How to Use off-kilter in a Sentence

off-kilter

adjective

• But this week, things were a bit off-kilter in a good way.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
• An oddly off-kilter voice, the voice of the book, arises.
  — Cara Blue Adams, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
• Frankly, Starkey said being in the Who sometimes kept him off-kilter.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 June 2025
• Washing one heavy blanket or a single pair of jeans can throw the drum off-kilter and strain the machine.
  — Lauryn Higgins, Time, 1 July 2025
• The clay and papier-mâché face has morphed over time, setting the eyes a bit off-kilter.
  — Jack Nicas Dado Galdieri, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
• Everything was sort of flowy and weird and off-kilter — and few straight lines except for the pleats themselves.
  — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 28 June 2024
• When there are just three people, that balance is thrown way off-kilter.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
• Over the last decade, pop stars have sought out this off-kilter vision of how female bodies can move.
  — Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024
• At times, the visuals feel strange, even off-kilter, but that’s on purpose.
  — Vulture, 21 June 2023
• Karen is prone to tilting her head as to suggest that our world is slightly off-kilter.
  — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• The tune is sharp, memorably off-kilter, and very, very funny.
  — Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2024
• Primus specialize in bass-heavy, off-kilter rock with a goofy sense of humor.
  — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 2 June 2025
• Of the 21 works on view, every piece has its own spirit, ranging from stern to wildly off-kilter.
  — Elle Decor Editors, ELLE Decor, 8 Mar. 2023
• But there are other lessons to learn in this sweet, off-kilter comedy.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
• Onstage as the lead singer of Hole, her red lipstick was smeared; her eyeliner was smudged; and her tiara, off-kilter.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
• No such respite awaits his characters, who all seem off-kilter.
  — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• Both artists are masters of the avant-garde, Black futurists, and off-kilter divas.
  — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
• To date, there still hasn’t been anything else quite as pleasurably off-kilter.
  — Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
• Outside, there’s an off-kilter pool with floating furniture and drinks at the ready.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 21 July 2023
• Along with the darting detail on the front pockets, the side and back also feature off-kilter seaming.
  — Paula Lee, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2023
• As an off-kilter priest, the off-kilter Michael Shannon was delightful to watch.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
• With Friendship being a more of an off-kilter comedy, what would the blooper reel look like?
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
• Ask questions, be persistent, and if anything seems off-kilter, see to it right away.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
• The writers have mined that off-kilter camaraderie to great effect.
  — Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
• Djokovic played his third-round match, but looked understandably off-kilter and lost to Tabilo.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
• And even a minimal absence knocks the short and long-term trajectory of this team off-kilter.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• While spinning on its axis, Earth wobbles like an off-kilter top.
  — Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 16 June 2023
• Keough alone could carry the film, embodying the most peculiar mix of lust and off-kilter desire in her baby-blue thigh high boots.
  — David Opie, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2026
• If your cap looks off-kilter, seat it properly and test to see if that fixes the problem.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
• This off-kilter confidence is the crux of her appeal.
  — Carrie Battan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026