falling to pieces
Example Sentences
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“GARDENING IN A WAR ZONE” is a powerful and moving short documentary about cultivating hope and the beauty of nature even as your world is falling to pieces.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2024
He said there had been "token investment" which had seen "lamppost banners, rusty planters and benches" put in place around the town, but they were now "falling to pieces".
From BBC • May 15, 2022
After reading his review of the 2019 Maserati Quattroporte GTS GranSport one imagines the car simply falling to pieces under the weight of Neil’s judgement.
From Fox News • Dec. 31, 2019
The possibility of it all falling to pieces seems really important in terms of what a live performance is.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2018
One by one went the boards and the beams, falling to pieces with tinny clattering sounds, littering the wooden floors, the broken chairs, the smashed vases and shattered lanterns.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
