How to Use collapse in a Sentence

collapse

1 of 2 verb

• The roof collapsed under a heavy load of snow.
• The chair he was sitting in collapsed.
• She came home from work and collapsed on the sofa.
• The crying child ran to his mother and collapsed in her arms.
• He collapsed on stage during the performance and had to be rushed to the hospital.
• He warned that such measures could cause the economy to collapse.
• The civilization collapsed for reasons that are still unknown.
• The bomb had ripped through the walls, and the upper floors had collapsed.
  — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• Keeli Fuller took a pitch to the head the following play and collapsed on the field.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
• And what was the use of owning land when the world was collapsing?
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• There, the roof collapsed into the third-floor apartments.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2023
• Part of the second floor collapsed onto the first floor and into the basement.
  — Jeremy Ryan, CNN, 2 June 2023
• The victim collapsed, and the suspect fled as people tried to help him.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• The Sultanganj Bridge is not the only one to have collapsed in India in the last year.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 6 June 2023
• And then Tongsu walked over to the river, washed his hands and his face, and climbed back up to his house, collapsed on the floor, and slept.
  — Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• The filling can quickly soften and may collapse if the pie gets too warm.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
• Others ran to save the horses as the warehouse collapsed on a hook and ladder truck.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2023
• This week, during the matches in New York, a fan collapsed in the stands from the 100-degree heat index.
  — Marek Makowski, The New Republic, 9 Sep. 2023
• The house collapsed after the explosion and then a fire started.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
• Keep in Mind The greenhouse is not load-rated and may collapse if snow piles up on its cover.
  — Rachel Center, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2023
• In fact, towns along the Volga River that once thrived because of the caviar trade are collapsing in the wake of the near extinction of the species.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
• Some roads collapsed due to flooding, which also saw mudslides hit the city, piling up stones of all sizes on the roads.
  — Larissa Gao, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• The faintings were so frequent that Bergonzi sometimes stepped over people, collapsed on the floor, to reach the next person.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• About a minute later, after turning around and leaping over at least one more fence, the bear collapsed in a yard.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• By the end of the track, V gives all the performers a thumbs-up for a job well done and jokingly collapses into his seat.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
• The force of the crash caused her father Andy's seat to collapse backward, colliding with Taylor, who was strapped in her car seat.
  — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023
• Her dad, struggling to come to terms with how his and his daughter’s lives have collapsed, is resisting for now.
  — Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• What Could Be Better The flexible design runs the risk of collapsing when full.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
• The West Bank economy is collapsing, with many Palestinians formerly employed in Israel out of work.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
• Eight people plummeted into the cold waters of the Patapsco River after a Singaporean cargo ship struck the bridge early Tuesday, causing the 1.6-mile span to collapse.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024

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collapse

2 of 2 noun

• She was on the verge of collapse.
• The structure is in danger of collapse.
• The country has endured civil war and economic collapse.
• The collapse of the I-10 during the Northridge earthquake.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• On Friday, a massive crane – the largest on the East Coast – was being moved to the scene of the collapse.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
• The bridge collapse hasn’t caused a surge in marine shipping rates, as some watchers feared.
  — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
• Then there was the grueling trip to the new world, the colony’s collapse and, now, a solo journey that makes up the greater part of this story.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• New details have also emerged about the 10 minutes leading up to the collapse.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 6 June 2023
• The West Bank’s already fragile economy is on the verge of collapse.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
• In the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse, Russia had no choice but to turn to the West for technology.
  — Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2023
• The bill sought to prevent parking garage collapses like the one that took a chunk out of Bayshore mall's garage in February 2023.
  — Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2024
• The speed and severity of the collapse in diamond prices caught many by surprise.
  — Thomas Biesheuvel, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
• Yet the complete collapse of travel during the pandemic hit the city hard.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
• Walking around at constant risk of collapse isn't worth the stress, so make an effort to find healthy release.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2023
• That came after the first pounding storm of the season led to the partial collapse of the tower, exposing the wood that holds up the golden dome.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• A day after the dam’s collapse, the cause remained unclear, with both sides blaming each other.
  — Vasilisa Stepanenko, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
• Evergrande was left on the verge of collapse, in a crisis that many saw as marking the end for China’s housing boom.
  — Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
• The rapid collapse of Russian positions around Kharkiv in October 2022 was the result of months of steady Ukrainian pressure on the ground and in the rear.
  — Karolina Hird, Time, 3 Aug. 2023
• But, of course, Scott’s betrayal is a small episode in the collapse of decency and any sense of shame that Trump’s lordship demands of his acolytes.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
• The symptoms of heart attacks in men are widely known: crushing chest pain, a telling sensation in the left arm, or sudden collapse.
  — Maggie Fox, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
• Two people were rescued from the river shortly after the collapse.
  — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
• Despite alarm bells, economists say China is likely not on the verge of collapse, but this could be a turning point.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2023
• The first installment of $60 million was released Thursday, March 28th – just two days after the collapse.
  — Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• The Warriors’ latest late-game collapse negated a hot shooting night for Steph Curry.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2024
• Experts say those forces could have made the railroad bridge more unstable and contributed to its collapse.
  — Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• Judge Fraser, who witnessed the collapse, praised the response of the Sheriff’s Department and said his staff was shaken by the incident.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2023
• In Venezuela alone, the collapse of the economy there has prompted more than 7 million to leave the country, the largest refugee exodus recorded in the Western Hemisphere.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2023
• Nine others were injured in the collapse, and five of those were in critical condition Wednesday night.
  — Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 3 Feb. 2024
• And while Krall certainly seems as likely as any pitching-needy contender to land some help, a funny thing has happened on the way to the Reds’ inevitable staff collapse.
  — Gordon Wittenmyer, The Enquirer, 22 July 2023
• Most chemical straighteners snap the ladder’s sulfur rungs, and the keratin fiber rails collapse; curly hair falls flat.
  — Syris Valentine, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024