coming unstuck

That feeling of rootlessness and discontent, of society coming unstuck — the academic term is anomie — definitely isn’t unique to this country, but it gets massively amplified by our national narcissism and our physical isolation.

He was a toddler when prices started coming unstuck in the 1960s.

Those features remain, but the religious and cultural foundations underpinning them appear to be coming unstuck.

One is Campbell’s insistence that Southend will continue to play from the back, despite coming unstuck against Oxford when a calamitous attempt to pass out of defence saw them concede after 52 seconds.

The train, with its occasional jolts and shakes, sometimes felt as if it was coming unstuck - and I could see the odd old carriage lying by side of the tracks, which was not encouraging for someone with a weak stomach on a bumpy journey.