Wondering how to use Deviant in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as deviate or aberrant.
Deviant meaning
Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
Using Deviant
- The main meaning on this page is: Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
- Useful related words include: deviate, aberrant, abnormal, pervert.
- In the example corpus, deviant often appears in combinations such as: as deviant, of deviant, deviant behaviour.
Context around Deviant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deviant
- In this selection, "deviant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, genderqueer, alleged, ticketing, behaviour, diverse and genes stand out and add context to how "deviant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a genetic deviant and and ticketing deviant poachers and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deviant" sits close to words such as absentees, accruing and aerosmith, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deviant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Especially since Thanos is both an eternal and deviant. (9 words)
If you evolved beyond, congrats of being a genetic deviant. (10 words)
They were unaware he was a dangerous, undetected deviant who lusted for teenage girls. (14 words)
To me it is the Democrats' own fault for putting up a lightweight politician who expressed few policies or visions and who appeared to think, maybe because of his previous deviant behaviour, that she could achieve her goal by just attacking Mr Trump. (43 words)
The agency's enforcement division is not only responsible for upholding environmental laws and ticketing deviant poachers and recreational vehicle drivers, but it also has full police powers on state lands. (31 words)
In this world, success and respect hinge on navigating these spaces, with people tending to be 'avoidance-orientated' to minimise their chance of appearing 'deviant' to the social norms. (29 words)
Who's to say that there wasn't a real evil clown/deviant trying to abduct Illinois kids? (18 words)
Do they allow him/her to continue their deviant behaviour so they don’t have to restrain him/her? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Above all, I have the Wizarding World that lives on in my heart — queer, genderqueer, deviant, diverse, and currently defunding the Aurors.
Discovering that mutants evolved from Deviant genes, he was able to get the majority of the Eternals to agree to war against Krakoa and Arakko.
Especially since Thanos is both an eternal and deviant.
Even after being reincarnated into another world, Rudeus still carried most of the deviant personality traits he had in his past life.
Since the new government considered those imprisoned for alleged deviant sexual activities real criminals, they received no compensation.
The agency's enforcement division is not only responsible for upholding environmental laws and ticketing deviant poachers and recreational vehicle drivers, but it also has full police powers on state lands.
They were unaware he was a dangerous, undetected deviant who lusted for teenage girls.
To me it is the Democrats' own fault for putting up a lightweight politician who expressed few policies or visions and who appeared to think, maybe because of his previous deviant behaviour, that she could achieve her goal by just attacking Mr Trump.
Who's to say that there wasn't a real evil clown/deviant trying to abduct Illinois kids?
Do they allow him/her to continue their deviant behaviour so they don’t have to restrain him/her?
If you evolved beyond, congrats of being a genetic deviant.
In this world, success and respect hinge on navigating these spaces, with people tending to be 'avoidance-orientated' to minimise their chance of appearing 'deviant' to the social norms.
It mostly features lyrics that discuss the intense realities of drug abuse and being sexually deviant.
Should there be a deviant conduct, Correctional Services is then obliged to launch an investigation," said Nxumalo.
Some fans may view Parker’s gravitation toward the realm of pop as too deviant from his origins.
The man was uncomfortable when I asked him to slap me, he feels like the greatest sexual deviant in history for having a threesome.
After all, the real depravity at work here isn’t the solitary deviant but the supervising institutions.
By that stage nobody could have had any doubt about this man's deviant behaviour.
The bioarchaeological analysis of the skeletons will be very welcome, as several of the burials appear to be anomalous or what European archaeologists sometimes call deviant.
The sermon, prepared by Jais ahead of an important Shia occasion next week, describes Shia Muslim beliefs and practices as “deviant”, “heinous”, “nonsense” and “nauseating”, FMT has learnt.
Common combinations with deviant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as deviant 7×
- of deviant 5×
- deviant behaviour 4×
- deviant behavior 3×
- deviant sexual 2×
- deviant who 2×
- deviant or 2×
- deviant and 2×