kelter
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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To us, alone and in peril, this diary assumed an epochal importance entirely out of kelter with its face value.
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We accepted the latter proposition, as we were in no travelling kelter, and had no taste for performances on the tight rope.
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It was intimated to me that such "frivolousness" was out of kelter with the profession of a Christian.
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Fiscal--Something has been out of kelter at Washington these two years with regard to the rigid application of appropriations, at least in the Indian Department.
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