off-balance

Example Sentences

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Chronic stress is widely known to throw digestion off balance, leading to symptoms like diarrhea or constipation.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Despite landing off balance, Matthews added a 9.850.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

The 41-year-old's arm got stuck in a gate just 13 seconds into her run on Sunday at Olimpia delle Tofane in Cortina, throwing her off balance.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

“Copenhagen” taps the adrenal gland by keeping viewers off balance about who is who and what is what, beginning with the opening subtitles: President—and former CIA director—George H.W.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

From her training, Marti knew that this might be an old KGB trick—keeping foreigners in Moscow off balance, sleep deprived, and aware of being watched.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau