4 Sentences With "went pear shaped"

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It was only when Bowie tried to follow up success by doing something similar that things went pear shaped artistically. from Vice
Things went pear-shaped for the three-time champion on Sunday when he dropped out of the main contenders' group due to a mechanical problem. from Reuters
When Casper declined, Barratt revealed he had arranged it so he would stay away from Rochelle, identifying himself as Casper's blackmailer. When an operation went pear-shaped, Barratt left Casper to be held hostage. While Casper escaped unharmed, Barratt punched him when confronted, however he made up with Rochelle before she transferred to another Borough with her husband.
When Guy and Serena had to go into theatre together, Michie commented that Guy was threatened by her. In May 2014, Serena suffered a particular stressful day when Guy asked her to file a report early and Adrienne turned up at the hospital. Serena found Adrienne's presence "extremely irritating" and had to show restraint when Adrienne used Serena's laptop and lost the report she was working on. At the same time, Serena was trying to treat a patient, Lennie Keane (Mark Bagnall), who had been admitted with a broken shoulder, but everything went "pear- shaped" with him and his son.