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Kilter is an English word with synonyms like kelter or orderliness. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Kilter in a sentence

Kilter | Kilt | Kilts | Kilted

Kilter meaning

Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle.

Synonyms of Kilter

Using Kilter

  • The main meaning on this page is: Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle.
  • Useful related words include: kelter, orderliness, order.
  • In the example corpus, kilter often appears in combinations such as: of kilter, off kilter, kilter with.

Context around Kilter

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Kilter

  • In this selection, "kilter" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, off, track, tracks and cabaret stand out and add context to how "kilter" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include an off kilter haircut bleached and an off kilter performance that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "kilter" sits close to words such as abington, acura and adt, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with kilter

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

He said: “Irish electricity prices are vastly out of kilter with prices in the rest of Europe. (17 words)

Verlaine was known for his jagged guitar playing style involving heavy vibrato and distortion and off-kilter lyrics. (18 words)

Medvedev hasn't been able to force Fucsovic off-kilter, and now the Hungarian is set to serve for the set. (21 words)

Down in Rochester, Pete Driessen has drummed up a river-themed site-specific installation, and at the Cowles’ Tek Box, Off-Leash Area prepares for its second-annual Off-Kilter Cabaret, shining a light on the talents of artists of different abilities. (42 words)

The nominations are in for the 95th Academy Awards, and leading the pack is Everything Everywhere All at Once, an off-kilter sci-fi indie set primarily in a laundromat and an IRS office and starring an unlikely heroine. (39 words)

Leichter centers her subtle and witty fable on the off-kilter power dynamics of home life, tearing her characters apart and leaving their stories in pieces, encouraging us to peer into the space between the fragments. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

This off-kilter track peaked at No. 8, proving that hitmaking is not a science–even off-kilter tracks such as this one can have their day in the sun.

Down in Rochester, Pete Driessen has drummed up a river-themed site-specific installation, and at the Cowles’ Tek Box, Off-Leash Area prepares for its second-annual Off-Kilter Cabaret, shining a light on the talents of artists of different abilities.

He said: “Irish electricity prices are vastly out of kilter with prices in the rest of Europe.

It probably has to do with the pandemic derailing big movies and making space for off-kilter projects that were ready to go.

Keith's David is Frasier's nephew, now an adult and an awkward college freshman with a penchant for off-kilter observations.

Leichter centers her subtle and witty fable on the off-kilter power dynamics of home life, tearing her characters apart and leaving their stories in pieces, encouraging us to peer into the space between the fragments.

Medvedev hasn't been able to force Fucsovic off-kilter, and now the Hungarian is set to serve for the set.

The nominations are in for the 95th Academy Awards, and leading the pack is Everything Everywhere All at Once, an off-kilter sci-fi indie set primarily in a laundromat and an IRS office and starring an unlikely heroine.

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Verlaine was known for his jagged guitar playing style involving heavy vibrato and distortion and off-kilter lyrics.

Watching alone, the show's humor may not land — it feels eerily off-kilter, making the viewer white-knuckle their way through the maze of Robinson's and Kanin's minds.

With her unique and off-kilter character developments, Moshfegh proves that her fiction translates to the screen well in an engrossing show of suspense.

He oversaw their transformation from an off-kilter post- hybrid group into a rollicking, rootsy delight before he was felled by a massive heart attack on June 29, 1979, at just 34 years old.

In its seven seasons, it has steered its characters through apocalypses, divorces, an alien musical reality TV competition and school dances — events with equal gravity in its off-kilter universe.

She said the size of the council's capital programme was "out of kilter" with the local authority's capacity to deliver, and that proposals would be brought forward to tackle the issue.

There are jump-scares aplenty, and the whole thing is beset with this eerie feeling of everything being wildly off-kilter and not quite right — it’s extremely disquieting.

The tone of the "Guardians" movies was in large part defined by their director's off-kilter sensibility and humor, making the thought of a fourth film sans Gunn seem not just strange but, frankly, nonsensical.

This has fallen out of kilter with working parents, who face when their children are younger, as they only receive 30 hours of free childcare once their child has reached the age of three.

This included an off-kilter haircut, bleached eyebrows, and piercings on her nose, lip, nipples, and surprisingly, her ears (which Mara had not pierced.) But it wasn't the transformation that really sold Mara as Lisbeth.

Trmčić takes up the role of the most villain-esque of the humans and he gives an off-kilter performance that suits the tone well.

You can’t beat the views you get at Mt. Kineo Golf Course in Rockwood, even if your game is off kilter.

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Common combinations with kilter

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "kilter" in a sentence?
An example: "This off-kilter track peaked at No. 8, proving that hitmaking is not a science–even off-kilter tracks such as this one can have their day in the sun." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "kilter" from authentic English texts.
What does "kilter" mean?
Kilter means: Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle.
What are synonyms of "kilter"?
Common synonyms of "kilter" include: kelter, orderliness, order.
How many example sentences with "kilter" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "kilter", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.