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.
• Our bridges are about to collapse.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
• As the wind whips, many tents blow over and collapse.
  — Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
• That hasn’t changed in the two years since the bridge collapsed.
  — Katie Thomson, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026
• Even when the shrimp are there, the prices at the dock have collapsed.
  — Drew Hawkins, NPR, 26 May 2026
• Then the Bichette deal collapsed.
  — CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
• Yet that era of posting as art has collapsed.
  — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026
• Denise is found collapsed after a night at the club.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2026
• One tolled for the lives lost when the towers collapsed.
  — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• His mom collapsed and died in our driveway.
  — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
• Efforts to pass a law have collapsed the last few years.
  — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
• Both engines collapsed on them in that flight.
  — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
• The set started to collapse around him.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
• Firms do not collapse under this weight.
  — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• Wells collapsed and some reservoirs ran dry.
  — Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
• If any one piece falls through, the entire project can collapse.
  — Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 24 Mar. 2026
• The bomb had ripped through the walls, and the upper floors had collapsed.
  — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• Yet the system has not collapsed.
  — Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
• Walls crumbled and the roof collapsed.
  — Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
• Zarutska clutched her throat and collapsed.
  — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
• And what was the use of owning land when the world was collapsing?
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• Dua, like the world around her, is a work in progress, but could collapse at any second.
  — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
• The town and its way of life meanwhile is collapsing around them.
  — David Faris, TheWeek, 29 Apr. 2026
• Odegaard collapsed to his knees.
  — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 12 May 2026

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.
• And none of this looks like collapse.
  — Lela London, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• What are the warning signs of a roof collapse due to snow?
  — Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
• There may already be signs of that collapse.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
• But hack at the roots and collapse is inevitable.
  — Paul Polman, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
• What the collapse of coral reefs tells us about climate change.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
• And that makes his collapse all the more crushing.
  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
• The collapse in hope cuts across party lines.
  — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
• The cause of the collapse is unknown.
  — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
• Trump has also mused about the collapse of the six-decade-old regime.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
• Worst of all, this collapse has come in the fast-food part of their schedule.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
• With a two-game lead over third place, anything short of that would be a collapse.
  — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
• The band had been near collapse before the Trevors showed up.
  — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 9 May 2026
• The city is a portrait of post-Rust-belt collapse.
  — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
• The gap between the two sides makes the collapse of talks likely.
  — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
• The report also makes clear what did not cause the collapse.
  — Nbc South Florida, NBC news, 23 June 2026
• Your roof’s damage may be covered in the case of a collapse or a leak.
  — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
• The next phase of Gaza’s life must be shaped by those who have lived through its collapse.
  — Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
• Many believe that their dynasty is on the verge of a full collapse.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
• That’s not a systemic collapse.
  — Sandy Peng, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• The first is the ongoing collapse of salmon runs.
  — Scott Artis, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
• The man was rescued about two hours after the collapse.
  — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
• The last two days with that big bridge collapse sequence was this massive build.
  — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
• How many people were hurt in the parking garage collapse?
  — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
• The collapse of his legacy was swift and shocking.
  — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
• This can kick-start the process of critical collapse.
  — Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 June 2026
• The Game 2 collapse is the type of failure that can break a team.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
• Israel may welcome the chaos of regime collapse.
  — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2026