unbalance

Example Sentences

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“That’s something we need on this team, players that will unbalance defenses and open up gaps to be able to play through teams.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

"These days, she is the wise old owl of the team. She can't unbalance defences as she used to, she's not a starter, she comes off the bench."

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2023

Directorial impulses that seem designed to ratchet up the audience-pleasing quotients of some of his most famous plays, but that in one way or another unbalance them and diminish their inherent power.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022

"I assure you that we will not allow any kind of provocation to unbalance us."

From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2022

She went on, “So he accepted the item, but not without a certain jar. Even with death temporary and its importance depressed, it was enough to unbalance him very gently.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov