How to Use topple in a Sentence

topple

verb
Definition of topplenext
Synonyms for topplenext
  • The strong winds toppled many trees.
  • The rebels tried to topple the dictator.
  • The earthquake toppled the buildings.
  • The tree toppled into the river.
  • The phone company has toppled its local competition.
  • That’s what’s called a bank run, and such a move could topple them.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • And this time, the SoCal team did not need a shot at the buzzer to topple Mitty.
    — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The couple found the child still strapped into the car seat, which had likely toppled over in the wind.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • As the horse began to topple, Reber jumped off and landed on the trail.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • And an even surface means the toppings won’t topple off.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appétit, 1 Aug. 2023
  • At his feet was a vase filled with white and yellow flowers that had toppled to the floor.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Before that, a four-year-old child toppled down the grand staircase to their death in 1887.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2024
  • But when the Dali toppled the Key Bridge, the roadway’s massive steel trusses fell onto the bow of the ship and trapped it.
    — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Some sit submerged under the waters of the Chesapeake Bay or are about to topple over in the Great Lakes.
    — Anna Fiorentino, Outside Online, 8 Sep. 2022
  • At one point, a section of trusses toppled over with a pull from the backhoe.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The base is weighted to ensure the whole thing doesn’t topple over, even with an iPhone 15 Pro Max attached.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Scott Lawson, a rookie FBI agent at the time, broke the case that led to a high-stakes mission to topple the cartel.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
  • That was viewed as a non-starter for Israel, which wants to topple Hamas before ending the war.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Taking one bite of this dessert causes the whole thing to topple over, as it’s weighed down by maybe 17 pounds of pink fluff on top.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Trees would be most threatened if beavers were building a dam; in that case, they could be toppled overnight.
    — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Even though many in the West assumed Putin’s army would quickly topple Kyiv, the war in Ukraine has dragged on for nearly a year and a half.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 6 July 2023
  • But at some point, if the rule of law is eviscerated in that process, the whole system topples.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The stones also weigh down the vase to counteract any heavy stems and prevent it from toppling.
    — Mackenzie Nichols, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2024
  • The Lynx have toppled the New York Liberty in four of five meetings this season.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The best tomato cages need to be sturdy enough to support the weight of your tomato crop and prevent plants from toppling over in the wind.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Arizona's prices topple a full dollar and some change over that.
    — Arizona Republic, 4 May 2023
  • The outcome was a mixed bag of modest wins for both sides, bitter bargains and toppled plans.
    — Grace Ashford, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The tape was released 10 months later and toppled DeWit.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Barricades were toppled, glass was broken, and kids were trampled in the line.
    — Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
  • But by about 1 p.m., the parking lot was completely submerged, toppling telephone polls and caving in the walls of the Impact Plastics building, the lawsuit claims.
    — CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024

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