off-balance

Example Sentences

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Senior Ray Pelayo of San Fernando kept throwing strikes, keeping El Camino Real off balance for 7⅔ scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and one walk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

The 41-year-old's arm got stuck in a gate just 13 seconds into her run on Sunday at Olimpia delle Tofane in Cortina, throwing her off balance.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

On “The Bear,” his last guest star role, Albert Schnur knocks our trust off balance by swooping into Ebra’s life, expecting to find disorganization, and enthusiastically respecting that Ebra has his act together.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

But it’s five-foot-10, 228-pound Taylor who’s stirring the whole pot, keeping defenses off balance, opening up the passing game, and making Indianapolis a credible threat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Awkward because, the way he had pulled me, I could not sit right in my chair, but was leaning off balance.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien