Example Sentences

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Maybe you talk to your kids the way you were spoken to as a child, or maybe your filter has disintegrated in the flames of overwhelm.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2021

But the impression is that whatever is recognizable from the past has disintegrated into figments of a foggy memory.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2020

He tore the labrum in his left shoulder so many times the connective tissue has disintegrated.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2020

This is part of the reason Seattle’s ground game has disintegrated, as the Seahawks’ healthy running backs have gained less than three yards per carry.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2017

Her letters consist mostly of banalities—we are busy; Frau Elena says hello—or else arrive in his bunkroom so full of censor marks that their meaning has disintegrated.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr