become unfastened
Example Sentences
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Some washing machines, the suit alleges, vibrate violently under heavy loads causing the tub to "become unfastened, resulting in a dramatic centrifugal explosion that destroys the machine and nearby property."
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2016
Inside the boat, we are huddled low, holding onto our equipment so it does not become unfastened.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2012
As she was recovering herself, she felt something like a pin prick her wrist; and she wondered vaguely what brooch had become unfastened.
From The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest by Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina)
You are right, Dupont," returned Margaret, shaking back her long black hair, which had become unfastened and fell almost to her feet, "I must control my grief that I may act for myself.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
Maria looked at her critically, then bade her turn that she might fasten a hook on her collar which had become unfastened.
From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.
