unravelled

Example Sentences

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It was an interesting choice to describe a player who’d unravelled a few nights before, but it felt like the correct read.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

BBC Sport looks at the events of the past week and why they have raised fresh concerns about a season that has unravelled both on and off the pitch.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The nonpartisan specialists from CISA, backed by their FBI counterparts, explained they’d unravelled what had happened in Antrim County.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Having started brightly and more than matched Pep Guardiola's side for the first 35 minutes, Liverpool unravelled after going behind to an Erling Haaland penalty.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Things then unravelled, like a film of the events of the previous two decades being run backwards at high speed.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin