How to Use unhinged in a Sentence

unhinged

adjective
  • Creepy and a bit unhinged, this is one to watch late at night.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
  • This is a very unhinged episode of Bake club.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Now the guy is going full unhinged, and no one can blame him.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Maybe that’s why unhinged guests took the spotlight this week.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Hit me with your most unhinged (but legal) ideas to get this to stop.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
  • Even more unhinged voices joined him.
    — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Yeah, that whole movie was just so unhinged in a really fun way.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Jamie goes fully unhinged about it all at with record-breaking speed.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The unhinged tales couldn’t all fit into just one season — or even two.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
  • That rhetoric seems unhinged today, but at the time the public seemed to agree.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 15 July 2021
  • Their door threatened to come unhinged, and her friends lashed it to the frame with dog leashes.
    — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The world came to accept Showgirls as a damn good, unhinged time.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
  • So much depends on striking the right balance of adorable and unhinged.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 May 2025
  • Radcliffe somehow missed the part where the child star becomes an unhinged jerk.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
  • So, now Gabriela has an unhinged Finn, in the wind, to worry about!
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Briones chews up the scenery with wild abandon as the slightly unhinged Hanover.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Here are some of the most unhinged leading theories that emerged.
    — Curbed, 9 Feb. 2022
  • His opinions on Obama were no less unhinged.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Creepy and a bit unhinged, this is one to watch late at night, when the film’s bleakness will fully cast its spell.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 July 2024
  • Both extremes—the unhinged and the unbothered—get it wrong.
    — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Utica got her life two times over on the most unhinged episode Drag Race has aired in years.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Infantino then is a sign of the times, an unhinged leader of a sport out of control.
    — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The internet is very much a dumping ground for the unhinged and unhealed.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2025
  • The solos are tight with Pop roaming around just looking for a way to come unhinged.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 20 May 2021
  • The vehicle's back bumper at one point came unhinged and could be seen dragging behind the car.
    — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The opening scene, an epilogue that sets the unhinged tone, is an example.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
  • In the next, the unhinged duo are seen rubbing noses and making eyes at each other in a black and white close-up shot.
    — Ryan Fish, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But in Season 3, things are about to get more unhinged than ever — and that’s a good thing.
    — Photo: Courtesy Of Hbo., refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The crowd, knowing the game was shifting away from the Phillies, became unhinged.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 28 May 2018
  • The cost has gone up in the last couple of years—but that might be more because my taste in nail art has gotten more unhinged.
    — Grace McCarty, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2026

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