How to Use imbalance in a Sentence

imbalance

noun
  • Her depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
  • These imbalances blocked the flow of air to the brain.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • What can be done to solve this imbalance?
    — Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • To avoid this imbalance, pick names out of a hat, or take turns.
    — Ross McCammon, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
  • But even that couldn’t mask the imbalance.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That imbalance can and should change.
    — Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • That’s where these next few weeks come in, as the home/road imbalance evens out.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The size and shape of the imbalance differ from place to place.
    — Jan Mischke, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • But his girlfriend points out an imbalance in the plan.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • With that imbalance squared, the two passers split snaps evenly.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The power imbalance was just too great.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • Our results point to a stark imbalance.
    — Phil Jolly, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
  • That imbalance is part of the appeal.
    — Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
  • That imbalance extends to the score, too.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
  • That imbalance caused the aircraft to tilt and roll into a steep bank.
    — Feliz Solomon and Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • That might work in the short term but will quickly cause an imbalance in the workload.
    — Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
  • While total costs might well be the same, there is an imbalance of staff to demand.
    — Mark Heymann, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • That’s the largest imbalance in the nation.
    — Jerry McNerney, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Some pieces in matching sets can be the wrong size for a room, causing an imbalance.
    — Nomita Vaish-Taylor, The Spruce, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The imbalance was hard to ignore.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
  • This imbalance is one of the main hurdles still standing.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Yes, there was a power imbalance.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • There’s such an imbalance going on.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
  • There's a reason for this imbalance.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Even small imbalances can lead to outages and blackouts.
    — Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
  • This imbalance is where deskilling begins.
    — Victor Fang, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • And, of course, there’s an imbalance among kids who have test prep and tutoring and those who don’t.
    — Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The Bulls still have a roster imbalance.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Why the bizarre imbalance between the demand for work and the supply of it?
    — Nicholas Eberstadt, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The news came after her doctor noticed an imbalance in her white blood cell count.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025

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