caving in
Example Sentences
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The roof can be caving in or they can be well-loved properties with absentee owners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Iran wants the war to stop as quickly as possible but not at any price - ie not if it means caving in to all Washington's demands.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
“The roof is caving in, the screen is being pulled out and you only have a certain number of times where things can fall apart because they can’t put it back together,” Perea says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024
The ceiling was caving in, the furniture she had built was damaged, and the speaker system she had installed was shot.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2024
All around them the world seemed to be caving in; the way of life that had existed in Odessa for sixty years was badly shaken.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
