Anomaly

//əˈnɑ.mə.li//

"Anomaly" in a Sentence (13 examples)

We found an anomaly.

This is an anomaly.

An anomaly which often struck me in the character of my friend Sherlock Holmes was that, although in his methods of thought he was the neatest and most methodical of mankind, and although also he affected a certain quiet primness of dress, he was none the less in his personal habits one of the most untidy men that ever drove a fellow-lodger to distraction.

I think it was just an anomaly.

I think that it was just an anomaly.

I'm a bit of an anomaly.

The “dent,” or weak spot, in the magnetic field over South America, known to scientists as the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), allows radiation to penetrate Earth’s surface.

We have found an anomaly in the earth's crust.

Do you consider a tornado an anomaly of nature?

Flavio found a microscopic anomaly.

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This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.

He is an anomaly among his friends in that he's the only one who's unmarried.

She disregarded some of the anomalies in the experiment, putting them down to miscalculation.

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