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Sentence Examples Trailers are toppled, roads are washed out and equipment is bent and broken. He uttered a faint, choking gasp, and toppled over backwards, stiff as a board. That rising toppled the government, but the new one continued the same policies as its predecessor. Miners spearheaded a strike wave that toppled his government three months later. The fence was weak and was toppled easily by a small group of protesters with a rope. Whenever a king in the Middle Ages was toppled, an impostor would pop up somewhere claiming to be him. A City Council report says the trees were diseased meaning they had to be axed before they toppled over. The man stood up, and his graying, grizzly brown hair toppled into his brown eyes as he glared at Colin. Four people suffered minor injures when a crane toppled on to the flight deck of aircraft carrier HMS Invincible. With each lurch of the truck another flaming bale toppled off, coming to a flaming halt on the road or igniting the grass at its shoulder. He felt a big, hammy hand land on his shoulder and tug him out of the chair, which toppled to the ground. Ken looked above him in alarm and watched in shock as dirt, stones, support beams, all toppled on top of Ken, completely burying him alive. Jordan arrived at work yesterday to find a stone obelisk in front of the restaurant toppled over. A grieving daughter wants action after her elderly mother died when her mobility scooter toppled off a seafront promenade. Walking through the tiny hallway, the top box toppled over, the entire contents spilling out. Upon his return in 1985, Kim supported a nationwide pro-democracy movement, which toppled the military government. With mid-Atlantic states left sodden by an unusually wet summer, the winds toppled trees and rains flooded creeks and low-lying areas. The excavator was sitting at the top of the hole, so it could lower a skip down for the mini digger to fill, when it toppled over. Grunting, he toppled over, slamming into the Skipper and driving him against the bottom of the boat. As I was searching through my bookcase for poetry books to see if I can glean some ideas another book toppled off the shelf. Show More Sentences It toppled over sideways onto the pavement and missed my son and I by about a yard. Surprised and unprepared for the unexpected shove from behind, the man toppled over, barely catching himself before he hit the ground. Instead, they all toppled over the side of the counter, smashing into billions of pieces onto the floor. We could see some of them which had toppled over and rolled down the precipitous slopes and remained upside down at most nauseating angles. We felt rather daring, braving the possibility of confronting the dreaded predators in order to be toppled by a few lazy waves. The cruel potentate is toppled by a vengeful pragmatist who can't wait to get his hands on his mineral resources. Slowly, like a stunted chestnut oak falling to the floor of the forest, he toppled over. It had toppled itself so far over to one side that it had pulled its roots out of the soil. The junta used lese-majesty as an excuse to stage the military coup that toppled Thaksin Shinawatra's government. Entire governments, never mind single ministers, have been toppled by that lethal combination. The oil drum where the male monkey had been sitting began to wobble from side to side and finally toppled right over. The crane toppled over when a skip of concrete was being lowered to the beach. They can't simply choose which dictators they want toppled and expect us to come running each time. On the M1, near junction 39, a wagon travelling north toppled over the central reservation into the southbound carriageway. In Nicaragua, where the Sandinistas toppled the US-backed Somoza regime by force, three priests became ministers. The tangled steel frameworks of several of the toppled radio towers were also lying near me. The hem of her pants caught under her shoes and she toppled toward, taking the boy with her. The bear toppled out of the window and followed as fast as its stubby legs would allow. The performer toppled head first down a staircase in front of the packed theatre before police rushed to his aid. The territory's economic woes intensified after this Islamist was toppled in a military coup in July. Show More Sentences The stillages were not secured to each other or to the truck, and toppled onto the worker, causing two fractures to one of his ribs. Military coup after military coup toppled government after government before the current iron-fisted regime figured out how to hold it together. The container had toppled over when the lorry carrying it got stuck in mud. Streetlights toppled over, trees were uprooted and some cars were overturned. When they were toppled, the ecological slate was wiped clean and mammals rapidly diversified to refill it. Breathing became difficult, her muscles shook, and she toppled to her knees on the hard floor. Workers cut an immortelle tree which toppled across the road yesterday, after a freak storm ravaged the area. It was toppled from its commanding position by hungry capital-laden offshore firms who moved into its domain with no beg-pardons. He reeled up and toppled over backwards, banging his head on the edge of a chair. She fell onto the ground, and I watched as the punch bowl toppled off the table and onto her head. Alec arrived in time to catch his father from falling as he slowly toppled to the ground. He was still in the interrogation room, but the chairs and the tables had