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
The wide, barred gate had become unfastened in some way, probably by one of the boys.
From Peggy-Alone by Craig, Anna B.
It was the sunbonnet which had, in the child's struggles, become unfastened.
From With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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)
