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Recent Examples of wonky
Some have cigarettes tucked behind their ears, while others scratch at wonky tattoos hastily drawn on with Sharpie.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
It’s now been 21 months since the May 2023 surgery, which was the fourth procedure Landeskog has had to try and fix his wonky knee.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
There were, however, some wonky editing choices, like integrating Mary Cosby into the season by filming scene after scene of her in her walk-in closet.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
Normally, if an actor has 55 pages of dialogue in a film while his female counterpart has only three, there's clearly a wonky gender dynamic at play.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
It’s now been 21 months since the May 2023 surgery, which was the fourth procedure Landeskog has had to try and fix his wonky knee.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
There were, however, some wonky editing choices, like integrating Mary Cosby into the season by filming scene after scene of her in her walk-in closet.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
Normally, if an actor has 55 pages of dialogue in a film while his female counterpart has only three, there's clearly a wonky gender dynamic at play.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonky
Adjective
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Their intimate knowledge of artistic symbiosis adds a poignant underlay to Hawke and Linklater’s reunion on Blue Moon, a transfixing character study that X-rays the shaky skeleton of a creative partnership of comparable duration.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Feb. 2025
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President Biden was fully expected to be the Democratic nominee until a shaky debate performance on June 27 caused many, even in his own party, to call for a new nominee.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
17 Feb. 2025
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An arrangement by Thomas Adès of Conlon Nancarrow’s Study No. 6, one of his ingenious player-piano exercises, somehow transformed complex rhythmic layerings into a blithe, tipsy rumba.—
Zachary Woolfe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The crowd is diverse, ranging from tipsy college students to international visitors.—
Chrissy Suttles,
Axios,
2 Feb. 2025
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Around 700 million years ago, Earth was a frozen, white sphere, its rocky surface buried kilometers under ice.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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Asteroids, also known as minor planets, are rocky, airless objects that originated from the early formation of our solar system approximately 4.6 billion years ago.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Skiers and riders can make their way to the tippy top of the mountain on the higher bowls for a little fun on peaks 6, 7, and 8, but be warned.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Feb. 2025
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But after that, sure enough, fun highlights, including the tippy top of the loop and superfast glimpse of Universal CityWalk, the busting through the New York facade, surfing above the queue and doubling back dramatically to the loading station.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While caring for your significant other is natural and often necessary, consistently acting as a caretaker can create an unbalanced dynamic that leaves both individuals dissatisfied.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Several pundits have argued that the top four seed lines should not be reserved for conference champions in the future because that requirement caused this year’s bracket to become unbalanced.—
Nicole Auerbach,
NBC News,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Wonky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonky. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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