Sentence examples for throw off balance from inspiring English sources
verb
To unsettle, to catch by surprise.
And you almost never see him throw off balance.
Yes, the Jets would have forced overtime if Vinny Testaverde, having shaken off linebacker Glenn Cadrez, had been able to even partly plant himself instead of having to throw off balance toward fullback Richie Anderson, all alone in the end zone in the final seconds.
Whatever the result of the board's review, the dispute has provided the latest example of what has become recognized as one of Mr. Morris's more noted skills: his ability to rile, distract and often throw off balance rival aides and even the opposing candidates.
It is "a delicate harmony that risks being thrown off balance," Mr. Parini said.
In Newington, however, officials said that despite all the planning before the store opened they were still thrown off balance by the hordes of patrons.
But if the island, with about 70 plant and animal species unique to it, has had its ecology thrown off balance, it is largely unscathed by development.
(Though one could argue the opposite case: the Brazilians are inured to the chaos, and it will be the visiting foreigners who are thrown off balance).
And finally, Kevin Kolb's accuracy was awful whenever he threw off-balance.
Needless to say, the movie that resulted is as schizophrenic as its protagonist, thrown off-balance by the disparate efforts of its creative trio.
Gillen is great, his laconic stance thrown off-balance by tragedy, his face apparently struggling to find itself, uncertain of its own expression.
Our relationship with them had been the bedrock of all our artistic success, and now that relationship was thrown off-balance.
