Examples of kilter in a Sentence
since I dropped my food processor, it's been all out of kilter
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But the constant attacking hadn’t paid off by the 20-minute mark, with Paraguay still defending well and France being just slightly off kilter with its passing in the final third of the pitch.
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Patrick Sung Cuadrado,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
However, Trump has, for many decades, believes in unpredictability — making sudden shifts to put others in a negotiation off kilter.
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Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
For just a little while, let yourself get lost in the off-kilter world and fun details of the artworks, from the cat-eye glasses made out of forks on the waitress to the mermaid’s tail, made entirely from tin can tops.
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Alissa Greenberg,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Add in some unpredictability, whether from the wind that swirled around her Wednesday, the surface, or both, and her timing can quickly go off-kilter.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Patrick Sung Cuadrado,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
However, Trump has, for many decades, believes in unpredictability — making sudden shifts to put others in a negotiation off kilter.
—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
For just a little while, let yourself get lost in the off-kilter world and fun details of the artworks, from the cat-eye glasses made out of forks on the waitress to the mermaid’s tail, made entirely from tin can tops.
—
Alissa Greenberg,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
Add in some unpredictability, whether from the wind that swirled around her Wednesday, the surface, or both, and her timing can quickly go off-kilter.
—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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“Kilter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilter. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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kilter
noun
kil·ter
ˈkil-tər 
: proper condition
the TV is out of kilter
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