come undone
Example Sentences
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But, he says, that life has come undone.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
A kitchen cabinet had come undone, and I needed a bracket and some glue to piece it back together.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
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
People whispered that Nasser al-Astal had come undone, dazed by grief.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2023
Her pinned-up blonde bun had come undone in the back and her hair dangled like long spider legs.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
