Thesaurus / come apart at the seams

come apart at the seams

synonyms for come apart at the seams

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In their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.

SENSE OF OBLIGATIONHENRY MAXWELL DEMPSEY (AKA HARRY HARRISON)

Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.

He reached forward and took her hands, and if Mrs. Vivian had come in she would have seen him kneeling at her daughter's feet.

CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMES

Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.

This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.

One of the simplest of these childish tricks is the invention of an excuse for not instantly obeying a command, as "Come here!"

Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

The policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.

BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENS

Moreover, most of the burrows were only a few feet apart and no agonistic behavior was witnessed.

Never was a change more remarkable than that which had come upon Mrs. Collingwood.

THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN

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OCTOBER 26, 1985