How to Use out of sync in a Sentence

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• His eyes beady, his forehead shiny, and his speech slightly out of sync from his mouth.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 Jan. 2023
• Beijing’s Covid restrictions have put China out of sync with the rest of the world.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023
• As the demand exceeds supply, there’ll be a voltage drop, and the power plants get out of sync with the grid.
  — Anna Blaustein, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022
• Most are taken in spring and fall when their pelage is out of sync with the current weather pattern.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2023
• In addition, an offense led by Tom Brady has looked out of sync.
  — Doug Ziefel, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
• Portland, meanwhile, seemed out of sync and did not produce a high volume of chances.
  — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
• Naturally, with a decade of footwork and feel built up on the left side, the harmony has been out of sync, more so in the run game.
  — Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
• Artillery, armor, and air support all appear to be out of sync.
  — Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
• Like most of his teammates during the Dodgers’ up-and-down opening two weeks, Freeman had felt out of sync to start his 14th big league season.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• Then be prepared to do some careful review when Mercury, the detail planet, goes out of sync from April 21 to May 15.
  — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 16 Apr. 2023
• Try to put any plans involving lifestyle issues in play before Mercury goes out of sync on the 10th.
  — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2022
• The Bucs should be concerned about Brady, who looks out of sync with his receivers, but coach Todd Bowles has to be happy with how his defense is playing.
  — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 27 Sep. 2022
• In many ways, the nation’s housing stock has grown out of sync with these shifting demographics.
  — Robert Gebeloff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
• The Celtics have been so erratic during these playoffs, looking brilliant at times and dog-tired and out of sync at others.
  — Sporting Green Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2022
• The result is an industry falling out of sync with how people use its products.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
• Covid lockdowns and border curbs have left China out of sync with the rest of the world, disrupting supply chains and damaging the flow of trade and investment.
  — Laura He, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
• Turbines can go spinning out of sync, [causing damage].
  — Anna Blaustein, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022
• Musk’s views on trans rights put him out of sync with many other Silicon Valley billionaires.
  — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 2 June 2023
• In all three categories, the number of officers working in the field, or on the street, appeared out of sync with the number of shootings on the weekends, according to the report.
  — Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022
• Be patient, too, because with Mercury going out of sync in your relationship angle on the 10th, others are in a spin.
  — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2022
• If your life is out of sync with your beliefs, look out for someone with the experience to answer difficult questions.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
• Prescott pointed to his preparation as the key to his ability to remain calm and steady on Monday night (while the other quarterback, Tom Brady, was out of sync with the big blunders to show for it).
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
• Others were wayfarers like me, out of sync with our times, cultural pilgrims seeking asylum in new old worlds.
  — Matt Powell, Variety, 14 Mar. 2022
• Messaging done this way is often rife with errors — from forgetting to insert a contact name to writing something that is out of sync with where the customer is in the cycle.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2023
• The Athletic says that United are hesitant to pay €80mn ($85mn) for De Jong, however, finding that figure to be out of sync with the current transfer market.
  — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 10 June 2022
• According to the Mayo Clinic, the heart’s upper chambers (the atria) beat chaotically and irregularly — out of sync with the lower chambers (the ventricles) of the heart.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2022
• What's more, this season simply seems out of sync with the mood of the moment—too brutal for those in national mourning and not interesting enough for those befuddled by all that mourning.
  — Leila Latif, Chron, 5 Nov. 2022
• Smith's prophecy rang true for the Yellowjackets, who had a couple of momentum-shifting plays early to keep the score competitive but looked out of sync on offense all night.
  — The Courier-Journal, 20 Aug. 2022
• Cutscenes are solid enough, but audio regularly falls out of sync with visuals, even for just one character.
  — Matt Gardner, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• Defining O’Rourke to conservative and moderate voters as out of sync gives Abbott the chance to avoid criticism tossed in his direction.
  — Dallas News, 27 June 2022

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