Sentence examples for surprising collapse from inspiring English sources

There was so much behind this surprising collapse: Latrell Sprewell's panicked one-on-one forays, Allan Houston's untimely disappearance, Larry Johnson's inability to put his wounded body on Dale Davis (who had 16 rebounds), the Knicks' failure to decode Miller's 34-point performance.

Though we know there is no grand march of history in which human society inexorably moves towards progress, it is often hard not to be seduced by, and swept up in, this fantasy and then fall into despair at its (surprising) collapse.

At the Whitney, a tribute video by the archivist, curator, and visual artist Cori Olinghouse included passages of astonishing virtuosity, speed, and strength, in which Brown did surprising things, like collapse slowly from a handstand to the floor, roll, flip, and pop up again, as if it were the simplest thing in the world.

Indeed, it's hardly surprising that the collapse of the housing bubble would cause a spike in long-term unemployment.

That isn't surprising, given the collapse of the U.S. housing market and the financial crisis and subsequent bailouts.

The deal, struck with surprising speed after the collapse 11 days ago of negotiations between BMW and a British venture capital firm, Alchemy Partners, seemed at least for now to avert the threatened closing of Rover's Longbridge plant near Birmingham in the British Midlands.

(That's not so surprising; it is tough to collapse when you're already on the floor).

So it's not particularly surprising that the Red Sox ongoing collapse, and the attendant anxiety among Bostonians, has drawn near universal schadenfreude from opposing fans.

So the idea a close Iowa finish was "surprising," or constituted a Clinton collapse, doesn't add up.

One prosecution source said it was surprising they had not simply collapsed under the strain.

A recent report by the Royal Society of New Zealand said that, given the strength of the earthquake and aftershocks, it is surprising more buildings have not collapsed.