How to Use undoing in a Sentence

undoing

noun

• His quick temper helped lead to his undoing.
• My quick temper was my undoing.
• The incident resulted in her undoing.
• There's a lot of work, of undoing that needs to get done.
  — Neelam Bohra and Scottie Andrew, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
• And those are the very things that can be your undoing.
  — Vulture, 29 Dec. 2022
• In some ways, the debates were the undoing of Mr. Scott.
  — Maya King, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• The 24-point deficit proved to be the Blazers' undoing.
  — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• That Leonard played all of nine games should have been the Spurs’ undoing.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• Then again, some Democrats in the state think that could be his undoing.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 9 May 2018
• The Bullpen pitched solid, but the lack of offense was the undoing.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
• What makes the games good, after all, is the threat of losing and undoing.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
• Far from bringing in a posse, the emails would prove to be the new police chief’s undoing.
  — New York Times, 31 May 2021
• That was the end, though not the totality of the undoing.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 9 Apr. 2021
• Kho increased his lead to four shots and made the turn at 8 under, but the back nine proved to be his undoing.
  — Steve Rogers, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2021
• My skill on the machine was part of my undoing: my contract for souls looked too real in the eyes of the cops.
  — Daniel Genis, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
• But the four-part CNN series has much to tell before getting to the Klan’s undoing.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2021
• Still, Manson proved to be the undoing of Aesop’s Source era.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2022
• In the end, that same timing may be the reason for the hospital’s undoing.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 May 2022
• The Patriots hung with the Ravens and even led briefly in the second half, but costly turnovers by the offense were the team’s undoing.
  — Mark Daniels, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2022
• Chasing the elusive onion skin out of the chai was my greatest undoing.
  — Monita Soni, al, 25 Nov. 2019
• That was where Woods’s go-for-broke approach was his undoing.
  — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2018
• Indeed, there is more than a little bit of irony here, as both men’s strengths proved to be their undoing.
  — David Murphy, Philly.com, 8 June 2018
• Her undoing was Cory scheming and flipping the vote against her.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
• On Friday at Fenway Park, his lack of command was his undoing, and the team’s.
  — Pedro Moura, latimes.com, 23 June 2017
• These decisions may well prove to be the NCAA’s undoing.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 21 June 2021
• Taylor Trammell hit a homer off Houser in the third, but much of the rest of his undoing came on weak contact.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2022
• Double bogeys at the 5th and 11th holes were his undoing.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
• There are a few things that he's done which are part of his principles, which are also part of his undoing.
  — Chris Giles, CNN, 17 May 2018
• High up in the Swiss Alps, a tiny village's picturesque scenery may also be its undoing.
  — Andy Eckardt, NBC News, 12 May 2023
• On the contrary, Perry’s fame and fortune may well have been his undoing.
  — Jason McGahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024