come undone
Example Sentences
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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
But could all of that good work be about to come undone?
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025
The movie, directed by Trey Edward Shults, is a fictionalized odyssey through a version of The Weeknd suffering from a bout of insomnia during a world tour, causing his sanity to come undone.
From Salon • May 19, 2025
There were few inklings when we met of what would unfold, but the Middle East that Carter had spent so much time navigating was about to come undone yet again.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024
Laila had watched Mammy come undone that day and it had scared her, but she hadn’t felt any true sorrow.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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