come unglued

Example Sentences

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Garden variety pleasures, such as having a pet, cause them to come unglued.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024

A simple question about whether he was ticked off about not being chosen for the All-Star team made Freddie Freeman come unglued on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2022

SpaceX opted to fix the toilet issue anyway by making the toilet an “all-welded structure” so that there are no longer any parts or tubes that can come unglued.

From The Verge • Oct. 29, 2021

Though their pact had come unglued, neither could stay angry, or apart from each other for very long.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2019

He knew what the jitters of the season opener could do, how the most talented kid could come unglued in the sea of all those lights and those thousands of fans.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger