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Meanings of awry in anglès
Sinònims
Examples for "lopsided"
Examples for "lopsided"
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This lopsided development matters because India needs to create lots of jobs.
2
Such lopsided trades often result in subsequent underperformance, a Reuters analysis found.
3
The lopsided, partisan structure has led to mission creep, former officers say.
4
Such a scenario could spur lopsided consumer demand in the United States.
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Until then, this tournament is looking awfully lopsided in the first week.
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She knew that from this point on reality would be slightly askew.
2
Now, something has knocked askew the calibrations developed over thousands of years.
3
He knotted his tie hurriedly, askew; and gathered the ends once more.
4
The iron rudely caressed my body; flailing limbs knocked my glasses askew.
5
Her glasses were still askew, Jessaline saw with a rush of fondness.
1
All of them are wonky, broken; all of them are purely perfect.
2
The wonky house was my first proper entrée into Russian domestic life.
3
Your computer's Wi-Fi being wonky after an OS update has isolated effects.
4
Thus, to appreciate wonky-ugly proves that you have a rarefied fashion eye.
5
He had a wonky eye and he didn't speak English very well.
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His ex-wife espoused a cockeyed fiscal philosophy that made very expensive sense.
2
His cockeyed version of the Story of our Country for one thing.
3
In the end he left the post standing cockeyed in the stream.
4
We'll put it this way, to start: Something cockeyed is going on.
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Graphic: China's GDP: slower and more slippery Real growth rates are similarly cockeyed.
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Mr Kusher warned that since the financial crisis "things are skew-whiff".
2
This story is definitely true, it's just the details that might be a little skew-whiff.
Usage of awry in anglès
1
In Federer's case, the second set is where things started going awry.
2
Eight months before this crisis, a routine day had gone terribly awry.
3
The lieutenant managed to fight his way through, his hat knocked awry.
4
He sees in time little else; his very sincereness twists him awry.
5
Something about the best-laid plans of mice and men often going awry?
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At the last moment their plans went awry; they send deep regrets.
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It was when Paulsson arrived that things really started to go awry.
8
It signals indisputably that something physiological is awry that requires immediate attention.
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Lots of programs make sense in theory but go awry in practice.
10
If this binding had been a trial, it had gone horribly awry.
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But when you come to make a purchase, things go slightly awry.
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What if something really went awry, and you were to become quadriplegic.
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I have personal experience of what can go awry with predicted grades.
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So that it is awry to all the ends of reasonable civilisation.
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The more lavish your plans, the more likely they will go awry.
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The face of my grandmother pulled awry with grief and flowing tears.
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Awry through the time
Awry across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common