How to Use undo in a Sentence

undo

verb
  • You can't undo the past.
  • The damage cannot be undone.
  • He was undone by greed.
  • Joe Biden comes in, undoes all that.
    NBC news, 12 Apr. 2026
  • That just struck people as a moral job undone.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The good news is that the damage can be undone.
    New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
  • At least until a three-minute stretch undid all that work.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Melia was at the door, undoing her apron at the sound of the car.
    Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
  • Now, there is no time machine to go back in time to undo those things.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The Fire were undone by 20 turnovers.
    ABC News, 5 June 2026
  • When the last clasp was undone, Rusty fell face first to the floor with a great thud.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Some words cannot be unsaid, some actions cannot be undone.
    Shruti Mutalik, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Once the car hits the water, undo your seatbelt and get to work.
    John Galvin, Popular Mechanics, 11 Oct. 2020
  • The episode was quickly undone.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
  • What seemed over and done just seven months before was now undone.
    Audra D. S. Burch, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Pass over your hair with a brush, this time starting at the scalp, to undo the finest knots.
    Caitie Kelly, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • And then the movie kind of became about undoing that.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026
  • Why did Banegas want to undo plea?
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Because progress can be undone.
    Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Remember that some things can be done or said, but they cannot be undone.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Remember that some things can be done or said, but they cannot be undone.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Remember that some things can be done or said, but they cannot be undone.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Still, getting back to work won’t undo the damage of the past year.
    New York Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Of course, that won’t undo any damage that has already been done.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Apr. 2021
  • However, what has been done can not be undone!
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • There is no foreseeable chance those will be undone.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • As the oil settled, centuries of growth were undone.
    Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • One bad actor could undo years of careful progress.
    Adam Frank, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Even if a deal is reached, researchers say some of the damage will be hard to undo.
    Bytania Rabesandratana, science.org, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But now, this selling of public lands could undo those years of hard work and progress.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025

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