come undone
Example Sentences
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But, he says, that life has come undone.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
She modestly hitched up the garment, asked for a clip for her hair, which had come undone, and then went to help a fellow condemned Christian who had been knocked down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 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
And then, inevitably, it would all come undone, leaving him in the wreckage, as if she were a tornado sweeping through the Midwest.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024
Her big blue hair bow had come undone, and the sundown breeze was picking it up and fluttering it about her head.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
