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Recent Examples of unglued
Following the season-two monologue that should’ve won Goldberg an Emmy, Barry has regularly crafted moments for Sally to come loudly unglued.
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Erik Adams, Chron, 11 Apr. 2023
How unglued?
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2020
But in the second half, everything came unglued.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2022
Alex Murdaugh, 54, has seen his life come unglued.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
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Erik Adams, Chron, 11 Apr. 2023
How unglued?
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2020
But in the second half, everything came unglued.
—Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2022
Alex Murdaugh, 54, has seen his life come unglued.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
See all Example Sentences for unglued
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unglued
Adjective
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Notre Dame must either score on defense or special teams to pull off the upset or at least set up Leonard with a short field.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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In the courtside footage, the mom — who was holding one child’s hand and had another kid on her hip — becomes visibly upset, stepping forward and moving very close to the principal.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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The climax is a horrendous German burning of a village, as striking for its visual imagery as for its agitated music.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The inaugural film in The Conjuring franchise understands that seasoned viewers of haunted-house films know what signs to look for by now: cold spots, agitated pets, clocks that stop ticking.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Logging can also leave behind more combustible species like cheatgrass, an opportunistic invasive that thrives in disturbed areas and is near-impossible to eradicate.—
Elizabeth Miller,
Outside Online,
12 Jan. 2025
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Look for disturbed sleep patterns, excessive fatigue, anxiousness, or extreme procrastination.—
David Ko,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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His makeshift solution is a thankless job helping an art critic (a gloriously unhinged Tilda Swinton) assemble the works of her cryogenically frozen husband (RZA).—
Jason Bailey,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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In Danny Boyle’s marvelously unhinged 1997 lovers-on-the-lam confection A Life Less Ordinary, Diaz plays Celine, an heiress who’s kidnapped by a hapless janitor, Ewan McGregor’s Robert.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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The offense never established the run game and never was in sync, and Jackson looked flustered throughout.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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These days though, the flustered festive shopper has much more to consider.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Economic data users like Algernon Austin, director for race and economic justice at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a left-leaning think tank, are worried about what changes may be coming to the sample size for the Current Population Survey, which produces the monthly employment data.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
24 Jan. 2025
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A number of men and women on Mitchell’s team were worried about their health and safety, the lawsuit says, so Mitchell raised the issue during the training sessions.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Kennedy’s long history of vaccine skepticism has troubled Republicans and Democrats, though the roughly two dozen Republicans who met with Kennedy in December seemed less bothered.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2025
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Young people, who make the majority of South Africa’s 60 million population, appeared less bothered to participate in that election.—
Farai Mutsaka,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2024
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“Unglued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unglued. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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