Example Sentences

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Gabriel Funez, a Venezuelan waiter, moved to Chile four years ago, crossing the land border irregularly to escape his country's "very, very bad economic situation".

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

El Pais daily reported that the Civil Guard had searched the convent "to clarify if the former nuns had irregularly sold pieces of sacred art".

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

In a new study from Northwestern Medicine, researchers have created a more refined genetic risk score that helps determine whether a person is likely to develop arrhythmia, a condition in which the heart beats irregularly.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

My heart fluttered so quickly and irregularly it made me see spots, landing me in the hospital for monitoring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

With little ripples that were hardly the shadows of waves, the laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald