How to Use off-center in a Sentence

off-center

adjective

• For a more modern take on the side pony, opt for a placement closer to the top of the head, just slightly off-center.
  — Myranda Mondry, Allure, 26 June 2023
• In a typical video, his face is slightly off-center, his gaze away from the camera.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2023
• But its use here feels just off-center enough to fit into this unique show, rather than as a rehash of what’s been done dozens of times in the past elsewhere.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
• Parted a bit off-center, her hair is flipped out and away from her face in voluminous swoops, much like the blowouts that were popular in the '70s.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 24 Nov. 2023
• But something that has been a glimmer of light for me has been seeing how strange films or films that are a little off-center are rising to the surface in interesting ways.
  — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• Fortunately, the steering, which has been revised for greater precision both on- and off-center, makes placing this car easy.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 4 July 2023
• Her blowout was full of oomph, and her curtain bangs were flawlessly parted just a bit off-center, proving her signature style looks fabulous in any shade of brunette.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 5 Dec. 2023
• Oklahoma is just an off-center place that this wildcat rogueness could be rewarded.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 29 June 2023
• Her slightly off-center parting, which helps hair fall naturally around her face to flattering effect.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2024
• No Proscenium’s Nelson says the Ministry of Peculiarities doesn’t upend escape room conventions so much as set them off-center.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• To hold the audience’s interest, Soderbergh kept the camera moving, sliding up to characters at slightly off-center angles, as if to communicate their discomfort.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
• Hang a sweet message off-center to finish.
  — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
• Any concerns about Kelce being a bit off-center faded away when Swift talked with him.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025