toppled over. A mass of waves were sweeping the shoreline, and the turbulent water toppled trees and swept them towards both ends of the lake, now spread twice as wide as it had once been. The Berlin Wall, toppled 20 years ago today, was brought down by Ronald Reagan's hawkish stand, right? The Russian revolution of 1917 toppled the tsar and soon installed a bloodthirsty communist regime. Dropping the sandwich, she shoved her chair back so forcefully that it nearly toppled over and strode over to where Kent was playing on the floor with his action figure. The rearmost row of boxes toppled from the back of the truck, crashing onto the road, and Ian glanced behind him as the thin cop shouted in surprise. Back in 1971, the mercurial Alex Murphy pulled off a minor miracle when unfancied Leigh toppled red-hot favourites Leeds to win the Challenge Cup final at Wembley. When I looked out the window later, I saw that the big wind had simply toppled the other woodpile out back and gone away, leaving rain pouring on it. In February 1909, at age 79, he toppled drunk from his saddle at Fort Sill, Okla. Show More Sentences Many of the runners fell before the final circuit and a succession of riders were toppled when a loose horse ran in front of several racers towards the end of the course. Once the Manchus were toppled, he saw his mission as uniting China under one military force, ending warlordism, and resisting the Japanese occupation of Chinese territory. It is believed the lorry hit a telegraph pole as it was negotiating a bend shortly after 9am yesterday, and it toppled onto its side, trapping the driver in the cab. Riyadh's importance was vastly enhanced in 1979, when Ayatollah Khomeini toppled the Shah of Iran, theretofore Washington's chief ally in the Persian Gulf. Hikmatullah Shadman started working for American Special Forces teams in 2002 after the invasion that toppled the Taliban. Only months before the storming of the Bastille, church and throne were still on magnificent display, not about to be toppled by a mere meeting of the Third Estate. They all toppled on top of one another, a tangled mess of arms and legs. She fell against them and the basket fell, toppled to the floor. Their music hints at shadowy cobbled backstreets in Buenos Aires, the elegant couples dancing while democracies are toppled and the memory of tango as its one great export. Convoys of World War II vehicles and former soldiers trekking across the famous beaches evoked memories of the crucial push that eventually toppled the Third Reich. But by 1485 the White Rose domination was all over when Richard III's crown was toppled, along with his head, at Bosworth Field, as the Tudors came to power. Wang's mausoleum was sacked soon after his kingdom was toppled. The United States had toppled the Taliban and cornered al Qaeda with record speed and an unprecedentedly small number of troops. Lenin usurped the Russian revolution only eight months after Alexander Kerensky toppled the Czar. Twelve political parties and three coalitions are fielding candidates in the election, organised just six months after a bloodless coup toppled the president. The toppled minister is invariably an indispensable friend and support, be it Blunkett, Mandelson, Derry Irvine, Alastair Campbell or Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all. Barrels of wine, weighing 900 pounds each, are still toppled on one another. Elsewhere in Britain motorways and minor roads were closed as lorries overturned, trees were uprooted and chimney stacks were toppled by 90 mph gusts. Outside armies have toppled Afghanistan's government and installed a new one, but it controls only its broken-down capital and very little of the vast country beyond. The man toppled forward, and a surreal silence followed as though reality had to recalibrate. Show More Sentences The repercussions of the Napa earthquake may go beyond toppled barrel rooms and a disrupted tourist season. The duckling, christened Lucky, was waddling down Cyprus Road behind its mother with its nine brothers and sisters when it toppled over and fell into a storm drain. The accident came just days after a woman was hit by falling masonry when a chimney stack toppled into the street and flattened the roof of an empty 4x4 vehicle. She screamed as she toppled onto the hood of the still-advancing vehicle. The question is not whether they will be toppled, but why it requires an inflated running time of more than two hours for the swashbuckler to get the job done. Then, arms pinwheeling, he lost balance and toppled over backwards. The roll of paper towels was toppled over and on fire, the flames merrily making scorch marks on the counter and soot stains on the underside of the cabinets. He cited both Lyndon Johnson's and Richard Nixon's presidencies as examples of presidencies that were toppled by torrents of negative public criticism. A train was derailed after a wall collapsed on to the track, the gable end of a house crumbled on to a car, trees toppled over and garden fences were blown away. In the office the next morning several bookcases had toppled and some water from the fish tank had slopped into the tortoise pens, but things were generally ok. Eventually, he toppled off his horse, landing facedown to die in Arizona's Gila Bend desert. He fell 40 feet when the cherry-picker machine he was standing on toppled over. The top Labour target is Thurrock, Essex, where Jackie Doyle-Price's majority of 92 could easily be toppled by 4,067 disgruntled commuters. The current Ukrainian troubles erupted after a democratically