How to Use fluctuation in a Sentence

fluctuation

noun
  • There tends to be a fluctuation of wet years, then dry years.
    — Yoohyun Jung, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2021
  • No smiles, no frowns, no fluctuations of body warmth.
    — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • Extreme fluctuations will stress the plant and make leaves turn brown.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Extreme fluctuations will stress the plant and make leaves turn brown.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Dec. 2024
  • That is not a polling fluctuation.
    — Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Which stocks are being hit that are either less prone to the fluctuations in oil?
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The fluctuations of emotions in the last couple of weeks have felt like whiplash.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Breasts swell and begin to feel sore due to fluctuations in hormones.
    — Lauren Gelman, Parents, 22 July 2023
  • Modest fluctuations in oil prices don't count for much in that worldview.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Weight fluctuations of 2 to 4 pounds are normal from day to day.
    — Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2026
  • These do no offer a fluctuation in pant length and function only as pants.
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • These aren’t short-term fluctuations.
    — Gene Ludwig, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • In the fall, our skin may feel in constant fluctuation and during the winter, more dry.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 17 June 2024
  • That area also has seen the greatest fluctuations over the past couple of months.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • These fluctuations have continued for most of the year.
    — Washinton Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Big market fluctuations are the worst time to make knee-jerk decisions about your long-term plans.
    — Hillary Stalker, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That means that is may be that the fluctuations themselves, not just high pressure, also pose a threat.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • There isn’t much built in to withstand those kinds of disturbances or fluctuations.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 9 May 2025
  • Still, there are many shorter ones with weekly or even daily fluctuations.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Atomic clocks can detect fluctuations of just a few milliseconds in the length of a day.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 10 July 2025
  • What triggers a patch to slow down and pinch off is merely a random quantum fluctuation.
    — Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2023
  • This implies that the stock is not immune to market fluctuations.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • There was some fluctuation depending on the month.
    — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
  • If your cold sweats are due to hormonal fluctuations due to menopause, talk to your doctor about ways to manage them.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • For some foods, these fluctuations can pose bacterial or spoilage risks.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • But fluctuations in migration from year to year are normal.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 June 2026
  • But every vacuum still had some sort of fluctuation in the quantum fields.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Small pink markers show a drastic fluctuation in the flooding.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • Instead, Versova said the price of most of its eggs depends on cost fluctuations of grain used in hen feeds.
    — ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • Instead, Versova said the price of most of its eggs depends on cost fluctuations of grain used in hen feeds.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 2 July 2026

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