topple
verb (used without object)
to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
is toppling
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present progressiveof topple (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Second-tier Middlesbrough is toppling some of English soccer’s biggest clubs in its FA Cup run.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
It’s a bounteous time for Mr. Henry, who is toppling a boundary as the first black actor to play Billy Bigelow on Broadway.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2018
Miley Cyrus says motherhood is toppling pop star Beyoncé — but never fear, Miley will “fill the void” because she’s the “total package” and “just the best.”
From Time ● Jan. 2, 2014
In "World War Z", Pitt plays United Nations representative Gerry Lane who is enlisted to help stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to destroy mankind.
From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2013
It is not that it is toppling, but that it is top-heavy.
From What I Saw in America by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
