unmoored

Example Sentences

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The wealthy but suddenly unmoored LIV golfers have been left to scramble like a weekend hacker trying to salvage a bogey after chipping into a sand trap.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

We want to flip that around and sell the call, essentially acting like a dealer who is satisfying demand from aggressive, unmoored investors who think Intel will keep rising.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

To be unmoored by the shadows of our past is a gift no fame or fortune can afford.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

The unmoored, unhinged and overlong “Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen” makes a couple of arguments for itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

That cozy view never prompted the sick, panicky feeling of being unmoored from the earth that the phrase “touch the clouds” had stirred up in her.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood