How to Use balancing act in a Sentence

balancing act

noun
  • But putting out the show involved a balancing act of its own.
    — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2020
  • This dressing is a balancing act of bright, salty and creamy.
    — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022
  • There’s a theme about going back and forth and balancing acts.
    — Mike Ayers, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2017
  • There can be a balancing act between what’s best for the prospect and what’s best for the team.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • Gone are the days of doing a balancing act with a strainer and pot.
    — cleveland, 29 June 2022
  • Older age can be a balancing act — how much to put out, how hard to try, how much to let go.
    — Anne Lamott, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
  • But the balancing act does not always come easy for the rapper.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 13 July 2022
  • The whole thing is a bit of a balancing act, Mercogliano said.
    — Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2020
  • What is the balancing act of getting those guys reps in practice?
    — oregonlive, 28 July 2021
  • That was the main balancing act, both during the shoot and in the editing room.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2022
  • There’s this balancing act of being tied to a place and a people with that sort of past.
    — Noah Davis, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023
  • But as the season’s gone on, that’s become part of the balancing act.
    — Giana Han, al, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Fruit from the mango is there, but the dryness from the wheat works as a nice balancing act.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2020
  • But that's a tricky balancing act, as the pandemic has shown.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2021
  • My life used to be a balancing act of taking care of my children and working.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But massive stars can sometimes burn so hot at their cores, this balancing act can get knocked out of whack.
    — National Geographic, 2 Sep. 2020
  • In the best of times, doing no harm is a delicate balancing act.
    — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2021
  • All of them hope the new legislation can help with that balancing act.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2021
  • That’s quite the balancing act from Brunson and her team of writers.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
  • For some, the budget balancing act grows more difficult by the day.
    — Gabe Cohen, CNN, 4 Aug. 2022
  • With Jimmy, that is the balancing act, with so much of his game played in attack mode.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Peterson's days are a balancing act between the lab and her skis.
    — Emily Chen-Newton, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
  • But overall the balancing act leaves the boundaries largely the same.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Just as with her skin-care routine, Bock knows that work and self-care is also a balancing act.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Maintaining a healthy and diverse lawn is a balancing act.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
  • But Pashinyan has also sought to keep up a balancing act with Russia.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
  • But within the broader party, the balancing act largely seems to have worked, a least for now.
    — Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Here, Branagh attempts to balance both, and its in that balancing act that the film misses the mark.
    — Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Paying for her insulin and other supplies is a balancing act.
    — ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Taliban takeover presents a tricky balancing act for Pakistan.
    — Sabrina Toppa, Time, 18 Aug. 2021

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