How to Use undoing in a Sentence

undoing

noun
  • His quick temper helped lead to his undoing.
  • My quick temper was my undoing.
  • The incident resulted in her undoing.
  • There's a lot of work, of undoing that needs to get done.
    Neelam Bohra and Scottie Andrew, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
  • And those are the very things that can be your undoing.
    Vulture, 29 Dec. 2022
  • In some ways, the debates were the undoing of Mr. Scott.
    Maya King, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The 24-point deficit proved to be the Blazers' undoing.
    Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • That Leonard played all of nine games should have been the Spurs’ undoing.
    Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Then again, some Democrats in the state think that could be his undoing.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 9 May 2018
  • The Bullpen pitched solid, but the lack of offense was the undoing.
    Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
  • Far from bringing in a posse, the emails would prove to be the new police chief’s undoing.
    New York Times, 31 May 2021
  • That was the end, though not the totality of the undoing.
    Tim Reynolds, ajc, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Kho increased his lead to four shots and made the turn at 8 under, but the back nine proved to be his undoing.
    Steve Rogers, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2021
  • My skill on the machine was part of my undoing: my contract for souls looked too real in the eyes of the cops.
    Daniel Genis, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
  • But the four-part CNN series has much to tell before getting to the Klan’s undoing.
    John Anderson, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Still, Manson proved to be the undoing of Aesop’s Source era.
    Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2022
  • In the end, that same timing may be the reason for the hospital’s undoing.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 May 2022
  • The Patriots hung with the Ravens and even led briefly in the second half, but costly turnovers by the offense were the team’s undoing.
    Mark Daniels, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Chasing the elusive onion skin out of the chai was my greatest undoing.
    Monita Soni, al, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Indeed, there is more than a little bit of irony here, as both men’s strengths proved to be their undoing.
    David Murphy, Philly.com, 8 June 2018
  • Her undoing was Cory scheming and flipping the vote against her.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
  • These decisions may well prove to be the NCAA’s undoing.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 21 June 2021
  • Taylor Trammell hit a homer off Houser in the third, but much of the rest of his undoing came on weak contact.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Double bogeys at the 5th and 11th holes were his undoing.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
  • There are a few things that he's done which are part of his principles, which are also part of his undoing.
    Chris Giles, CNN, 17 May 2018
  • High up in the Swiss Alps, a tiny village's picturesque scenery may also be its undoing.
    Andy Eckardt, NBC News, 12 May 2023
  • Some of the toys on view reflect decades of wear, with time and young hands wearing down fabric and undoing stitches.
    Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Now that they are caught, the pseudonymous nature of the blockchain may be Egregor’s forensic undoing.
    Jason Nagi, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Donald Trump, remember, is the architect of the undoing of Roe.
    CBS News, 1 Sep. 2024
  • If not for James’s physical drives to the hoop, the Americans’ struggles to properly space the court and to keep the ball moving without committing turnovers would have been their undoing.
    Ben Golliver, Washington Post, 22 July 2024

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