fall to pieces
Example Sentences
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Comets can suddenly brighten in an outburst, fall to pieces or just fizzle out.
From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2023
Seeing Seydoux suddenly fall to pieces carries with it an honesty in how we all try to hold ourselves and our lives together until we simply cannot.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023
“It’s a great power to be able to fall to pieces and put yourself back together bigger, better and stronger”
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
So when she said, “I want you to do this special and you are going to make this amount of money because I believe you’re worth it,” who isn’t going to fall to pieces?
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2019
But oxygen tends to make organic molecules fall to pieces.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
