How to use unhinged in a sentence

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• Dad came unhinged when he saw the report card with such bad grades.From the entry come unhinged
• The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.From the entry scuttle
• Both of those characters can get unhinged enough to do it.2022 March 7, ItsKrunchTime, “You can put one f-bomb anywhere in the Halo series. Where do you put it?”, in Reddit, HaloStory, archived…. From the entry cluster F-bomb
• It had become unhinged—institutionally corrupt, rotten, like a fish, from the head.2014, Steve Schifferes, Richard Roberts, The Media and Financial Crises. From the entry hindsightism
• Indeed, one of Taizong's own sons may well have been unhinged by his father's obvious fratricidal and nepoticidal actions.2008, Peter Lorge, “The Great Ditch of China and the Song-Liao Border”, in Don J. Wyatt, editor, Battlefronts Real and Imagined: War…. From the entry unhinge
• But who could not have been captivated by the passages of ecstatic murmurings; shimmering, unhinged harmonies; ruminatively Wagnerian lyricism?2007 January 20, Anthony Tommasini, “Muti Takes the Reins, a Classicist at His Core”, in New York Times. From the entry ruminatively
• Jaw became unhinged, pupils tripled in size.2005, John Dempsey, Matchbook, →ISBN, page 40. From the entry Thai-stick
• He smiled uncontrollably while driving; and then, thought that other drivers looking at his face would conclude there goes an unhinged harebrain.2014, Dean O. Holiday, The Unfortunate Gift. From the entry harebrain
• Operation Rescue eventually unhinged the locked gate, but were still unable to leave the parking lot due to the demonstrators' blocking the driveway.1988 December 4, Vivien Sharples, “Seattle Anti-Abortionists Thwarted”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 3. From the entry unhinge
• "I just love the fact that she's so deliciously volatile and unhinged – I thought I've got to get on board with this, she's so vile."2024 May 28, Kerrie Hughes, “'Never slouch for anyone, ever' - Hannah Waddingham advises women to embrace their height”, in Woman & Home…. From the entry milktini
• It appeared that two lads of about eighteen had had their minds unhinged by bushranging literature, and for some imagined slight had murdered the mother and daughter.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 63. From the entry bushranging
• As he talked, slowly, quietly, I had the impression that it must surely be an accident that had happened, but that his mind, unhinged by tragedy, baulked at Anna’s death.1952, Daphne du Maurier, “Monte Verità”, in The Apple Tree. From the entry baulk

Meaning of unhinged

1. adjective Mentally ill or unstable; deranged; insane.
2. adjective Not furnished with a hinge.
3. adjective Not having ever been mounted using a stamp hinge.

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How do you use unhinged in a sentence?

Unhinged is used as an adjective. For example: “Dad came unhinged when he saw the report card with such bad grades.”

What is a short sentence with unhinged?

“an unhinged door”

What does unhinged mean?

Unhinged means mentally ill or unstable; deranged; insane.