collapse

Example Sentences

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It collapses cruelty and pleasure, grace and grief into a rhythmic kaleidoscope of feeling.

From Los Angeles Times

“We are not yet close to a place where the structural rally in gold is at risk of collapsing under its own weight,” they added.

From MarketWatch

He started hoarding dollars soon after Argentina’s 2001 financial collapse, when the government froze bank deposits and blocked cash withdrawals.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The risk is a disintegration, even a collapse, of the reputation and historical role of the American Church," he said.

From Barron's

Excavators were at work along the shoreline - houses built on wooden stilts over the lagoon were still being pulled down, their planks collapsing into the water below.

From BBC