loose cannon

Example Sentences

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Cunha has been linked with a big-money move over the past year with Europe's top clubs keen, but he may be viewed as a loose cannon because of his antics.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

That’s not to say that Harris is best as a loose cannon.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

Nixon and Kissinger saw him as a loose cannon, and they wondered whether he was divulging these secrets, possibly to foreign agents.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2023

No loose cannon, Hoover was actually the consummate cautious bureaucrat, the keeper of the files — really more of an uptight, puritanical librarian.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2022

They must think Hudson is a loose cannon and I’m the summer school know-it-all.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera