How to Use volatile in a Sentence

volatile

adjective
Definition of volatilenext
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  • The stock market can be very volatile.
  • She is a volatile woman.
  • The protests are increasing, creating a volatile situation in the capital.
  • The pair’s volatile chemistry helps to smooth over some of the script’s weak spots.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2023
  • The grid prices are volatile and can see massive spikes.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Traders are on the lookout for more turbulence at the end of a volatile week.
    — WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This area of the Indo-Pacific is currently the most volatile area of the world covered by the Navy.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
  • From year to year, kickers can be volatile, and no greater example has been Sanders.
    — Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Overall, the performance of GPS stock with respect to the index has been quite volatile.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Overall, the performance of HON stock with respect to the index has been quite volatile.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Tesla shares were down a bit under 2% in late-morning trading—not a huge move for a volatile stock.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
  • In the midst of culture wars and border debates, two Dreamers work to find their place in a city that is growing more volatile.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2023
  • In the past three months, year-over-year inflation that excludes volatile food and energy costs has dropped to 1.5%.
    — Christopher Rugaber The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 30 Jan. 2024
  • According to the study, short-term rentals, like those on Airbnb and Vrbo, are seeing far less volatile pricing over the tour dates.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Inside the labyrinth of the upper floors, men sniffed a highly volatile liquid called butyl nitrite—poppers, as the type of drug is still known.
    — Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
  • One good example of short-run differences is the volatile times of the pandemic era.
    — Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • In declaring war on the upper class that made him, Carlson joined a long, volatile lineage of combatants against the élite.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Despite the drop, the global energy market can be volatile and lower gas prices down the road aren’t promised.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • With volatile energy and food costs are stripped out, core CPI is seen rising 5 percent from a year ago.
    — Sarah Zheng, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
  • Markets in the third quarter were volatile, leading to mixed results for trading desks at big banks.
    — WSJ, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Oil prices had already been volatile leading into the weekend.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • This remains one of the most important, and dangerous, fault lines in this volatile region.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But scientists say what sped the fires’ spread was a volatile combination of drought, climate change and El Niño.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Excluding volatile energy and food costs, core prices rose 0.4% from March to April, the same as from February to March.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2023
  • Other times, Isaacson shows Jobs as volatile and cruel.
    — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Budding investors shouldn't be afraid to open a portfolio just because the market might be volatile.
    — Stackcommerce Team, PCMAG, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The egg business is volatile, with avian flu affecting flocks some years and with the price of corn (chicken feed) fluctuating.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • But tourism is volatile and could soften if the economy slows or slips into a recession this year.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In other words, these seven rosters sit on a tenuous lead atop a volatile pack of challengers.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024
  • On the other side of the belt, at Orion’s shoulder, is Betelgeuse, a volatile star that appears red, and Bellatrix forms the other shoulder.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Jan. 2024

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