Undoing

//ʌnˈduːɪŋ//

"Undoing" in a Sentence (13 examples)

It was his undoing.

To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.

Praise is the undoing of man.

Tom's arrogance led to his own undoing.

He had picked from a drawer a little tarnished cylinder, and, undoing the tape, he handed me a short note scrawled upon a half-sheet of slate-grey paper.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. We must purposely be kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart which goes out of itself gets large and full. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.

Yanni's loose lips were his undoing.

Yanni's loose lips led to his undoing.

Your arrogance will be your undoing.

He started undoing his belt.

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In the end, his jealousy was his undoing.

So far as the ape was concerned, Sabor reasoned correctly. The little fellow crouched trembling just an instant, but that instant was quite long enough to prove his undoing.

The extra 30 minutes could not separate the sides and led to a nerve-shredding finale that has so often been England's undoing, with a dismal record of just one win in seven shootouts at major tournaments before this.

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