Example Sentences

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Some reservists said their families and careers were collapsing, while others said they no longer knew why they were fighting in Gaza.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

In Sean’s case, he felt his fingers and toes curling inward, as if he were collapsing into himself.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2025

Ms Savage Gunn said services were "collapsing around everybody's ears" and "there's a lot of anger around".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

In the early ninth century C.E., when many nearby cities were collapsing, writing on monuments shows a new regime took over in Ucanal.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 30, 2023

Montag still sat, as if the house were collapsing about him and he could not move, in the bed.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury