falling apart

Example Sentences

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Without sleep, most of your body starts falling apart.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

"Everyone is trying to endure it, but... they are falling apart," 40-year-old Amir, a Tehran resident, told an AFP reporter based outside the country.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

There are several reasons home-purchase agreements are falling apart at a higher rate than usual for this time of year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The retired nurse, who lives on Attleboro Lane, claimed vibrations caused by heavy machinery had damaged their property: "It's destroyed our home, I'm embarrassed about home, it's falling apart."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

When she first hears it, she thinks it is her own motor she has forgotten to turn off, but the sound grows into a pained roar, as if the engine were falling apart.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez