How to Use unhinged in a Sentence

unhinged

adjective
  • Creepy and a bit unhinged, this is one to watch late at night.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Has there ever been a more unhinged way to dump someone?
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Dec. 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
  • Here are some of the most unhinged leading theories that emerged.
    Curbed, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The settlers are going haywire, unhinged and are not caring about the law and nobody's able to stop them.
    CBS News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • It’s a living, breathing, flow state; a passage of sweet, unhinged release.—A.R.C. 5.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Nov. 2022
  • As the specter of Lestat, Reid is more alluring and more unhinged than he’s ever been.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 12 May 2024
  • That time apart made Swift’s heart grow fonder since Midnights is full of unabashed and slightly unhinged love songs.
    Shannon Carlin, Time, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The marketing campaign has been unmissable and unhinged, to say the least.
    Jake Smith, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Both Roman and Shiv quickly bail from the plan as well, and Kendall comes unhinged as his plan collapses in his face.
    Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2021
  • On the day of the visit, the increasingly unhinged Eva hovers outside the room, fuming.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Even so, the episode with the legendary programmer John Carmack has an unhinged director’s-cut feel to it.
    Sheon Han, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The depiction of an unhinged fascist demagogue has been a feature of my shows since Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' in 1980.
    Alexander Hall, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Meredith sounds unhinged, and Heather, Whitney and Jen are hiding from her.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Jan. 2022
  • And the album felt like 19 — chaotic, unhinged, paramount.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
  • Meanwhile, Israel is acting like the world’s unfettered and unhinged superpower as the U.S. is reduced to its acolyte.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024

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