screwy

Example Sentences

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These buyouts are absurd, an outgrowth of a crazed marketplace and undeniably screwy optics at a state university.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Although they profess to be in this screwy loyalty gauntlet for similar reasons, not everyone’s impetus is the same.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

But I needed New York — the weather, the danger of possibly getting mugged, working in the theater while waiting tables or working screwy jobs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2024

In a screwy week with so many huge favorites, we’ll take an underdog playing with a bowl bid on the line.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

“Swimming in pools is screwy anyway,” he said after a long, unusual silence as we walked toward the dormitory.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles