unhinge
verb (used with object)
to remove (a door or the like) from hinges.
has unhinged
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present perfectof unhinge (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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So irrational does his behavior seem to some that they have suggested that pandemic-induced isolation has unhinged him, heightening his paranoia and aggrievement.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2022
Short, horrible stories sometimes attach themselves to traumatised patients, but none of its victims is able to talk about what has unhinged them.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2012
If you had not know, upon an hundred occasions, how dear you once was to us, you might judge of it now, were you to know how much your folly has unhinged us all.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Samuel Richardson
But this dreadful letter has unhinged my whole frame.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Samuel Richardson
For the moment your news has unhinged me, and you will help my recovery by allowing me to talk a little faster than I can think.
From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
