apart

Example Sentences

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“When cases begin to fall apart after being advanced so publicly, it is fair to ask whether the process itself was flawed from the outset.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The officer charged in that incident briefly paused before joining a crowd of other officers who pulled the two apart.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Amarnath described the labor market heading into the shock as “robustly soggy,” or sluggish for some time but not falling apart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

In Birgitta Trotzig’s novella, a young woman’s toughness in the face of poverty and heartbreak sets her apart from her village peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He said something so incredibly simple, but right away everything I had just been thinking began to fall apart.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott