Examples of loose cannon in a Sentence
a politician who is regarded as a loose cannon by her colleagues
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Hal’s also a raging loose cannon, something we’re reminded of in the first lines of the season premiere.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Cam’s a loose cannon, but in the most silly, glorious of ways.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
The assemblage had room for a pop star, a philosopher genius, a loose cannon, multiple secret weapons and the twin barrels of Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, who both painted street life with a typhoon of colorful slang and freewheeling beat poetry.
—Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
The military repeatedly resisted the government’s requests to work with the AAA, considering it a loose cannon and competitor aligned with the police.
—Kristina Mani, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Cam’s a loose cannon, but in the most silly, glorious of ways.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
The assemblage had room for a pop star, a philosopher genius, a loose cannon, multiple secret weapons and the twin barrels of Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, who both painted street life with a typhoon of colorful slang and freewheeling beat poetry.
—Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
The military repeatedly resisted the government’s requests to work with the AAA, considering it a loose cannon and competitor aligned with the police.
—Kristina Mani, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Loose cannon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loose%20cannon. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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