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
There were, however, occasional moments of good fortune during a knock which was completely out of kilter with the way most of Australia's players have approached this match.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
There was that one letter missing, and the framing bulged slightly out of kilter, but overall, it looked as solid as ever.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I A Woman?" (1863)
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