topple over
Example Sentences
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When the wind blows hard, and their branches and boughs thrash and creak, I am convinced they will topple over and cleave my home in twain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
It’s ridiculous because at any moment we could topple over — topple over into doom.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023
Some people topple over metal tables and take cover behind them.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023
There’s an overwhelming number of moving parts in a rental agency, he argues, and all of them are ready to topple over onto each other like dominoes.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2023
Two tall double chimneys tilted to the right, giving the place an unstable look, as if it might topple over at any moment in a tumble of bricks.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
