thrown off balance
Example Sentences
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Formally and dramatically, the movie has poise, which only strengthens its depiction of girls thrown off balance by growing up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
In such conditions, the equilibrium of microorganisms that keep our skin healthy is often thrown off balance, allowing S. aureus to flourish, the researchers said.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2023
He is easily thrown off balance and is trying to better manage his emotions, he said.
From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2021
Wilson's Mobius arrives at a TVA already thrown off balance by the spreading knowledge that everything its agents take as canon, namely the idea that the TVA created them, is a lie.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2021
Kaz stumbled, thrown off balance by the force of his swing.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
