How to Use destabilize in a Sentence

destabilize

verb

• Economists warn that the crisis could destabilize the nation's currency.
• The group hoped the assassination of the new President would destabilize the government.
• There was a real effort to destabilize our trust in schools just.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2022
• And the voters know that the U.S.’s bombing of Yemen last week will further destabilize the region.
  — Iman Jodeh, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2024
• In spite and because of it all, the glamour and the stardom, that time was also destabilizing for Blige.
  — Zandria Robinson, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
• Russia will threaten more of its neighbors, from Moldova to the Baltic states, and destabilize the globe.
  — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
• Both he and his daughter have been sanctioned by the United States for their actions to destabilize Ukraine.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2022
• For some critics of the rate hike effort over the past year, the collapse of the banks adds to their fears that the Fed’s push could destabilize the broader economy.
  — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
• Now the pair start to keep score, tallying up a point each time one of them says something that destabilizes the other.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
• Your mission this full moon week is to not give into people’s attempts to destabilize you or throw you off the path.
  — Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 30 May 2023
• The retreat of glaciers has already caused structures at Camp Muir, a camp for climbers, to shift slightly as the ground destabilizes, Beason said.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 22 June 2023
• Skies are partly sunny, with breaks in the clouds at times, destabilizing the atmosphere for the next storm round.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• The conflict threatens to destabilize Africa's third-largest nation.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
• That element destabilizes the film’s tone — which, up until then, has been laced with irony.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2023
• The military has said that although Khan had a right to hold a rally there, no one would be allowed to destabilize the country.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2022
• But the idea of a highly paid and consistent job in engineering has been destabilized.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2023
• Then, a third galaxy and black hole might have approached and destabilized the system, causing one of the black holes to shoot out of its host galaxy at a high speed, per NASA’s statement.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Apr. 2023
• The rise in yields is making investors nervous because past surges have at times destabilized markets.
  — WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023
• But all of them destabilize ecosystems, threaten native species, and/or spread pathogens.
  — Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
• And, as in these earlier novels, Boye’s closed state is destabilized by the experience of awe.
  — Talya Zax, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2023
• But the migrants said that the frenzy only destabilized the Adriana, so the Faithful Warrior withdrew.
  — Karam Shoumali, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
• Sea levels could rise by several feet as ice sheets are destabilized.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
• That's the kind of person who will destabilize Europe and will destabilize the world by America not being a leader.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2023
• Economies have been destabilized by too much of it, and populations have revolted from too little of it.
  — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
• As the moon and Venus clash, romantic fantasies are destabilizing.
  — USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• Periodic heat waves destabilize the chemistry of ponds, leading to the spread of disease.
  — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2022
• But the business model was destabilized affected by the pandemic when the club’s regulars struggled to keep up with the cost of living, let alone a night out.
  — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• The address echoed previous statements lambasting the protests as a foreign plot to destabilize Iran.
  — Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2022
• Fires can destabilize whole regions as homes and businesses are lost or damaged, and recovery can take years or decades.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 7 June 2023
• The address marking Basij week in Iran echoed previous statements lambasting the protests as a foreign plot to destabilize Iran.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024