topple over

Example Sentences

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When the wind blows hard, and their branches and boughs thrash and creak, I am convinced they will topple over and cleave my home in twain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

It’s ridiculous because at any moment we could topple over — topple over into doom.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

There’s an overwhelming number of moving parts in a rental agency, he argues, and all of them are ready to topple over onto each other like dominoes.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2023

Former Mayor Johnny Ford used a saw to damage the statue in July in hopes it would topple over, but it didn’t and the county sued.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2022

I can see a stack of plates as it sways, begin to topple over, into a silent explosion of china shards.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood