come apart at the seams
Example Sentences
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The same team leaders driving stressed employees onward—perhaps promising a light at the end of the tunnel or, more likely, setting wildly high metrics to meet—are themselves starting to come apart at the seams.
From Slate • Aug. 1, 2024
The defense had come apart at the seams, losing its way over the final weeks of last season.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022
By that point in the special, a year has passed, and we've watched him come apart at the seams, like so many of us have.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2021
He added: "It's all come apart at the seams, this 'put-up job of a defence'."
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2018
Aunty Ifeka went back to her stirring, and Olanna’s image of their marriage began to come apart at the seams.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
