Sample sentences for DISCREPANCY

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Definition

a difference between two things expected to be in agreement

She is on paid leave while the accounting discrepancy is investigated.

discrepancy = a difference between two things expected to be in agreement

There is still some discrepancy over the exact wording of the text.

discrepancy = a difference between two things expected to be in agreement

And, as that is so, there is a discrepancy (taking a paper from his pocket) which I cannot account for.
Henrik Ibsen -- A Doll's House

discrepancy = a difference between two things expected to be in agreement

It is a discrepancy, isn't it?
Henrik Ibsen -- A Doll's House

discrepancy = a difference between two things expected to be in agreement

The discrepancy consists, Mrs. Helmer, in the fact that your father signed this bond three days after his death.
Henrik Ibsen -- A Doll's House

discrepancy = a difference between two things expected to be in agreement

What discrepancy?
Henrik Ibsen -- A Doll's House

discrepancy = a difference between two things expected to be in agreement

Or, perhaps more accurately, this middle zone illustrates the fundamental discrepancy of love.
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
Do you know how to account for those strange discrepancies?
Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson
There may be a few little faults in the plumbing and minor discrepancies among the staff, but I'm very confident of my service.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
The discrepancy between faith and the facts is greater than is generally assumed.
Thornton Wilder -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
His nervousness is compounded as Lovett questions him again, probing Mudd's story for discrepancies, half-truths, and outright lies.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
But here is a discrepancy of four dollars and sixty-five cents.
Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
The harsh lifestyle, the lack of food, the drabness of people's dress, the discrepancy between the official exchange rate and the black market.
Li Cunxin -- Mao's Last Dancer
He turned and searched the source of the image for some discrepancy.
R.A. Salvatore -- The Crystal Shard
Regardless of the motive, it will be necessary for you to explain the discrepancy in your books.
J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
"Nick, there have been many discrepancies in this case," Betsy said in Sharon's plummy broadcast voice.
Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
These nature-nurture discrepancies were addressed in a 1998 book by a little-known textbook author named Judith Rich Harris.
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
But if, as might happen, there were some discrepancies, to admit the truth, to be frank and say like a man: "Well, I have looked into my accounts.
James Joyce -- Dubliners
It may be inseparable from the discrepancy in their years.
Charles Dickens -- David Copperfield
Why the time discrepancy between seeing him and calling the police?
Alice Sebold -- Lucky

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