kilter
Example Sentences
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For some, the Treasury Department’s response only added to the sense of a typically staid market gone disturbingly off kilter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
What about the balance of the XI, knocked so badly out of kilter when Stokes missed the second Test at The Oval?
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The party playlist, with disco hits blasting through stoppages, felt out of kilter with the rising tension.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
For a hurricane to grow in strength, it must also be free of cross-cutting winds, known as wind shear, which can tear holes in the walls of the storm’s eye or throw it off kilter.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 26, 2023
There was that one letter missing, and the framing bulged slightly out of kilter, but overall, it looked as solid as ever.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Vocabulary lists containing kilter
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I A Woman?" (1863)
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