How to Use unstable in a Sentence

unstable

adjective

• The three go to war over the Lover, but their identities prove unstable.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• Tenure at the top of the greasy pole can be as slippery and unstable as the ascent—and the slide down is quick and painful.
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2022
• Left to flow, the unearthed springs turn dirt roads into unstable slicks of mud.
  — WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023
• This gives the air a negative charge and creates an unstable air mass in the lower part of the cloud.
  — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 5 July 2024
• Heat forces air to rise and makes the atmosphere unstable.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Oct. 2023
• Its shape — a puffy clump of hot gas somewhere between 20% and 40% of the mass of our sun — is also unstable.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Nov. 2022
• Owen is up for the ten-hour surgery to reconnect the arm, but Colin proves to be too unstable to withstand the surgery.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 6 May 2022
• So, the storms are more energized, the wind shears more dramatic, and the jet streams more unstable.
  — Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
• The teen's childhood was unstable, with the young teen moving to at least three rental homes in a short period of time.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024
• Heavy rainfall in the morning and unstable ground in the area caused the landslide, the agency said in a statement Tuesday.
  — Karol Suarez, CNN, 9 Feb. 2022
• But the facts on the ground suggest that the region cannot return to its unstable prewar status quo.
  — Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
• Many of us are struggling to cope with these unstable times and seeking some sort of comfort.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 1 Feb. 2022
• In some of the unstable school buildings there are deep holes in foundations.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022
• Normally, this type of flow is unstable and will break up.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2022
• The world felt increasingly unstable, and so did the world of The Real Housewives.
  — Jessica Pressler, Vulture, 3 June 2024
• This results in a top-heavy design that may feel a little unstable at times.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2023
• The 40-year-old died after a mentally unstable man shoved her in front of a subway.
  — NBC News, 3 Feb. 2022
• These are critical times for unstable programs in this meat-grinder of a league.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 17 Sep. 2022
• The storm is very unstable and could produce thunder and lighting west of the mountains on Friday.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2022
• There are people who have lived here long enough to really see it from the inside and how unstable things are.
  — Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2022
• Over time, this can cause your joint to become unstable, which often leads to injury.
  — Tony Gentilcore, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
• On that day, Kuroda touched one of those blocks to test whether the monetary tower the BOJ built might become unstable.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• Musk’s claims to the contrary point to an increasingly unstable house of cards.
  — David Trainer, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• Sand is extremely fine, and a hole in the beach is unstable and will eventually fill in.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
• The researchers posit that an 83rd moon became unstable, and its orbit swung too close to Saturn.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022
• And some growers are still unable to access their farms, due to fallen trees and unstable roads.
  — Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
• Get ready for unstable weather this week in Greater Cincinnati.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
• We are taken by unstable dinghy to a grand wooden boat, where the captain gives us permission to come aboard.
  — Andrew Sean Greer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2023
• Misoprostol, the medicine given to Porsha, is an effective method to complete low-risk miscarriages but is not recommended when a patient is unstable.
  — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 25 Nov. 2024
• Jordan Neely didn’t die from chokehold In addition to contesting Neely’s cause of death, Penny’s lawyers have countered he was justified in subduing a man who appeared unstable and was terrifying subway riders.
  — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 19 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024