Example sentences for: volatile

How can you use “volatile” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • And because the value of an option depends positively on "volatility"--the uncertainty about the future value of the underlying asset--the rational way to maximize the value of that option is to invest the money in the riskiest, most volatile assets you can find.

  • Pressures for some kind of change have been alternately encouraged and resisted as the state’s volatile political establishment has swung back and forth between conservatives and progressives.

  • Citigroup will also be more "diversified," which means that its earnings every year won't depend as much on volatile sectors, as Travelers' did on the trading of Salomon Bros. and Citicorp's did on income from Asian markets.

  • Unless the samples are used in an on-site toxicity test the day of collection (or hand delivered to the testing laboratory for use on the day of collection), they should be chilled and maintained at 0-6°C until used to inhibit microbial degradation, chemical transformations, and loss of highly volatile toxic substances.

  • In addition, IT funds may be contained within the appropriations for a specific program or an overall administrative budget, making them less visible and, if part of discretionary spending, more subject to volatile changes in the federal budget.


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