fall to pieces
Example Sentences
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Comets can suddenly brighten in an outburst, fall to pieces or just fizzle out.
From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2023
Seeing Seydoux suddenly fall to pieces carries with it an honesty in how we all try to hold ourselves and our lives together until we simply cannot.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023
When teachers have had enough, it will all fall to pieces.
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2023
So when she said, “I want you to do this special and you are going to make this amount of money because I believe you’re worth it,” who isn’t going to fall to pieces?
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2019
She’d pull out an old scarf that would fall to pieces in her hands, or open a box that proved to be full of bent carpet tacks.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
