come undone
Example Sentences
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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
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
I was thirty-eight years old and had seen other marriages come undone in a way that made me feel protective of ours.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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