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
  • The small, off-center dial at 12 o’clock—time is definitely secondary on this timepiece—was crafted by Comblémine, famous independent watchmaker Kari Voutilainen’s high-end dial manufacture.
    Elizabeth Doerr, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Exploring a darker emotional terrain, her uncanny transformations are marked by a raw, restless energy and committed visceral physicality through spins and falls, pop and lock isolations, and off-center balances.
    Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • 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
  • The small, off-center dial at 12 o’clock—time is definitely secondary on this timepiece—was crafted by Comblémine, famous independent watchmaker Kari Voutilainen’s high-end dial manufacture.
    Elizabeth Doerr, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Exploring a darker emotional terrain, her uncanny transformations are marked by a raw, restless energy and committed visceral physicality through spins and falls, pop and lock isolations, and off-center balances.
    Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023

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