come undone

Example Sentences

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But, he says, that life has come undone.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

A kitchen cabinet had come undone, and I needed a bracket and some glue to piece it back together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

And then, inevitably, it would all come undone, leaving him in the wreckage, as if she were a tornado sweeping through the Midwest.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

People whispered that Nasser al-Astal had come undone, dazed by grief.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2023

There was a moment of consideration, Laila thought, maybe a change of heart, and, when he bent down, she imagined he would pretend his shoelace had come undone and walk back to her.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini