Sentence examples for tale of collapse from inspiring English sources

In its gaudy shadows, Timon's tale of collapse catches not only the fragility of the British economy but the unnerving immanence of the collapse of its ruling élite.

Arianna's tale of collapsing with exhaustion and her reflection of just how self-destructive her previous behavior of never switching off had been is telling.

In Cosmopolis, his slender tale of the collapse of global markets, DeLillo returns to an image that featured prominently in Players, written almost a quarter-century earlier.

The tale of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire is hideously complicated, but they hold it all together in a narrative that is not only coherent but often dramatic.

Imagine, for a moment, a German novel about the final months of the Second World War, an epic tale of national collapse and shameful private defeat, the ruined landscape ribboned with refugees.

Rihoy et al. tell the somewhat tragic tale of the collapse of CBNRM in Zimbabwe's Mahenye ward.

Now he describes how the financial crash decimated some of these fortunes and created lucrative opportunities for others, such as Ken Cage, a repo man who targets private jets and yachts, and has never had it so good.Mr Frank tells some epic tales of financial collapse.

As he reaches the climax of his tale — the collapse of the banks and the insurance companies — rage and amusement battle for control of his face.

Economics indeed played a part, but contrary to your tale, the collapse of the wall was helped along by fielding Pershing missiles, despite European opposition, and pursuing Star Wars.

(See "Toyota's Tale Of Woe" and " Earnings Collapse Looming For Sony").

Coming in the same week that the Guardian published a story about the global "insect collapse", this tale of star-croaked lovers seemed like the cuddly side of mass extinction.