fall apart

Example Sentences

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Those plans fell apart largely over who would be in control.

From Los Angeles Times

"Fiction is about sharing experiences," he says -- a process that helps us to be "emotionally prepared when something serious happens to us in life, so we don't fall apart."

From Barron's

Every wacky second, you’re well aware how perilously close it is to falling apart at the seams.

From Los Angeles Times

She was old and tough but we ate every shred of meat and sucked on the bones until they fell apart in our mouths.

From Literature

Well, clearly he wasn’t the kind of person who fell apart when conversation with another human was required.

From Literature