How to Use kilter in a Sentence

kilter

noun

• Arctic and in the process, turn the Jet Stream and the Gulf Stream off kilter.
  — Next Avenue, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
• Still – but with the off-kilter quirk of Wire and Devo.
  — Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 14 Feb. 2018
• And one of the things that that was aimed at doing was to get Adam Schiff off kilter.
  — NBC News, 14 Nov. 2019
• Still, the sidewalks are off-kilter and the guardrail and the cement are flaking away.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 26 Feb. 2020
• It’s not just dark but a little strange and off-kilter down there.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2021
• The Emily of the title is played by Aubrey Plaza, a droll and off-kilter presence in ...
  — Ross Douthat, National Review, 25 Aug. 2022
• The Echo Loop sounds like an off-kilter, if nifty, idea—like a stealthy 007-type piece of spy equipment.
  — Fortune, 25 Sep. 2019
• These lamps tend to be off-kilter pieces with soft, rounded edges.
  — Boone Ashworth, Wired, 26 Feb. 2020
• All of the toys in the collection have a perfectly off-kilter sense of fun.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2018
• Men wore soft jackets tied at the waist, with off-kilter hats and easy-fitting trousers.
  — Colleen Barry, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2022
• The Huskies made their first two shots of the afternoon, but things quickly went off kilter from there.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2023
• Despite an off-kilter start, the Bulls never let the Heat pull ahead by more than a handful of points.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2021
• Thrown off kilter by the prospect that Kim might cancel the summit, Trump rebuffed Bolton.
  — Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 23 May 2018
• The present is uncomfortable and off-kilter, and the memory—the wild swim—is an idyll.
  — The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
• The film is full of odd, off-kilter laughs and sidewinding scares as a group of humans has to deal with whatever is in the clouds.
  — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2022
• When the balance between the actions of the two is off-kilter, the result is too little (or too much) bone.
  — Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
• When the balance, between the actions of the two is off-kilter, the result is too little (or too much) bone.
  — Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
• Classic or off-kilter, Benedyk’s desserts feel like home.
  — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2018
• The Great North has a slightly off-kilter but mostly openhearted view of the world.
  — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2021
• Among the lessons: An off-kilter quip from a student tour guide can leave a weird impression.
  — Melissa Korn, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
• Lush yet off-kilter, the track unfurls in new and unique directions.
  — Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021
• Despite that off-kilter approach, the episode is likely to be among the series' most viewed.
  — Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, latimes.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Being off-kilter like that means your brain is always awake.
  — Simon Abrams, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2018
• But its suit vest with an off-kilter closure feels so fresh over those extra-long trousers.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 July 2022
• The monologue was powerful, but long and off-kilter, right?
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2020
• His second-highest was 96.9 against Utah State, the bookends to a season that went off-kilter in the middle for both the offense and the team as a whole.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 26 Nov. 2022
• David Shire’s heavy-on-the-horn-section score, all funky dissonances and slightly off-kilter rhythms, is a hall-of-famer.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
• Could his killer be Laura, the off-kilter woman who went home with him and was later seen covered in blood?
  — New York Times, 19 May 2021
• The action takes place on a luxurious cruise ship and things start going off kilter when a dead body is found floating in the rooftop pool.
  — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
• Multiple fence panels are missing, and the ones that were left standing are off kilter.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024