come unglued

Example Sentences

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It started in the third inning, when a steady drizzle, slippery ball and muddy mound caused Tyler Glasnow to come unglued.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2025

Garden variety pleasures, such as having a pet, cause them to come unglued.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024

SpaceX opted to fix the toilet issue anyway by making the toilet an “all-welded structure” so that there are no longer any parts or tubes that can come unglued.

From The Verge • Oct. 29, 2021

Though their pact had come unglued, neither could stay angry, or apart from each other for very long.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2019

So Sunflower bounced up, down, sideways, and backward, rearing and kicking and chopping, snorting furiously, only Herbie still wouldn’t come unglued.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols