thrown off balance
Example Sentences
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But as he hurled his partner high above the ice, he was thrown off balance by grammar and umlauts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
In such conditions, the equilibrium of microorganisms that keep our skin healthy is often thrown off balance, allowing S. aureus to flourish, the researchers said.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2023
He spotted McLaurin in the back of the end zone and lobbed the ball nearly 40 yards, a wobbly spiral thrown off balance.
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2021
Wilson's Mobius arrives at a TVA already thrown off balance by the spreading knowledge that everything its agents take as canon, namely the idea that the TVA created them, is a lie.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2021
The man Ugwu was tied to jerked at the rope as if to see how strong it was and Ugwu was almost thrown off balance.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
