How to Use disjoint in a Sentence

disjoint

verb
  • It’s been disjointed at best ever since.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Not only has the team on the field appeared disjointed at times, so have the game plans.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 27 Oct. 2019
  • There’s something very disjointing about it.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
  • His legacy is disjointed from any records of his life in Hartford.
    — Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Looking spry but disjointed, San Diego put no shots on goal in the first half.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Play was disjointed at times, which is to be expected this early in the season.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2017
  • The only part of the process that never felt disjointed was the music itself.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The Knicks, at times, feel like a team that is disjointed and not always together.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Evolutions are often lumpy and disjointed, but at each stage, new leaders emerge.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Though most scenes are short and the chapters are disjointed, somehow the over-all effect is exacting.
    — Rumaan Alam, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The offense looked disjointed behind a rocky offensive line, which was missing a starter.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 18 Sep. 2023
  • That seemed apparent in an offense that was disjointed against the Bulldogs.
    — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Two, course material tends to be disjointed from the needs of employers.
    — Lolade Fadulu, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2018
  • Campbell’s strategy was disjointed, swinging from a focus on fresh food to a focus on snack food.
    — John D. Stoll, WSJ, 21 May 2018
  • Though the album often feels disjointed, Doja Cat tries to return to that space here.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2023
  • That kept the Packers disjointed and kept Rodgers fidgeting in the pocket.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Sometimes multiple writers can make a script feel disjointed, but these two create a lively tempo.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Even standard news programming is as noisy and disjointed as the output of a Bloomberg terminal.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This one, offensively, looked very much like the last three - ugly and inefficient and disjointed.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Have chicken disjointed at market, with wings, breast (cut in half), back, second joints, and drumsticks separated.
    — Town & Country, 14 Aug. 2013
  • To be honest, the global kum-bay-a feels disjointed in First Man, just as a chest-thumping, flag-waving ending would have been.
    — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2018
  • The Aztecs led 27-25 in a sloppy, ugly, disjointed first half, and both teams probably felt good about it.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The action reporters have been allowed to view in the offseason has been predictably disjointed as the team sorts through things and players work to master the offense.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2017
  • The game’s rhythm was also disjointed by arguments at the scorer’s table about timeouts, fouls and the possession arrow.
    — Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • But the slow starts, disjointed offensive plan, player usage and power-play struggles all fall partially on coaching.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The Kona's exterior styling is disjointed, with odd elements that seem as though they were pulled from other vehicles.
    — Mark Takahashi, Edmunds, USA TODAY, 29 June 2018
  • The Kona’s exterior styling is disjointed, with odd elements that seem as though they were pulled from other vehicles.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2018
  • Because no one was near enough to touch him down, and the broken play seemed to disjoint the Chiefs more than the Jags as Lawrence recovered and ran it in.
    — Chris Ochsner, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The team’s holdings there are disjointed, suggesting that the Broncos will buy additional properties to fill in the gaps.
    — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
  • But recoveries have been disjointed, with Germany leading the way and Italy lagging behind.
    — Brian Blackstone, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2018

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