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
"I felt so sick, I was falling to pieces," she told Heart Radio after coming off stage.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2021
Men bewildered me, so I obsessed over figuring out what they wanted and tried to become that, falling to pieces when it didn’t work.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2021
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
Dreedle was out, and General Peckem was in, and General Peckem had hardly moved inside General Dreedle’s office to replace him when his splendid military victory began falling to pieces around him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
