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
It was necessary that she should be drawn up quickly, but the rope which had been tied around her waist had become unfastened, and it was some minutes before she found it.
From Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines by Moore, Henry Charles
And he had decided that the leaves fell because they had become unfastened from the branches, and that they did not fall straight because the wind blew them sideways.
From An Australian Lassie by Johnson, A.J. (Alfred J.)
It had become unfastened when the machinery began to revolve to haul the balloon down.
From The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin by Chapman, Allen
