Sentence examples for power crumbled from inspiring English sources

The Pacers' will power crumbled under a series of late mistakes in a 111-104 loss at the Staples Center.

How long a kingdom still attached to the outward trappings of Roman Catholicism would have tolerated doctrinal radicalism and the plundering of chantry lands and episcopal revenues under Somerset and Northumberland is difficult to say, but in 1553 the ground upon which Northumberland had built his power crumbled: Edward was dying of consumption.

Since Oct. 5, when Mr. Milosevic's power crumbled in the face of public outrage, Barbara Davis, the representative of the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, and other rights advocates have appealed to the new leaders to focus on victims of rights abuses.

As a result, women's power crumbled.

Over three minutes, the lunar module sets down and the American flag is planted, and then those symbols of power crumble into dust with surprising pathos, accompanied by a soundtrack of hiccuping bleats and squawks.

This, in turn, raised the question of what need anybody in power might have had for so many dollars -- if not to defect, then perhaps to send family members abroad, before American missiles or a coup in Baghdad sent the whole grim edifice of power crumbling.

Unable to stand up to a tidal wave of protest sweeping Belgrade's streets, he saw some of the key pillars of his power crumble last night in rapid succession, after an extraordinary day which left the parliament building smouldering, the state RTS television station gutted by fire and several police stations in the hands of protesters.

Unable to stand up to a tidal wave of protest sweeping Belgrade's streets, he saw some of the key pillars of his power crumble in rapid succession, after an extraordinary day which left the parliament building smouldering, the state RTS television station gutted by fire and several police stations in the hands of protesters.

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In a world of open information, the traditional conception of privacy might crumble and data collection might open new opportunities for manipulation and exercising power.

Finally, describes Moses' gradual loss of power, which crumbled when the Triborough Authority was absorbed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, & Moses was forced to relinquish his power when the M.T.A. began, in 1968.