unmake
Example Sentences
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How do we "unmake the self-made myth," Quart asks.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2023
There’s no choice in that; there’s no room to really unmake yourself from it.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2022
He thought that the power of a few large employers to make or unmake suburban lives had distorted the stories of his boyhood.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2021
This makes the circumstances of his death seem like an accident of timing — as though they didn't result from a decision someone had made and then tacitly renewed by refusing to unmake it.
From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2020
“Of course! A builder can make and unmake a house. Both are his job.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
