How to Use fall apart in a Sentence
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This may have been one of our worst ideas based purely on how quickly the stock fell apart.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 29 June 2026
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One little chunk of financing falls out and the whole thing falls apart.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
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The two fall apart when people are working hard on things that don't move the needle.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
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Get that transition wrong, and the whole concept falls apart.
—New Atlas, 13 July 2026
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You are allowed to fall apart in the car and then walk back into the house and keep going.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
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Milton's kicker appeared to be caught off guard, and the play fell apart on a turnover on downs.
—Jack Leo, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
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Many kids who fall apart at the door recover soon after their parents leave.
—Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
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There’s more of a weakness in men, that when things fall apart, men isolate and withdraw from the world more.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2026
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Shoes that are falling apart aren’t going to support someone else’s feet.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2026
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Fifty years later, one of their daughters tries to understand where things fell apart.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026
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In a screenplay structured in three acts, that’s the point at which everything falls apart.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 July 2026
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If this stuff has managed to stick around, why then is Wilson’s own home falling apart?
—Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2026
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But everything fell apart in 2023, his third year in the league.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
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Russet potatoes will work instead of Yukon gold but are more likely to fall apart.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
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If Iceland votes yes, things could still fall apart in the months-long talks to reach a formal agreement.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
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Several cars went onto pit road, and that's when the day started to fall apart for Palou.
—CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
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Cotton, which is not only soft and breathable, but won’t fall apart after a few washes.
—Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026
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That agreement fell apart months later when Sora was shuttered.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
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The two have held talks in recent months, and a deal could still be delayed or fall apart, according to the report.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
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But if it is granted, the deal tends to fall apart before the underlying case can go to trial.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 20 July 2026
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But the process falls apart when a company has to scale up, delegate, or is mostly remote.
—K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
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Unequipped to find the words that could identify her state of mind, Erika begins to fall apart.
—Jay Weissberg, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
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But the trappings of his and Lee Arguello’s life are falling apart.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
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Now to the other end of the barbell, with the software name that continued as a growth stock as most software stocks fell apart.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 8 July 2026
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Canned kidney beans provide structure, so when many veggie burgers fall apart, this one holds its shape until the last bite.
—Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 9 Jan. 2026
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That deal fell apart within weeks after Iran started attacking ships.
—ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
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If Latu isn’t a game-changer up front, Indy’s defense will fall apart at the point of attack.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 23 July 2026
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And a business that is not ready falls apart under that scrutiny, dragging out the process or killing it entirely.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
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The regime itself would even fall apart as the Iranian people took matters into their own hands.
—Daniel Depetris, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026
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Again, this data is not the profile of a business obviously falling apart.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
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