screwy

Example Sentences

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These buyouts are absurd, an outgrowth of a crazed marketplace and undeniably screwy optics at a state university.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Although they profess to be in this screwy loyalty gauntlet for similar reasons, not everyone’s impetus is the same.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

“We will see cases, but I think almost certainly – unless something really screwy happens – they’re going to lose a lot,” said Cameron Kistler, a legal counsel at the nonprofit group Protect Democracy.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

"I used to get a lot of screwy looks from some of the breakers when I showed up," said Holman.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2023

Now I could see how screwy I’d been, how quick to jump to conclusions.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu