnatural element.
Criticismo occurs in Spanish, in Baltasar Gracián's El Heroe (1637), and sporadically in eighteenth-century Italian, but disappeared as there was no problem of homonymy. LITERARY CRITICISM
The communal clashes have erupted sporadically since January 1998, claiming 28 lives.
In the United States, such features show up sporadically in arid lands from New Mexico to Idaho.
His sporadic cinematic output has been combined with fierce public attacks on the general media situation.
Outside their window, an insect's timid squeak peeped sporadically into the night, like a half-rusty hinge.
His sporadic attempts to record solo records were not very successful. Times, Sunday Times
I only win sporadically in the pools, because I always pick the University of Arizona to go all the way. Beware the Ides of March...
The violence, although sporadic, is horrendous. Times, Sunday Times
Later, our contact became more sporadic but we still had occasion to work together every once in a while.
Flights took place sporadically throughout the month in a desperate attempt to build up stockpiles of supplies before the winter.
‘Contamination appears not to be sporadic, but rather pervasive across the seed supplies for these crops,’ Mellon said.
Centuries of sporadic sectarian violence had largely died away by the 20th century. Times, Sunday Times
Protests by adherents are small, sporadic and uncoordinated.
As he spoke, sporadic gunfire rang out from the other side of a high wall surrounding the compound. Times, Sunday Times
It rained sporadically all morning, a fine, needle like mist that pelted my cheeks as I dashed from the house to the car. 2009 October « Becca’s Byline
City lights sprawled below, growing brighter and dimmer sporadically as the pod passed through low level cloudlets.
He says there have been sporadic firefights and some tank incursions all morning.
However, it was easier said than done, for Amelia was teleporting sporadically, making it impossible to determine where she'd appear next.
Capt. Conroy said his forces took sporadic fire for four more days, until Tuesday, April 15, when they withdrew to refuel.
In Romantic poetry, for instance, and its Victorian derivations and attenuations, anything nomadic is anticipated by the sporadic: those irregular phonemic rhythms entrained to signification in the first place — but not entirely enchained there. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
The mood is buoyant, the banter is sporadic and the outcome is patchy, if not mostly enjoyable.
Mother, don't worry - sporadic fasts are very healthy.
There were only sporadic moments of virtuosity from Pelé, but enough of them draw gasps of admiration from the starstruck throng. Times, Sunday Times
Sporadic attacks by small armed groups continued, meanwhile, against members of the security forces.
His hair was chaotically bedraggled, obviously soaked as well as sporadically covered with soapy foam.
Throughout the song, we hear tinkling piano, barely-tapped chimes and sporadic maracas.
The heavy-handed tactics resulted in sporadic clashes between protesters and police and numerous arrests.
Nor can it outweigh the sporadic frightfulness of pain and despair that occurs every second of every day.
Aside from sporadic showings at film festivals, his work has never been seen in the United States until now.
The interesting thing about this Government is not so much the sporadic outbursts of guerrilla warfare between Nos 10 and 11 Downing Street as the fact that the duumvirate of these two has endured for so long.
The dicentra normally has one or two blooms sporadically all season, this is highly unusual. November Dreams Bloom Day « Fairegarden
They looked like sunken fat cactuses, as a result of sporadic bristly hairs dotting their bulbous backs.
Witnesses reported sporadic outbreaks of violence and houses being torched.
This neighborhood is plagued by constant deterioration because of absentee landlords, lack of income to repair homes, few employment opportunities, crime, sporadic city services, and so on.
OH you have thrown in the lingo sporadically but the things in between are the real Michelle and because of that it takes back any of the good you have tried to say. Theodore's World
Understandably, they were subject to sporadic physical attacks from partisans and Polish villagers. Refugees in the Age of Total War
Thereafter, the death of the regent, Mary of Guise, unleashed new French intervention in Scotland; there was sporadic fighting, which was overtaken by full-blooded Protestant revolution.
One of the big problems now facing the industry is sporadic discharges when the sewer system is unable to cope with heavy rain and sewage. Times, Sunday Times
Sporadic gunfire could be heard and only pockets of resistance remained, according to the US.
Research seems to be sporadic in several other respects as well with the important exceptions of investigations in demography and family sociology.
