How to Use implode in a Sentence

implode

verb
  • Even when the dates implode, the show is able to maintain a hopeful vibe.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 14 Nov. 2022
  • In some ways, this line signals how the team’s crime spree will implode.
    Brandon Tensley, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • And even some other drives in there that weren’t great — not imploding.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Never mind the tragedy of the Titan imploding last June on its way to the Titanic, killing all on board.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • To be clear, there are also times when a sweet spot just doesn't exist and things simply implode.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Quartz: A lot of people were surprised when FTX, of all firms, imploded.
    Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 12 May 2023
  • Once the two SoCal schools bolted, the die was cast and the conference imploded.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
  • And as contenders implode around the league, so does the competition.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
  • To feel the effects of this deterrent, fish need to be close to an imploding bubble.
    Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2023
  • But the Jets’ locker room is going to implode if Wilson doesn’t start holding up his end of the bargain.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Three of Kody’s marriages imploded within a span of 14 months.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The Titan submersible that imploded was one of two seacraft used by OceanGate.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 18 July 2023
  • In the blink of an eye on what should have been a regular Saturday evening, their lives imploded.
    Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Republicans will have to figure out how to overcome that and not just wait for Democrats to implode.
    Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Since then, the Michigan GOP has imploded with infighting over the future of the party.
    Monica Potts, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The two men were killed along with three others on board when the Titan imploded during its descent.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 3 July 2023
  • After a clean fifth, Bishop’s imploded in the sixth, with three more errors leading to six runs.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
  • By the time the ’60s were imploding, Brian had become more than an addled drug abuser.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But what happens if one day that world simply implodes and ceases to exist?
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The last factor is that Birchers, like a lot of radical groups, imploded from within.
    Indigo Olivier, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The Lakers can’t count on the Warriors imploding under pressure, like the Grizzlies did.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
  • By June 22, an announcement was made the Titan had imploded and there were no survivors.
    Sharael Kolberg, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Sunday’s date with imploding Ohio State was just what the doctor ordered.
    Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
  • As news of the breakup spreads, the remaining Paradisians mill around, stunned that one of the Strongest Couples on the Beach™ could implode so suddenly.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Critically, Roosevelt gave voice to the idea that the Supreme Court can and should be accountable to the people—and the Republic did not implode.
    Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
  • However, new details could shed light on how the bank imploded and what, if anything, could have been done to prevent it.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
  • After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The lawyer Kyle Roche was a rising star in the field of cryptocurrency law — until his career imploded.
    Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • If the Blazers implode, or shift into a rebuild, Nance can leave as an unrestricted free agent at the end of next season.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Officials announced on June 22 that the submersible had imploded and all five people on board were dead.
    Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2023

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