How to Use glitch in a Sentence

glitch

noun
  • Glitches in the speaker's schedule caused some delays.
  • A technical glitch caused a temporary shutdown.
  • Let’s hope there’s no glitch this year.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Pigeons don't walk so much as glitch.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The shift is structural, not a glitch.
    — Lisa Curtis, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • At worst, there were glitches owed to habit.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ash is aware there are some glitches in his movie.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
  • The more ones on a roll, the bigger the glitch.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But does this mean there is [a] glitch in the matrix?
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
  • There seems to be a glitch in the Matrix.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 June 2026
  • Nito would work with me on what that glitch would look like in my body.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The game also has a lot of glitches and bugs.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But this bullying was a glitch too far.
    — Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • For students and teachers, this was more than a tech glitch.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • To be sure, there will be some glitches with the first models.
    — Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The glitch was fixed with an over-the-air software update.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Both sides are hopeful that those glitches are now a thing of the past.
    — Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • There were glitches and gaffes aplenty.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
  • After a pause to get the glitch fixed, Denslow read the rule all over again.
    — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
  • This is one of the first times he's made aware of a glitch in the Matrix.
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The glitch occurred when the copter tried switching from pre-flight mode to flight mode.
    — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Yet, O'Saben warns that there might be some glitches.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The love, the glitches, the sweat, the tears, the laughter and, and, and.
    — Tommy McArdle, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Any random glitch that flips the value of a bit will cause an error.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
  • If murder hornets were simply a glitch to be fixed with the next patch?
    — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Ready yourself for some glitches!
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The database illustrates that this is more than just a rare glitch.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • Fights are smooth and authentic with barely a glitch in sight.
    — Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • And there could be another glitch on the near-term horizon.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Meta said the issue is fixed but did not comment further on what caused the glitch.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025

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