Use of disproportionate in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include disproportionate at the start of sentence, disproportionate at the end of sentence and disproportionate in the middle of sentence

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disproportionate in the middle of sentence


  1. The punishment was grossly disproportionate to the crime.
  2. We spend a disproportionate amount of our income on rent.
  3. A disproportionate number of these patients were elderly.
  4. There are a disproportionate number of girls in the class.
  5. You spend a disproportionate amount of your time on sport.
  6. A disproportionate amount of time was devoted to one topic.
  7. Some fields get disproportionate funds, he opined, while others go hungry.
  8. The area contains a disproportionate number of young middle-class families.
  9. It never occurred to me how disproportionate was the punishment to the offence.
  10. Yet what our little coterie suffered was, I believe, disproportionate to our vices.
  11. The government devotes a disproportionate share of the budget to military expenditure.
  12. The report shows that a disproportionate number of black women do unskilled, low-paid work.
  13. In both houses, the reformers claimed, committee chairmen exercised disproportionate power.
  14. Clough was small in stature with disproportionate physical strength and powers of endurance.
  15. The country's great influence in the world is disproportionate to its relatively small size.
  16. Children who disrupt lessons at school take up a disproportionate amount of the teacher's time.
  17. Yes ... high earners will get bigger fines ... but they may be disproportionate to the offence.
  18. They suddenly found out that they had spend a disproportionate amount of their money on clothing.
  19. Capitalists command disproportionate influence over state agencies and funding for public campaigns.
  20. Television also received a disproportionate amount of public attention in the press and parliamentary debate.
  21. For years, the female tilt toward the Democrats was balanced by disproportionate white male support for Republicans.
  22. But just as all doctors have patients who consume disproportionate amounts of time so we have papers that slow us down.
  23. Our fantasies about motherhood are as disproportionate as the disappointment and self-recrimination that inevitably ensue.
  24. New Hampshire, with a population of only 1. 1 million, has long had a disproportionate influence on presidential politics.
  25. The government often overreacts to newly discovered dangers and pours disproportionate resources into hastily conceived remedies.
  26. The graduate assignments the following year were reportedly very disappointing, with a disproportionate number being sent to rural areas.
  27. Meanwhile the opinions of newspaper proprietors played a disproportionate role in determining politicians' views of what the public wanted.
  28. Long-term residents affected While seniors account for a disproportionate number of owner move-in evictions, other long-term residents are also affected.
  29. For example it was highlighted that a disproportionate number of Black women remained in refuge accommodation for longer periods before they were rehoused.

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