thrown off balance
Example Sentences
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Formally and dramatically, the movie has poise, which only strengthens its depiction of girls thrown off balance by growing up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
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
The only time I noticed Bezos thrown off balance, though, was when Jayapal brought up an April Wall Street Journal report detailing how the company gathered data from its third-party sellers to launch competing products.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2020
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
