How to Use topple in a Sentence

topple

verb

• 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
• Multiple cranes were also toppled in the storm, the weather service said.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
• North Korea’s repressive regime, for example, long feared being toppled by the United States and its partners.
  — Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024