patchily

Example Sentences

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Traumatised, he could not even eat on arrival, and since then food has been patchily available, though vegetables arriving on Tuesday offered a "semblance of hope", he said.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

A one-day general strike, called by the country’s labour union, was very patchily observed – even in Tel Aviv, the country’s beach-side liberal heartland.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024

Its glimmers of comic rage and generous helpings of battlefield carnage, though patchily entertaining on their own, never coalesce into a coherent reason for being.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Others also point out that cryptocurrency trading is highly opaque compared to traditional assets and patchily regulated, making comprehensive data on the emerging sector rare.

From Reuters • Dec. 3, 2020

Sunlight slid patchily across his walking shoulders, glinting along the pole like yellow ants.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner