caved-in

Example Sentences

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Back in their home, mother and son are haunted by what lies below in the caved-in basement.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

As they briskly picked their way through caved-in streets and collapsed archways their experience told them there was, however, no hope.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

When she regained consciousness, the washed blankets were slanted toward her from atop the caved-in ceiling, just as she had left them; the crate of tomatoes, miraculously intact, was perched outside her son’s bedroom door.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Just a few miles from the border with Turkey, Jandaris suffered extensive damage from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, with drone footage showing many of its buildings collapsed and others with caved-in walls or roofs.

From Reuters • Feb. 8, 2023

None of these places was new to me, but I saw them all differently with a soundtrack playing as I passed them by: an 1800s white-washed bunkhouse with a caved-in roof set to gangsta rap.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth