Collapses
[kə'læpsɪz]
Examples
- One of these is an imitation of the duck's foot, which expands when it strikes the water, and collapses when it is withdrawn. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- For him the world collapses. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At this point the whole routineer scheme of things collapses, there is a period of convulsion and C?sarean births, and men weary of excitement sink back into a newer routine. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The splendid opening of the story of Islam collapses suddenly into this squalid dispute and bickering of heirs and widows. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But once you see the state as a provider of civilizing opportunities, his whole objection collapses. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typed by Dave