How to Use unhinged in a Sentence

unhinged

adjective
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  • Creepy and a bit unhinged, this is one to watch late at night.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
  • That feels unhinged [laughs] and more like me or Harley.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Now the guy is going full unhinged, and no one can blame him.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That rhetoric seems unhinged today, but at the time the public seemed to agree.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 15 July 2021
  • Maybe that’s why unhinged guests took the spotlight this week.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Now the engine idles at nearly 2,000 rpm and feels even more unhinged as the revs rise.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 11 July 2023
  • Biden, meanwhile, tweeted three times in the same hour, but the tone was...less unhinged.
    — Asia Ewart, refinery29.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Briones chews up the scenery with wild abandon as the slightly unhinged Hanover.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Utica got her life two times over on the most unhinged episode Drag Race has aired in years.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • But in Season 3, things are about to get more unhinged than ever — and that’s a good thing.
    — Photo: Courtesy Of Hbo., refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • In the next, the unhinged duo are seen rubbing noses and making eyes at each other in a black and white close-up shot.
    — Ryan Fish, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Infantino then is a sign of the times, an unhinged leader of a sport out of control.
    — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Creepy and a bit unhinged, this is one to watch late at night, when the film’s bleakness will fully cast its spell.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 July 2024
  • Sh-t was so unhinged and so fun and amazing and just absurd.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Radcliffe somehow missed the part where the child star becomes an unhinged jerk.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The unhinged tales couldn’t all fit into just one season — or even two.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The unhinged man became irate over the bump and punched the victim in the face before pulling out a knife and stabbing him in the right torso.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Has there ever been a more unhinged way to dump someone?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The solos are tight with Pop roaming around just looking for a way to come unhinged.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 20 May 2021
  • That the men seem to be more unhinged and immoral the higher up the ladders of power is not subtle.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Seems like a cool, completely not-unhinged thing to do!
    — Jean Bentley, refinery29.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • What followed next involved the use of a Molotov and—if true—a clear, unhinged abuse of power.
    — Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Mendes had the idea that Drea’s wardrobe would get more unhinged as the character began to feel less in control.
    — Time, 16 Sep. 2022
  • At first glance, the statement seems, well, pretty unhinged.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2022
  • In an unhinged, rollercoaster of a game, the Hoosiers earned a 39-31 victory.
    — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The opening scene, an epilogue that sets the unhinged tone, is an example.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
  • Is this unhinged person the one who voters want to lead the United States Senate?
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Here are some of the most unhinged leading theories that emerged.
    — Curbed, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Jamie goes fully unhinged about it all at with record-breaking speed.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The trailers show the girls in both the past and present timelines growing increasingly unhinged and the writers have promised us that this season will only get nastier.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2025

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