Sentence examples for coming a cropper from inspiring English sources

Is he worried about posh collectors coming a cropper?

Despite coming a cropper on Friday night there wasn't a lot to dislike about Hawthorn's game.

I'd put my ISA on Energreen and its slimy cohort eventually coming a cropper.

In an effort to get closer to the earth he sometimes walks barefoot, quite often coming a cropper.

Where Mr Netanyahu is coming a cropper is in his cavalier behaviour to his colleagues and his constant, unnecessary dissembling.

Here are the results, with Huddersfield and Norwich both coming a cropper against teams from lower divisions.

Anne Hathaway, who comes a-cropper by the city gates in Les Misérables.

She came a-cropper with a hairy-fronted muntjac and nearly lost her life to an Asiatic black bear.

Even the best can come a cropper.

This is where LTCM came a cropper.

I came a cropper, of course.