kilter
Example Sentences
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For some, the Treasury Department’s response only added to the sense of a typically staid market gone disturbingly off kilter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The party playlist, with disco hits blasting through stoppages, felt out of kilter with the rising tension.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
Loren Cain, who was born and raised in Orem and studied at Utah Valley University, said the world feels off kilter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
Sometimes the bills being issued are not only late, but also out of kilter with the amount of energy the customer believes they used.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
In the second quarter, he lined up and saw the Cooper secondary once again out of kilter.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Vocabulary lists containing kilter
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I A Woman?" (1863)
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