come undone
Example Sentences
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Yet that same bundle can quickly come undone.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
She modestly hitched up the garment, asked for a clip for her hair, which had come undone, and then went to help a fellow condemned Christian who had been knocked down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
But could all of that good work be about to come undone?
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
The movie, directed by Trey Edward Shults, is a fictionalized odyssey through a version of The Weeknd suffering from a bout of insomnia during a world tour, causing his sanity to come undone.
From Salon ● May 19, 2025
The fiery knot of anger had come undone, unraveled, and Jerry realized as they drove back from the cemetery that something worse had taken its place—emptiness, a yawning cavity like a hole in his chest.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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