Sentence examples for broken down flat from inspiring English sources

(Once broken down flat, boxes can fit horizontally into a closet or under a leaky houseplant).

Automobiles repeatedly broke down with flat tires or just tired engines, and the resultant traffic jam was one continual line of parked cars that stretched for most of the 60 miles from Suffern to Monticello, in Sullivan Coun ty.

Over time, poor maintenance, lack of facilities for children, transient tenancies, and other factors caused social conditions and communal ties to break down in the flats.

"I've heard every excuse in the book for why players are late: my grandmother passed away, my car broke down, I got a flat tire, my kid's sick.

"Crews had to break down some of the flat doors to check if residents were home.

The bicycles are made without a chain and have special tires to reduce the possibility that they will get a flat or break down during their trip.

All our theories of space are formulated on the assumption that spacetime is smooth and nearly flat, so they break down at the singularity, where the curvature of space-time is infinite.

At peak ripeness, the flesh is vermilion and more tart than a navel or 'Valencia.' Left on the tree too long, the color becomes even darker, but as acids break down, the fruit starts to taste flat.

Earlier this year a dozen policemen marched into his building, then tried in vain to break down the reinforced-steel door to his flat with sledgehammers.

Simply break down after the cereal is finish and keep flat in piles awaiting reuse.

(At least a flat-panel monitor won't break down and leave you stranded on the side of the road).