come undone
Example Sentences
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But give most robots a needle and thread, and they would probably come undone.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Much of Altman’s product vision has come undone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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
I was thirty-eight years old and had seen other marriages come undone in a way that made me feel protective of ours.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
