How to Use at the seams in a Sentence

at the seams

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• The state lawmaker said grommets were ripped out, and the flags torn apart at the seams.
  — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 4 July 2026
• But sometimes, this extra layer causes your trip to come apart at the seams.
  — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
• Tools worked in isolation, creating blind spots at the seams.
  — Nick Rowe, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026
• This poppy, edgy fusion of imagery and sound creates a unique world pulsing at the seams.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
• That’s probably a trip for Future, knowing that people gravitate to the sensation of listening to him come apart at the seams.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026
• And while museums are bursting at the seams with paintings of naked women, real women are thrown out of museums for wearing too little (a low-cut dress) or too much (a niqab).
  — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
• Cybersecurity most often fails at the seams, in those in-between spaces where there’s no clear responsibility and, thus, no one feels accountable.
  — Vicente Pava, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
• The Culture House notes on its website that its main facility has been bursting at the seams for years and said new performing groups and artists in the metro are in need of stages and exhibition spaces.
  — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
• By comparing the seven locations with satellite imagery, photos and videos taken during the renovation process, the analysis found that all of the failures occurred at the seams — lines between two areas that were painted at different times.
  — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
• For the sixth consecutive season, one of the WNBA’s legacy franchises has come apart at the seams, tattering the franchise’s three-championship history with a sordid record that mandates a clear response.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
• Even with rising convention prices, Witch Hat Atelier’s Anime Expo panel was bursting at the seams with Pointed Cap Witches and their Brushbuddies.
  — Kalai Chik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
• Nearly forgotten is how 13 months later a hesitant Kennedy emerged, one who ignored his own instincts and reluctantly acquiesced to a coup in South Vietnam cooked up by middle-ranking aides to stabilize a chaotic country coming apart at the seams.
  — Clifford Krauss, Air Mail, 25 July 2026