out of step

Example Sentences

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Even Horace Greeley, once so hopeful about the spirits, admitted that an evening spent “for two dreary, mortal hours in a darkened room … waiting for some one’s disembodied grandfather or aunt to tip a table …,” seemed out of step with the seriousness of the times.

From Literature

He said those comments were out of step with his views on policing today.

From The Wall Street Journal

Woods denounced the gas chamber just as others in Arizona had once denounced hanging, saying that it was barbaric and out of step with modern standards of justice.

From Slate

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey described Sir Jim's comments as "totally wrong" and "totally out of step with British values", also calling on him to apologise.

From BBC

He soon found himself out of step with the central bank’s culture.

From The Wall Street Journal