How to Use balance in a Sentence

balance

1 of 2 noun

• She has a good sense of balance.
• The food had a perfect balance of sweet and spicy flavors.
• The skater suddenly lost his balance and fell.
• She had trouble keeping her balance as the boat rocked back and forth.
• To lose weight you need the proper balance of diet and exercise.
• It's important to keep your life in balance.
• Another skater bumped into him and knocked him off balance.
• Temperature changes could upset the delicate balance of life in the forest.
• To provide balance in her news story, she interviewed members of both political parties.
• Gymnasts need flexibility and balance.
• The lead and the game were hanging in the balance in the fifth inning.
  — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• The balance of the handle and the brush head is perfect.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 13 Dec. 2017
• The task is to keep your balance in the middle of so much.
  — Claire Comstock-Gay, The Cut, 11 June 2018
• Of course, the balance of war is in the eye of the beholder.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2018
• The balance between prayer and action comes to the fore.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 5 Feb. 2018
• That balance was the hallmark of the best Hootie songs.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 6 June 2019
• And each system’s balance lies in the hands of the others.
  — Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2022
• The scale balances, which means that the number of fake coins is the same in both of the pans.
  — Nicholas Diaco, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2018
• Well, the plan here is to speak out about the change in balance in the Court.
  — NBC News, 1 July 2018
• The cause for the strange blooms is plant hormones that are out of balance.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
• That keeps you off balance and that speaks to his feel.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
• Somehow along the way, the balance of this show went awry.
  — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 May 2018
• The dip was finished with a sour fruit jam for balance.
  — Judy Revenaugh, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• The sliders were enough to keep the hitter off-balance.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2022
• The amount should be the balance owed from tolls, with no penalty fee.
  — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2017
• It’s a balance of knowing when to push and when not to push.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 13 June 2021
• How might new sight lines shift the strategic balance of a map?
  — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
• Hundreds of thousands of lives may hang in the balance.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020
• The goal is to strike a balance between lens size and overall weight.
  — Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2020
• These costs don’t show up on the current balance sheets.
  — Trita Parsi, The New Republic, 20 Jan. 2023

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balance

2 of 2 verb

• Something's wrong: the books don't balance.
• I find it difficult to balance on one foot.
• The legislature is still trying to balance the state's budget.
• He had trouble balancing on his skis.
• He balances his checkbook every month.
• He helped his daughter balance on her bicycle before she started peddling.
• Of course, the show loves to balance the dark with the light.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 11 May 2022
• The goal is to swing the ball onto the stick and try to balance it.
  — New York Times, 30 May 2021
• It should be balanced with acid and rich from the sausage.
  — Nancy Miller, The Courier-Journal, 24 Apr. 2018
• There is the downward weight which is balanced by the upward push of the ground.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 18 June 2018
• The apples are balanced out by the malt, and the spices show up only in the finish.
  — Ac Shilton, Outside Online, 6 Dec. 2019
• What’s the best way to balance drinking and a healthy lifestyle?
  — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 12 Dec. 2022
• Is there a way that a gallery can balance something like this?
  — Christopher Mosley, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2019
• The sauce’s sweet and tart flavors call for a wine that can balance the yin and yang.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 26 Nov. 2019
• Wire the skates sturdily to the trunk and space them evenly to balance the tree.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2022
• And yes, sometimes the chemistry in brains needs medicine to balance it.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 23 May 2022
• It's got enough of a caramel sweet pop to it with a good taste of coffee to balance it out.
  — Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com, 1 Oct. 2021
• Lime juice provides the sour note, balanced by a dash of sugar.
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 26 June 2018
• Teach a flock of grackles how to balance their checkbooks.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 14 Apr. 2021
• SpaceX needs this first stage back to help balance out a busy second half of the year.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 June 2020
• Whether the squad is balanced enough remains a concern, though.
  — SI.com, 2 June 2018
• The challenge is to balance a wooden statue on a long pole.
  — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• Employers must balance the law of nature and the law at work.
  — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
• Allow people time to balance their work and their lives.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
• Her front legs splayed as if to balance herself after a fall.
  — Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2021
• Then carefully balance the snifter on its side atop the rocks glass.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 17 Nov. 2021
• That offense is enough to balance a defense that still has some holes.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2020
• If the dress is dramatic, how does one balance it with hair and make-up?
  — Hannah Coates, Allure, 11 Jan. 2023
• Councilors said their pay raises need to be added and the budget balanced.
  — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 2 June 2017
• From there, Erin balanced out the tones with neutral blonde base dyes.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 31 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 22 Apr 2024