ninepins
Example Sentences
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Her sleek looks, and ability to flirt and make men laugh, saw them fall like ninepins at her high-heeled feet.
From The Guardian
Records tumbled like ninepins as cinemas bruised by 2014's lacklustre takings got the perfect pick-me-up: namely, one must-see blockbuster after another.
From BBC
The resignation had echoes of the disaster that was John Major's "back to basics" policy, which saw ministers and Tory MPs falling like ninepins as their private lives were exposed.
From The Guardian
Friendship events planned for the end of the month to mark the 40th anniversary of the resumption of Sino-Japanese ties are falling like ninepins.
From New York Times
An attempted kiss can trip them up as effectively as any banana peel, while gentle caresses somehow turn into body slams that knock over their recipients like ninepins.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