Twain impersonator Richard Garey presents a one-man show in the Planters Barn Theater Monday-Saturday, May 29-Sept. 7 (plus sporadic performances in May); $16 adults; $14, children. 573-231-0021; heritagestage. com Mark Twain's celebrated Missouri hometown is jumping again
The gunfire was sporadic and seemed a long way off. Times, Sunday Times
I'm looking at the cake a second time and see that Bulie could be having a "HaRRy" birthday and that in addition to being a sporadic t-crosser, the cake decorator is also a sporadic i-dotter in birthday. Double Your Photos, Double Your "Fun"
They have had only sporadic contact since. Times, Sunday Times
As an impecunious artist myself, I have indeed had to learn to live by my wits, and by whatever sparse and sporadic income I can glean from my paintings.
Indian military helicopters circled low over the site throughout the day as sporadic gunfire continued. Times, Sunday Times
Much music was cut from Act Two, which only makes it seem more sporadic and disheveled than ever.
Hence, interest was slight and sporadic, and the works were not assimilated into mainstream western art history.
A DSS internal investigation concluded that half the counties in a 21-county survey were not routinely providing voter registration to DSS clients, that five of the remaining ten provided them only "sporadically;" and that one did not provide them at all. Demos: A Win For Low Income Voters' Rights In Missouri
Swansea suddenly found themselves restricted to sporadic attacks, with damage limitation their main concern. The Sun
It is known that dense silica deposition in these four cell types occurs sporadically in the epidermis of grasses and bamboos.
At sporadic intervals, we hear helicopter and speedboat engines humming above and near our little creek fortress. Times, Sunday Times
Yet while complications ensue in satirical subplots in which love and money commingle, hilarity proves only sporadic. Times, Sunday Times
The book sporadically manages to be amusingly catty, but never, try as it may, moving.
If I had to pick one of them, I would give Lindsey a slight edge only because she tends to be a more consistent player whereas Venus can be a little bit streaky, which is both good and bad, because when she gets on a good roll, she can put together points really well, although when she gets on a little bit of a bad roll she can spray the ball and be a little bit sporadic. CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Richard Paglario Discusses the U.S. Open Finals - September 9, 2000
In many rural districts provision was still patchy and enforcement of attendance sporadic.
Those who took their clofibrate sporadically had a five-year mortality of 24.6 percent, significantly higher than those who took it as directed, a piece of data that would seem to confirm the efficacy of clofibrate. The adherer effect | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
Her attendance at school was sporadic.
The conflict ended in 2003 but its effects are still felt, with hundreds dying each day from diseases and sporadic attacks from rebel militia groups. Times, Sunday Times
The distant thunder from the coast continued sporadically.
As he spoke, sporadic gunfire rang out from the other side of a high wall surrounding the compound. Times, Sunday Times
Hence, interest was slight and sporadic, and the works were not assimilated into mainstream western art history.
Moreover, the maladjusted financial and economic systems function sporadically and poorly with only ‘minimal stimulation.’
The situation is easing, although sporadic fresh outbreaks are still occurring.
Alliance forces met only sporadic resistance to an overwhelming display of firepower. Times, Sunday Times
Told through sporadic flashbacks, we initially side with Matthew and his enduring passion for Lisa, but as the film progresses, the audience is more inclined to sympathize with the vilified Alex.
Sporadic systems are those that produce avalanches, earthquakes, mudslides, volcanic eruptions and such like.
After only a few weeks the episodes have become sporadic. Times, Sunday Times
There was no sense of urgency from either team in the first half, with the game characterised by sporadic attacks at goals.
As a result, many groups see attendance become sporadic, at best. Christianity Today
The gunfire was sporadic and seemed a long way off. Times, Sunday Times
This general result I shall only support by the authority of Dr. Ramsbotham, who gives, as the result of his experience, that the same symptoms belong to what he calls the infectious and the sporadic forms of the disease, and the opinion of Armstrong in his original Essay. The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)
He had served time for burglary and his sporadic work history included stints at a steak house and a pizza place. Times, Sunday Times
Although there were some sporadic attacks, things were relatively quiet. Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War
Transnational problems are often episodic and sporadic and are difficult to plan for.
There has been sporadic violence downtown.

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