unhinge
verb (used with object)
to remove (a door or the like) from hinges.
had unhinged
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past perfectof unhinge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But solutions can be found: in 2008, Greg Hicks transformed Stockmann into a Nordic Coriolanus at London's Arcola, and two years later Antony Sher at the Sheffield Crucible implied injustice had unhinged the hero's wits.
From The Guardian ā May 14, 2013
I started, now that this disclosure had unhinged my doubts; and subduing, as well as I was able, my rising emotion, I boldly asked who was "the happy man."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
He was by no means a tender man, but his lately-discovered misfortune had unhinged him, and this strange, undeserved, disinterested family fealty on the part of Charlie touched his heart.
From Old Creole Days by George Washington Cable
It was generally believed now that she really had gone to London to see her father, and that his heartless behaviour had unhinged her mind.
From Tommy and Grizel by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Terror had unhinged Cobham's mind, he accused Ralegh and retracted his accusations in such a way that one retraction more or less mattered little; Sir George Harvey's sense of duty, however, is significant.
From Great Ralegh by Hugh de Selincourt
