catawampus

Example Sentences

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Then again, the district’s catawampus finances suggest its leaders are no better at math.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

We’re trying to find the balance again because it’s felt catawampus for a minute.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

Zeus brings me to the beach shortly after passing a catawampus gazebo with several collapsed pilings.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2019

One set of shutters was missing and the other hung lopsided, like the whole house had been smacked catawampus.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

I wouldn't hev done it, 'ceptin' D'rindy tuk ter talkin' six ways fur Sunday, an' she got me plumb catawampus, so ez I didn't rightly know what I wanted ter do myself.'

From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles