How to Use monkey wrench in a Sentence

monkey wrench

noun
  • And that’s not the only monkey wrench in the works.
    — Bob Woods, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Prepare for your birth plan to get a monkey wrench thrown in it.
    — Jessica Delfino, SELF, 23 May 2018
  • Way to throw a monkey wrench into spring break plans, Megabus.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Scull would like to throw a major monkey wrench into all of those plans.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Throw in the monkey wrench that is a new playoff format which is, well, whack.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Let those who the monkey wrench is affecting most have a less stressful time of it and be kinder.
    — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
  • High-tech cars are throwing a monkey wrench in the auto repair business.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Then, in his second year on the job, Culp got thrown a monkey wrench in the form of the coronavirus.
    — Daniel Bentley, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Not so with meme stocks, the latest monkey wrench thrown into the grooved gears of Wall Street.
    — George Schultze, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • What can throw a monkey wrench into this is a very short escrow period, say 15 days.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This loss throws a major monkey wrench in Munguia’s plans to re-climb the ladder at super middleweight.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Which, from Phil’s point-of-view, kind of throws a monkey wrench into their manly cowboy paradise.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The recent news of rampant inflation may be throwing a monkey wrench into your plans.
    — Winnie Sun, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The only monkey wrench was that Portland had a long emotional game the night before.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The Gamecocks threw a monkey wrench into the plans of one playoff contender already last week.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2019
  • This whole memory complex has thrown a monkey wrench into the hyperscalers’ growth plans.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 June 2026
  • Now, reality has gone and thrown a monkey wrench in that nice and simple explanation.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The hot trolling bite was tossed a monkey wrench on Thursday, though, as northeast winds provoked small craft warnings on the big waters.
    — cleveland.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • His trade demand, however, appears to have thrown a monkey wrench into extension talks.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 20 June 2018
  • Or look for a third party candidate and throw a monkey wrench into partisan politics.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The man threatened her with a tennis racket and the woman reached into her vehicle and grabbed a monkey wrench to protect herself.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2019
  • His top status is tenuous, and the results in Iowa could throw a monkey wrench into the whole thing for the 78-year-old.
    — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • But a severe outbreak of avian influenza killed millions of hens this year, throwing a monkey wrench into production.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
  • For one thing, there’s the individual-mandate repeal, which may or may not throw a monkey wrench into the entire system.
    — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 23 Dec. 2017
  • This naturally throws a big-time monkey wrench into any plans Lawrence may have to reconcile with Issa.
    — Essence, 23 Dec. 2021
  • In principle almost everyone has a potential monkey wrench to throw into the system.
    — George Calhoun, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Serious bummer that the dramatic change of course in your friend’s love life has thrown a monkey wrench in your occasional double-date-night routine.
    — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2019
  • This does, of course, throw a monkey wrench into the possibility of sustaining a relationship.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Similarly, the monkey wrench is more sophisticated than the description of a rum-and-coconut slushy would suggest.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
  • In other words, the Bolton revelations have thrown a monkey wrench into the Senate's proceedings.
    — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 28 Jan. 2020

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