keel over

Example Sentences

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It’s the humidity, which has spiked to over 80%, that has them feeling ready to keel over between sets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

You have to do comparisons and say, ‘I need more space to sing so I don’t just keel over.’

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

“I thought maybe I would keel over on the bench because I love it, I love it, I love it.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

Some did not land on the target surface with perfect finesse: they might swing under or keel over the platform, for example.

From Scientific American • Aug. 5, 2021

“They were asking him all kinds of nosy questions, Mom, and meanwhile he’s about to keel over from the fever,” Roy said.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen