collapse

Example Sentences

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Then they heaved themselves up, staggered away from the ice cliffs, and collapsed in a drift .of powdery snow.

From Literature

Boutros said that when she heard the news of his death "I don't know what happened to me. I collapsed on the ground and was convulsing".

From Barron's

“I heard a second boom and suddenly everything collapsed in our room.”

From The Wall Street Journal

These partnerships can be risky, regulators say, and the April 2024 collapse of Synapse Financial Technologies serves as a cautionary tale.

From MarketWatch

"The room collapsed on me," the 30-year-old doctor, who has worked at the centre for two years, told AFP on Tuesday.

From Barron's