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How to use screw loose in a sentence

But this time I can plainly hear, through the rush of words, the faint rattle of hysteria that bespeaks a screw loose somewhere.
The Stacks: Grateful Dead I Have Known|Ed McClanahan|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I have always thought Libertarians have a screw loose, anyway,” Dean added.
How Did Rand Paul Become a Liberal Hero?|David Freedlander|September 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Shelton portrays McCain as unhinged and unreasonable—a ranting bully with “a screw loose.”
The Quiet General Strikes Back|Lloyd Grove|October 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Had there not been something crooked about Lizzie,—a screw loose, as people say,—she would never have been within his reach.
The Eustace Diamonds|Anthony Trollope

I think I have a good feeling for such things; but ‘non omnia possumus, etc.;’ some Screw loose.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes|Edward FitzGerald
To Bruce it was indicative of a man with a moral screw loose, it denoted a laxity of principle.
The Man from the Bitter Roots|Caroline Lockhart
Theres a screw loose somewhere, said Billie calmly, jumping out and looking critically at the outer workings of the car.
The Motor Maids Across the Continent|Katherine Stokes
Those who saw much of him were convinced that, as they termed it, "there was a screw loose somewhere."
Cornish Characters|S. Baring-Gould

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