unravel
Example Sentences
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And he has continued to stick with his star freshman, even as USC’s season unraveled.
From Los Angeles Times
You wonder if the manner of this loss – and the sub-plots that unraveled on a tortuous night for Spurs – has altered the direction of travel.
From BBC
“The unraveling of the peak demand narrative is the biggest structural change in energy investing in years,” he says.
From Barron's
Among them: A second-half collapse at home to Washington, a blown lead in the final minute to Oregon and an unraveling at the hands of Northwestern, who was winless in conference at the time.
From Los Angeles Times
The presumption that Dubai is a transient mirage, a Hollywood set built on sand that would unravel once the going gets tough, was no doubt shared in Tehran.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
