How to Use dereliction in a Sentence

dereliction

noun
  • The officer was formally charged with dereliction of duty.
  • But to not plan for such a scenario would be dereliction of duty.
    — Barry Tramel, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2020
  • But a refusal to think hard about this is something of a dereliction.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 June 2023
  • To not give the team and those fans and this city their best chance to win a title would be dereliction of duty.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
  • And that has been a huge dereliction on the part of America's elites.
    — Fox News, 25 Sep. 2018
  • As part of a plea deal, Ambuhl pleads guilty to one charge of dereliction of duty.
    — CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
  • But for a gossip columnist, that would be dereliction of duty.
    — Gonzalo Soltero, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Block by block, the city is reclaiming itself from dereliction.
    — Timothy O'Grady, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
  • Failing to do so could well be a dereliction of their fiduciary duty.
    — David Atkin, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The firing of the deputy mayor signals to us a dereliction of duty.
    — Michael Pfleger, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • But in the end, only one was convicted - of dereliction of duty.
    — Stephen Koff and Seth Richardson, cleveland.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Only one was found guilty of the lesser charge of negligent dereliction of duty and served no jail time.
    — Theara Coleman, theweek, 11 Sep. 2024
  • So the absolute clear dereliction of duty towards these men and women is on us.
    — Adia Robinson, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2021
  • To not use art to process that everyday violence would be a dereliction of duty.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • However, this is such a dereliction of duty she should be fined by the producers.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Watching a patient suffer feels like a dereliction of duty to many health care workers.
    — Daniel T. Kim, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2025
  • He was charged with murder during a felony, felonious assault, and two counts of dereliction of duty.
    — Peter Nickeas and Marshall Cohen, CNN, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Coy pleaded not guilty to one count of murder, one count of felonious assault and two counts of dereliction of duty last month.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Hugo wrote in voluptuous, righteous prose about Notre-Dame’s dereliction.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Its absence feels like a big miss or, less charitably, a dereliction of duty.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • To do nothing and normalize this behavior would be a dereliction of my oath of office.
    — Rick Green, courant.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • To do less than this is, in my opinion, is a severe dereliction of stewardship and leadership.
    — Abe Williams, Alaska Dispatch News, 7 Oct. 2017
  • There are consequences for dereliction of duty.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Yet, in an odd twist of events, he was soon accused of medical negligence and dereliction of duty and spent nine months in prison.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 13 May 2020
  • The loss of Pavarotti to stadium events didn’t just feel like an affront, but a dereliction of duty.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 June 2019
  • There are consequences for dereliction of duty.
    — Saul Elbein, The Hill, 4 Aug. 2025
  • This dereliction of its duty is the result of how ruling-class parties have evolved in the neoliberal era.
    — Ashley Smith, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The evidence of his dereliction of duty to protect our elections is already in the public sphere.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Less than two months later, Russo and two aides each plead guilty to dereliction of duty to settle charges stemming from the audit.
    — cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Selling lakes, rivers and other water resources to private investors is a dereliction of duty.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026

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