in pieces
Example Sentences
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The “personal computers” of the day were hobbyists’ kits, contraptions that arrived in pieces, with output displays that were limited to blinking red lights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
Workers were hunched over their desks pouring over designs, with the looks still "in pieces".
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Rossini’s wit and brilliance in pieces such as “The Barber of Seville” defined a lighter side of Italian opera.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026
In his work, unsettling synthesizer drones inspired by the Andrei Tarkovsky film “Stalker” might be found next to samples of fast-food advertisements from the ’80s, resulting in pieces whose theoretical bent is balanced by musicality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
He didn’t feel his cell phone shoot out of his shirt pocket, didn’t hear it smash on the concrete and skitter in pieces into the gutter.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
