in pieces

Frequency: 8.015.0 per million words

Describes the state of being broken into many parts.

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Examples (10)

  • The vase was now in pieces on the kitchen floor.
  • After the crash, the entire front of the car was in pieces.
  • His carefully crafted argument fell in pieces during the debate.
  • She felt her dreams were in pieces after the rejection letter.
  • The intricate mechanism lay in pieces on the workbench.
  • The old wall crumbled in pieces after years of neglect.
  • He tried to put his life back together after it had been torn in pieces.
  • The evidence for the case was scattered in pieces across the crime scene.
  • With one swing, the wooden door was knocked in pieces.
  • The company's reputation was left in pieces after the scandal.