elected Government was toppled by mob rule in Maiden Square, Kiev. Al Senussi is the brother-in-law and ex-spy chief of toppled Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi. Having toppled Brackley on Saturday, the Robins head to Berko tonight, and manager Paul West stressed his side cannot let their standards drop. When Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko took office in 2014, a popular uprising had just toppled his predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych. The safety gate at the top of the spiral staircase had been left open for a second, and Jack, in baby-walker, toppled over the edge. More fell on top of her, causing a chain reaction that toppled hundreds. Just below it leaned a tottering crag that would have toppled, starting an avalanche on an acclivity where no sliding mass could stop. Show More Sentences He tried to hook the stool towards him and it disobligingly toppled out of reach. They saw how the Arab Spring spread and toppled leaders of state. He said that today is the day on which fifteen years back, a dictator toppled a democratically elected government and damaged country severely. More than 380 headstones were toppled in Plashet cemetery in Newham, east London, before the discovery was made on Thursday morning. A victorious May discovered his wedding cake had toppled over, while Hammond drove so violently his car fell out of the lorry. Julian allied himself with Spain, which had been under the rule of the Visigoths for 200 years after they toppled the Roman Empire in Iberia. A new military coup toppled the government, and Argentina declared war on the Axis Powers a month before the end of World War II in Europe. Mohamed Soltan was among thousands detained after Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was toppled in 2013 by the military under Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who is now president. When Fregoso was in due course himself toppled, he fled to the harbour, commandeered four galleys and launched himself on a whole new career as a pirate. Though his monarchy was toppled in 1979 and he died in 1980, the life of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, continues to resonate today. It is believed the tractor's left wheel went through a hedge and fencing on one side of the singletrack road and the tractor toppled over the edge. Each paid homage to the late Vaclav Havel, a hero of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that toppled totalitarian Communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia. Seconds later I was spark out on the ground, having being toppled by some missile that had arced its way through the gathering dusk to clonk me smack on the temple. The Sainsbury's Local worker was off-loading an unevenly packed roll cage from a delivery lorry when it toppled over and knocked her to the ground. Gangs of men tried desperately to manoeuvre the engines right up to the river to fill their reservoirs, and several of the engines toppled into the Thames. The feudal oligarchial cabinet of Akilou Habte Wolde was toppled, and a new government was formed with Endelkachew Makonnen serving as Prime Minister. Lightning strikes and toppled trees in tropical forests allow species richness to be maintained as pioneering species move in to fill the gaps created. The three, all aged under 17, were detained by officers in Newham, east London, near to Plashet cemetery where more than 380 headstones were toppled. The three, all aged under 17, were detained in Newham, East London, near to Plashet Cemetery where more than 380 headstones were toppled over and damaged. The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator. Examples from Classical Literature Finally, he spiralled steeply, toppled over and flew for a while with the wheels up. As they raised him into the berline, however, he toppled forward, fainting. He toppled so slowly to the left that Coltrane had time to urge his horse to that side, and catch him with one arm. Just then the front wall toppled outward, and pokeweed cleared the street at a single bound. So into the oubliette they toppled him, clapping down the door in its place above. It toppled and spilled half its contents on the cargo-hold floor, which had been a sidewall. Once a bus had driven out too far on a soft shoulder, and had toppled over. Thrones have toppled and their vast empires have disappeared. It had toppled over the brim of the cylinder and fallen into the pit, with a thud like the fall of a great mass of leather. The gobbler straightened to full attention like a toy tin soldier and toppled onto his side without ever moving his feet. The man swayed and toppled over inside the prison chamber, and the door closed between him and his fleeing companions. The Saw-Horse toppled over upon his back and lay with his legs waving helplessly above him. No wonder the likes of Assad and Mugabe are not yet quite quaking in their open-toed sandals, with the prospect of free board and lodgings, even if toppled. Long-time ruler Hosni Mubarak, toppled by a popular uprising in 2011, and his predecessors, who all came from the military, were never promoted to the highest military rank. The protruding eyes, apparently lidless, merely stared, the sphincter-like muscle of the mouth opened and closed, and then the head toppled from the body to the ground. There were slates and bricks piled up on the roof preparatory to some repairs, and they would have me believe that the wind had toppled over one of these. Find more words! 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