Collapsed

Examples

• I gave him a little brandy and left him collapsed in a chair, while I made a most careful examination of the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The revolution collapsed utterly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The next the whole frame collapsed again, and Holmes had gone as quickly as he had come. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Eventually, in the year 1869, the movement rather suddenly collapsed, although there have been sporadic outbreaks of the same sort since that date. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Hor Vastus turned in the direction indicated by Carthoris, and as his eyes fell upon me he was like to have collapsed from sheer surprise. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Our visitor collapsed into a chair, with a ghastly face and a glitter of moisture on his brow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Four old Michigan Central cars with rotten sills collapsed in the ditch and went all to pieces, distributing figs, raisins, dates, and candies all over the track and the vicinity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Mr Fledgeby collapsed under the word 'Pickled,' and groaned again. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The Ram collapsed with the collapse of the Fenian movement. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Then in 1787 he collapsed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He would go on living, but the meaning would have collapsed out of him, his divine reason would be gone. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Early in 1917 Russia collapsed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As often as the person of the house worked her way round to it--even as soon as he saw that it was coming--he collapsed in an extra degree. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In a month the ancient and decayed system of the aristocratic order had collapsed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The wretched man collapsed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Shake me up, somebody, if you'll be so good, says the voice from within the faintly struggling bundle into which he has collapsed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I left him collapsed in the chair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• When presently his father died, it collapsed like a pricked bladder. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mrs. Gradgrind, stunned as usual, collapsed and gave it up. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Mr Dolls collapsed in his chair, and faintly said 'Threepenn'orth Rum. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In August the British opened a great and successful thrust into Belgium, and the bulge of the German lines towards Amiens wilted and collapsed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Slowly and gradually, as its meaning came over him, he collapsed, rather than seated himself, on his old chair, and sunk his head down upon his knees. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• In June the weary Austrians made a last effort in Italy, and collapsed before an Italian counter-attack. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But there was Mrs Boffin to part from, and, in the full flush of her dignity, the impressible little soul collapsed again. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• At a stroke she had pricked the van der Luydens and they collapsed. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

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