Chelsea Handler

I've always had a big personality. I was trickier as a kid. I behaved erratically instead of consistently. I would have tons of friends, and then I would have no friends. I'd be with the cool girls, then the uncool girls. I migrated from group to group because I was bored or people got bored with me. I was very intense.

American Comedian

John Updike

Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically moving red star in the sky was seen as sinister or violent by the ancients: The Greeks identified it with Ares, the god of war; the Babylonians named it after Nergal, god of the underworld. To the ancient Chinese, it was Ying-huo, the fire planet.

American Novelist

Whitney Wolfe Herd

I'd read a lot about the psychology around rejection and insecurity, and I had noticed that when people feel insecure or rejected, they behave aggressively, erratically. Especially when you can hide behind a screen name or a profile picture.

American Businesswoman

Maya Angelou

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

American Poet

Use 'erratically' to describe actions lacking a clear pattern or method, which can make someone seem confused or unreliable.

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'Erratically' often suggests a problem or something wrong, such as a fault in mechanics or someone's unpredictable behavior.

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Describe reflexes or instincts with 'erratically' when they produce inconsistent responses to stimuli or stress.

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Use 'erratically' when something or someone is moving in a way that’s hard to predict, often quickly changing direction.

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When thoughts or attention shift without a clear logic or pattern, 'erratically' captures the sense of distraction or confusion.

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 or horsehair worm. The worm grew to adult size within it, but it needs to get into water in order to mate, and it does that by releasing proteins that addle the cricket's brain, causing it to behave erratically. When the cricket nears a body of water,

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 So once it's big enough to reproduce, the worm produces proteins that garble the cricket's navigational system. The confused cricket jumps around erratically, moves closer to water, and eventually leaps in, often drowning in the process.

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 TIM Time for the moment of truth. TIM This is it? Wow. This is-- it's mind-blowing to see your individual sperm. Now, are they swimming just erratically in circles or is there a pattern to this? Well, they never ask for directions,

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 Philippines Erik harami Yano has been behaving erratically for months people here believe that his soul is under siege by none other than the devil himself

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 in the seaside village of Novartis in the Philippines Erik Jaramillo has been behaving erratically for months people here believe that his soul is under

 Steen long to find one this man was driving his snow machine erratically yeah we do this in Kotzebue one time I think so you're kind of

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 in the seaside village of Novartis in the Philippines Eric hare Emiliano has been behaving erratically for months people here

 now with each passing minute Jeanette's behavior changes erratically

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