loose cannon

Example Sentences

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That’s not to say that Harris is best as a loose cannon.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

Door staff and witnesses told the trial that O'Pray had been a "loose cannon" and was "very erratic" that night.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2023

“One man’s loose cannon is another man’s freedom fighter,” she wrote in 1987 of the city’s cast of characters in 1987.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2023

Those are the rules, and vice presidents who break them are blasted for going off-script or being a loose cannon.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

They must think Hudson is a loose cannon and I’m the summer school know-it-all.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera