unmoored

Example Sentences

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Spreads should be wider than normal to add another level of dealer protection as the market mob is anticipated to make decisions that are unmoored from rational analysis.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

His military experience “left me feeling very unmoored, it left me feeling very disillusioned, very alienated and very isolated.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The wealthy but suddenly unmoored LIV golfers have been left to scramble like a weekend hacker trying to salvage a bogey after chipping into a sand trap.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

To be unmoored by the shadows of our past is a gift no fame or fortune can afford.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

That cozy view never prompted the sick, panicky feeling of being unmoored from the earth that the phrase “touch the clouds” had stirred up in her.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood