How to Use come crashing down in a Sentence
come crashing down
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Coal prices have come crashing down from last year’s records.
—Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2023
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Watch the video above to see the a huge tower come crashing down!
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
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Could the market come crashing down, or will the good times keep rolling?
—John Jennings, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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At some point, a flash flood must have come crashing down the canyon with enough force to clear it out.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
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The last few months have seen all those castle-in-the-sky dreams come crashing down.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 12 Feb. 2021
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That market is buzzing, but that boom may come crashing down soon, thanks to a new law.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 24 Nov. 2025
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The golf cart launched into the air, only to come crashing down with full force.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
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In an earthquake, the top-heavy apartments can come crashing down.
—Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
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The Angels’ season seems to have come crashing down all at once.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
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But back to the hot start - what about it might be real, and what might come crashing down at any moment?
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 3 May 2023
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By Monday, Stephanie’s world had come crashing down around her.
—Andrea Cavallier, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2020
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Now that wildlife is depleted and hemmed in, climate change has come crashing down.
—Catrin Einhorn Thea Traff, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
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That could come crashing down at any moment, but hopefully not.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
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In a home with a pet or a small child running around, one wrong move and all your precious stemware can come crashing down.
—Megan Wahn, Bon Appétit, 24 Aug. 2023
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This root of trust can come crashing down with the failure of a single CA.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
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Those who benefited from the boom see their fortunes come crashing down again.
—Shannon K. O'Neil, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2016
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Eli’s life has come crashing down around him, but Nick’s encases him like concrete.
—Olivia Waite, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
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After trading above $84/barrel last month, oil prices have since come crashing down.
—Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 3 May 2023
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The perfect success story had been written in the stars, only for those stars to all come crashing down.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022
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But the Rays front office seemed to understand that things might come crashing down last season.
—The Athletic Mlb Staff, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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This threatens further floods as that water could join the rain that has come crashing down from the northern mountains.
—Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2022
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There’s little danger, in other words, that the whole edifice of math could come crashing down.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
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One of the top pitchers in all of baseball in May, Skubal has come crashing down his past three outings.
—Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2022
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Their season would come crashing down the next week with a 52-14 loss to Arizona.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
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The Knickerbocker’s roof had come crashing down, overwhelmed by the weight of the record-breaking snowfall.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2022
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The surface may not be melting but the moss and dirt under the snowpack will draw the sun’s heat and the weight of the pack will come crashing down the mountain.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
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My shelves are getting close to being purged of author's copies--which is good, since those shelves are about to come crashing down for some home renovation.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2011
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Don’t forget one of the important lessons of the Great Recession, which is that home values can come crashing down.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
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That breaking string is happening in the souls of a family, in a class, in a country, in an entire social order about to come crashing down.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Minnesota has to win one of the next two game in Arizona, or its championship hopes will come crashing down in disappointment.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
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