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Recent Examples of unhinge Denzel is still the tough guy, but he’s not unhinged enough to make a world like this one feel quite alive or real. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024 Monroe plays Lee with a certain steadfast restraint, keeping her emotions shielded until the film’s terrifying plot strips that shield away bit by bit, and Cage is … well, he’s unhinged in all the best ways. Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 12 July 2024 The next clip in the montage shows a backyard patio roof coming unhinged in a downpour. Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024 What began 40 years ago as a very fringe, occasionally unhinged, wholly unfiltered fashion-palooza is now—not unlike many Parisian houses, and the industry at large—facing a time of transition. Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unhinge 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhinge
Verb
  • The following story contains graphic language that may disturb some readers.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Warren called his sister and was disturbed by their short conversation.
    Johnny Dodd, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • View Comments Musk has always been distracted by his other businesses, like SpaceX, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and his social media platform, X, and is now even more distracted by his role reshaping the federal government.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
  • This is significant, the official said, because if the instructor pilot was busy or distracted with something, Captain Lobach’s seat on the right side of the aircraft might have put her in poor position to view the descending American Airlines flight on her left.
    Mark Walker, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Bournemouth press high, force mistakes, and unsettle teams with their pacy, direct play.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
  • The case has unsettled election experts and government watchdogs across the country, who say that overturning the election would undermine democracy and provide a blueprint for doing it again in the future.
    Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The devil will persist in bothering Martin Luther until the bald-headed monk dispatches him by hurling a bottle of ink.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Imagine if the press covered all of that without bothering to even question it.
    Jeremy Gruber, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Written in black and white, the attacks look deranged.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 31 May 2023
  • The busy, fevered covers—everyone looks deranged—practically shout for a browser’s attention, in contrast to the subtler ones gracing later Clowes books like Wilson (2010) and Patience (2016).
    Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2023
Verb
  • Economists have warned that a wide-scale trade war could significantly raise prices, and consumers appear to be worried as well.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Because everything was included, all my son and I had to worry about was what to do and when to eat.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • View gallery - 3 images Downing fruit and vegetable juice as a way of fasting, cleansing, or detoxing can unbalance the health-affecting bacteria in your gut and mouth, according to a new study.
    Paul McClure February 06, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
  • But any future Purdy deal won’t really unbalance the 49ers’ cap until 2026 at the earliest because these large contracts are always structured to drastically limit the hits in the first few years.
    Tim Kawakami, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • The intrigue: The freezing of federal funds and a takeover of the federal payments system and classified information by Elon Musk, an unelected ally of Trump, alarms the Jewish groups.
    Russell Contreras, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Stevens, a former Treasury Department appointee under former President Barack Obama, said Americans should be alarmed by Musk and DOGE infiltrating federal agencies.
    Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025

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