How to Use cave-in in a Sentence

cave-in

noun

• If so, Polis’ cave-in was pointless.
  — Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
• The cave-in appeared to be several inches deep, based on the impact of the front tires of the truck that sank into the street.
  — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
• Within 20 minutes of digging in the sand pit, fire personnel pulled Watts from the cave-in.
  — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
• Otherwise, cave-ins, leaks and catastrophic damage to wells can occur.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
• When Webb arrived, first responders were trying to reach people still stranded in the part of the building that didn't cave-in.
  — Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 24 June 2026
• Kobolds can just as often decide to be harmful, however, causing accidents, cave-ins, and rockslides for reasons of their own.
  — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025