Sentence examples for might have tumbled from inspiring English sources

The Dimbos are the kind of memorable figures who might have tumbled from Mr. Doyle's pages.

The termites had so vigorously eaten the supporting joists that the building might have tumbled down if it hadn't shared walls with adjoining houses.

Creating an Anderson script -- even one like "Bottle Rocket," which might have tumbled freely from his mind, given its off-the-cuff feel and true basis in tuna-related misdemeanors -- requires intense effort.

Former President George Bush served as C.I.A. director in the Ford administration, and if President Jimmy Carter had taken Mr. Bush up on his offer to stay on as director of central intelligence during Mr. Carter's tenure, the dominos of American political history might have tumbled in quite a different way.

Disappointed families might reasonably feel that they have tumbled into the gap between theory and reality that was left when councils lost control of new schools back in 2010.

(See “Blackstone Might Back Out Of Alliance Deal” and "Private Equity Buys Another Payment Processor") Alliance shares have tumbled 48.6% since January.

Stock markets have tumbled.

House prices have tumbled.

Mining firms' share prices have tumbled too.

Rubber prices have tumbled 36% since June.

Its shares have tumbled by almost 40%.