How to Use wonky in a Sentence

wonky

adjective

• Things are going to be a bit wonky for the rest of the year in the NFL.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2022
• Name Róisín Murphy Best known for A silky voice and wonky dancing.
  — Liza Lentini, Spin, 15 Sep. 2023
• An exit code proves wonky and shuts down the apartment, locking Nemo in.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2023
• There was also the matter of syncing up the sound and picture, which turned out to be an even more wonky set of hoops to jump through.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
• If this seems like wonky stuff for a 100-minute play, that is an appropriate view.
  — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
• Oppenheimer is one of those shoot-for-the-moon projects that feels thrilling and wonky, brilliant and overstuffed, too much and yet not enough.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2023
• In the seventh millennium BCE, things went wonky for a while.
  — Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 10 May 2023
• No screwing in a front tire, or plugging in a wonky battery, or fiddling with squeaky brakes.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
• Plus, anything that gets you away from the wonky touch controls in favor of a physical controller is the way to go.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2023
• Johnson is the latest celebrity to get a wonky wax figure of themselves.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
• Lighting is an issue, as the west side temporaries are wonky.
  — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2022
• On Friday, expect lots of wonky debate about the strengths and weaknesses of each of those studies.
  — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 14 Sep. 2021
• There’s little room for our wine glasses or the cups that hold the last sips of a compellingly wonky lima bean cocktail.
  — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
• The wonky solar panel still hasn’t unfolded all the way, and engineers don’t yet know why.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2021
• But machines are still wonky at exerting just the right amount of force to control tools that aren’t rigidly attached to their hands.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2022
• The Christmas metaphor is admittedly wonky, but come on.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 31 Aug. 2023
• Baxter was obviously slumming in the teen market, as his songs are all wonky and askew—a square’s take on hip tunes.
  — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2024
• Miranda's wonky phone went off, halting filming and earning her glares from the crew.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
• For wonky furniture that’s seen better days, take the time to repair, re-stain, or recycle it.
  — Gemma Johnstone, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2023
• Amabel did not invent the wonky genre of game-as-argument.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
• His speeches are, after all, pretty wonky paeans to the unheralded work of the technocrats that Democrats like Biden love to celebrate.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2023
• What seems to be an inevitable wonky phase for everyone who grows out a bob is apparently quite evitable for the superstar.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 12 June 2023
• Lemon Juice: Aside from our perennial recommendation to use fresh juice, the only thing to note here is that the measurements are a touch wonky.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2023
• Where this stops being wonky is that an early end to QT would mean higher rates would be needed for the Fed to tighten policy the same amount, something sure to hit stocks.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• Add tech glitches, speakerphone delays and barking dogs in the background, and calls can be wonky for everyone.
  — Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 17 July 2021
• Most of them use relatively simple point-to-point wiring, tubes, and transistors—all of which can be repaired if something goes wonky.
  — Parker Hall, WIRED, 29 June 2023
• Curmudgeonly teacher with a wonky eye has to take care of students at a prep school over Christmas break and has a special relationship with one of them.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2023
• Turbulence is nothing more than wonky wind currents that cause planes to bobble a bit, not at all unlike driving on a bumpy road or sailing on a choppy sea.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2023
• Judge Mehta will consider legal questions that are both wonky and technical.
  — Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• The subject is full of dense and wonky material that gets litigated through binder-thick planning reports instead of sound bites.
  — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024