How to Use aberration in a Sentence

aberration

noun
  • For her, such a low grade on an exam was an aberration.
  • But that has proven to be an aberration.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
  • This is their chance to prove that game wasn’t an aberration.
    — Ryan Connors, ajc, 8 Sep. 2017
  • And all of these things are a trend, not a one-game aberration.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2017
  • If the dogs’ paws have any aberrations or cuts, the salts will burn.
    — John Surico, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
  • This is no longer an aberration.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Whether this was an aberration or the norm remains to be seen.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
  • In other words, this may be an aberration rather than a new trend.
    — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 15 June 2021
  • Was this bigger role a one-game aberration or a sign of things to come?
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Was that last Hawkeyes win an aberration from the three-point line?
    — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 10 Jan. 2021
  • His lawyer said in court filings that his crime was an aberration.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Are his most recent three games an aberration, or a sign of his progress?
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2022
  • By themselves, the home runs could be viewed as an aberration.
    — Times Staff Reports, latimes.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • But this was likely a one-year aberration to get the books in order.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2021
  • For me, this season is an aberration of some of the past seasons.
    — Jordan Taliha McDonald, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The Bears have to hope that was more of an aberration than anything else.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • To be a two-time All-Star says last year wasn't an aberration.
    — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 July 2018
  • Is this a late-life aberration, or can the tropism be traced to a deeper angst that was missed in its time?
    — The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The play that inspired the statue was not an aberration.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The decision proved more of an omen than an aberration.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Maybe this is an aberration and maybe next week at home Aaron Rodgers will be great.
    — Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2021
  • But in a way, Perry’s last great stand on the pop charts with those records was an aberration.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
  • And that year wasn't an aberration, but rather the start of a long dry spell for country/pop crossover.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Here and there, artistic aberrations emerge in the motif.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The election of Moore was not an aberration but part of a long-running trend.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 30 Sep. 2017
  • The hope is that Sunday’s success was a sign of things to come, and not just an aberration.
    — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Whether that was an aberration or the sign of things to come in his early 30s remains to be seen.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Aside from the aberration that was the 70s, it's been that way forever.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2018
  • The kid from Istanbul’s streets was not an aberration.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The goal proved to be an aberration, as Minnesota kept control of the ball.
    — Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2018

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