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How to use unevenly in a sentence

15 example sentences · adverb

Unevenly means in an uneven or haphazard manner. Example: “Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.”

Examples of unevenly by meaning

adverbIn an uneven or haphazard manner.

  • Network Rail said this has been due to the driest ever spring and summer, which caused clay embankments to shrink unevenly in a process called soil moisture deficit.2025 November 12, “West of England services respite”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 17

adverbIn an unequal manner.

  • Put easily, instamining is a method that enables coins to be issued unfairly or unevenly.2019 September 23, Prasanna Peshkar, “Instamine vs Premine”, in Cryptoticker

More sentences with unevenly

  • Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.From the entry shoe
  • The child's breath came quickly and unevenly.From the entry breath
  • The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.From the entry roll
  • The masons laid the brick walls unevenly, leaving unpointed mortar between bricks for a rough-cast texture.2007, Russell Versaci, Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home. From the entry unpointed
  • "Damp tobacco," said Cripps, eyeing Limpet offensively as he threw down the challenge, "smokes unevenly.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 12. From the entry smoke
  • Our affections for wild animals are distributed very unevenly.2013 August 23, Mark Cocker, “Wings of Desire”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 11, page 26. From the entry affection
  • In addition, the crowd of apples tends to cook unevenly, with mushy, applesaucey edges surrounding a crunchy, underdone center.2009, editors of Cook’s Illustrated, “Deep-Dish Apple Pie”, in More Best Recipes: A Best Recipe Classic, Brookline, Mass.: America’s Test…. From the entry applesaucey
  • In addition, the crowd of apples tends to cook unevenly, with mushy, applesauce-y edges surrounding a crunchy, underdone center.2008, editors at America’s Test Kitchen, “Deep-Dish Apple Pie”, in The Cook’s Country Cookbook: Rediscovering American Home Cooking with…. From the entry applesauce-y
  • However, unthawed meat requires more time to cook than does meat that has thawed, and partially frozen meat is apt to cook unevenly.2002, Wilbur F. Eastman, A Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing & Smoking Meat, Fish & Game, page 51. From the entry unthawed
  • The clouds hung unevenly over the climbing mountains, so that far snow-bestrewn headlands looked like the speckly backs of monsters stalking up into the sky.1913, Stephen Graham, A Tramp's Sketches. From the entry speckly
  • Seen in the darkness, it was that of an evil-looking, thick-set savage, with a forbidding countenance dotted unevenly with scrabbly wisps of beard.1906, Bertram Mitford, Harley Greenoak's charge, page 254. From the entry scrabbly
  • Many permissive paths work well and have done for a significant amount of time, enhancing or connecting our network of public footpaths, byways and bridleways, however unevenly distributed.2026 February 7, Leonie Helm, “"I’ve always loved a ‘permissive path’ – it’s always seemed like the nicest of invitations."”, in Countryfile. From the entry permissive
  • It is good to let the glue get nice and thick through many renewals, but if the glue gobs up unevenly, remove it with a scraper and hot air gun.1988, Climbing - Issues 106-111, page 24. From the entry gob up

Meaning of unevenly

  1. adverb In an uneven or haphazard manner.
  2. adverb In an unequal manner.

Full definition of unevenly

Questions about unevenly in a sentence

How do you use unevenly in a sentence?
Unevenly is used as an adverb. For example: “Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.”
What is a short sentence with unevenly?
“The child's breath came quickly and unevenly.”
What does unevenly mean?
Unevenly means in an uneven or haphazard manner.

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