How to Use come apart in a Sentence
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The way this process has unfolded is causing the federal bankruptcy system to come apart, harming the plaintiffs and bankrupt entities alike.
—David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lawrence A. Friedman, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
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That could cause the aircraft to come apart in the air, or crash.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 8 Dec. 2020
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The concept is that the ring can come apart to make two rings.
—ELLE, 21 Aug. 2022
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And then the colt seemed to come apart, crumpling to the ground and tossing Gaffalione.
—Joe Drape, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
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The enamel walls come apart to form wrist cuffs and the roof lifts off to become a bowl.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2021
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For the Rangers, though, better a game come apart than Gray’s, um, anatomy.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
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For the Rangers, though, better a game come apart than Gray’s, um, anatomy.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
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But the more Mottley delayed, the more the pieces threatened to come apart.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 27 July 2022
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The pieces come apart without tools, lay flat, and can easily slide in the back of a car or truck.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2020
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In the months before the law took effect, Eric Schirmer’s life had come apart.
—Daniel Gilbert, oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2021
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And then, just like Lily, the novel itself begins to come apart.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
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The battered bus had lost its windshield and appeared to have come apart at some of its seams.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2021
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The defense had come apart at the seams, losing its way over the final weeks of last season.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
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Grass, on the other hand, is more likely to come apart under high loads of stress.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2023
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At high enough levels, this reaction would cause the sheet to come apart.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2022
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The red/transparent cube in the set can come apart or detach during use.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Nov. 2022
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River Hill led most of the game, but things began to come apart just after halftime.
—Mike Frainie, baltimoresun.com, 5 Mar. 2022
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The braided ropes come apart at the seams as the strands of gluten stretch and tear, and the steam still inside the bread rises above the table like an offering.
—Benjamin, Longreads, 20 May 2022
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Even the lion and elephant come apart and fit together.
—Lindsey Hunter Lopez, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2020
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Counter-rotating the wafers causes the creme to shear and flow before fracturing, as the two wafers come apart.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2022
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The waxy shell should come apart in large chunks, peeling away in tectonic plates to reveal the feather-free goose skin.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 23 Dec. 2020
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Plus, components of the machine come apart for easy cleaning.
—Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2022
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The coaster pieces come apart easily for storage, which is very handy.
—Lindsey Hunter Lopez, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2020
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My only complaint is that the stain tool doesn’t come apart, so getting to all the nooks and crannies can be difficult.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
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Gena Rowlands owns the screen as a woman whose average domestic life starts to come apart at the seams.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2021
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Things come apart, but don’t entirely lose their shape, in the paintings of Antonia Ramis Miguel.
—Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2020
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Turns out, catkins eventually come apart, releasing fruits and scales to the wind.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
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The tumbler, retainer ring, and bristles come apart and are dishwasher safe, which makes the gadget easy to clean, too.
—Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022
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Since the Capitol riot, Peyton had watched her family come apart.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2023
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As Sun starts to come apart under the pressure of her job, the writing gets more fragmented, and more experimental.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2024
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