How to Use profligacy in a Sentence

profligacy

noun
  • Elaine, Mike makes a good point about these women who became avatars for profligacy.
    — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Peru were left to rue their profligacy in front of goal as Denmark scored against the run of play.
    — SI.com, 16 June 2018
  • The English club should have been level by half-time but for its own profligacy in front of the goalmouth.
    — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Liverpool could, perhaps should, have scored more than five, a profligacy that may prove haunting.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
  • France had the upper hand in all areas and could have scored more in the second half if not for its forwards’ profligacy in front of goal.
    — Samuel Petrequin, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019
  • Lukaku again stood accused of a heavy first touch, poor positioning and, at times, a profligacy in front of the goalmouth.
    — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 12 June 2021
  • Maguire is one of the top earners at a loss-making club that has had to cut costs after years of profligacy and under-achievement.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Alcaraz, who could not convert five break points in the deciding set, would have paid for his profligacy on another day.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Post-match, head coach Julen Lopetegui lamented West Ham’s profligacy.
    — Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • And his profligacy in front of goal cost him his spot in Spain's set-up during the last international break.
    — SI.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • There was a profligacy to Palace which was worrying, with plenty of chances created but too many not taken.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • His cure was to redouble his efforts to warn America about the perils of profligacy.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2018
  • That strange, reckless profligacy made Barb think of their mother, who in her final years sat at home, saying yes to every sales phone call.
    — Robert Kolker, New York Times, 20 July 2023
  • Sure, there was some naivety, and certainly some profligacy at the start, but their tails were always up, and in an atmosphere as charged as this, that was no mean feat.
    — SI.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Bilic has been desperate for a new forward this summer after the east London club's profligacy in front of goal last term.
    — SI.com, 19 July 2017
  • Investors, among them bond king Bill Gross, once feared that government profligacy was a death knell for sovereign bonds.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2016
  • These decisions were made worse by a years-long currency crisis brought on by the government’s fiscal profligacy.
    — The Editors, National Review, 12 July 2022
  • For stock investors, surging yields due to fiscal profligacy (as opposed to strong economic growth) would likely weigh on the stock market.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • And while challenges persist, there are already signs that hidebound profligacy is being replaced by newfound autarky.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Most troubling, the Fed bankrolled the fiscal profligacy, purchasing more than half of the new Treasury debt issued this year.
    — Kevin Warsh, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2021
  • The main source of Americans’ profligacy, their pandemic savings, may have started running dry months ago.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Liverpool could find no way through Everton's compact defence after the equaliser, and were made to rue their profligacy.
    — SI.com, 10 Dec. 2017
  • The Weinsteins’ profligacy led to a split with Disney in 2005.
    — John Clark, latimes.com, 31 May 2018
  • The hosts were almost made to pay for their profligacy two minutes later, but Edinson Cavani's clumsy finish kept them in the lead.
    — Samuel Petrequin, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • The signing of Olivier Giroud has further highlighted the 25-year-old's profligacy in front of goal.
    — SI.com, 9 May 2018
  • The visitors would soon pay for their profligacy in front of goal, as Spurs took full advantage of United's frail looking defense.
    — SI.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • How long Beto remains in the line-up will be determined by whether Saturday’s profligacy comes to be seen as an anomaly or the norm.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Control was wrested back towards the end of the period, a sign of better things to come, even if that profligacy that has dogged them so much reared once again in stoppage time at the end of the half.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Moreover, with its commitment to fiscal profligacy not looking to abate any time soon, the world would do well to abandon ship now before an inevitable reckoning comes due.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Just over a decade ago, there was even something called Tea Party movement, raising the alarm across the country about federal profligacy.
    — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 16 May 2024

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