Sentence examples for tending to collapse from inspiring English sources

A lung is similar to a balloon in that it resists stretch, tending to collapse almost totally unless held inflated by a pressure difference between its inside and outside.

Researchers have printed with live cells before, but until now they only made tiny pieces of gelatinous living material, both because large structures tended to collapse and because the cells inside tended to die from lack of oxygen.

Currency unions tend to collapse as part of a broader political break-up.

In a fire, the floors tend to collapse, and the iron frame loses strength and implodes.

In mid-term elections, the turnout of independents tends to collapse, leaving only partisans voting.

At alkaline pH values they tended to collapse excluding a significant quantity of the incorporated water.

That model worked in some small towns like Crested Butte, Colo., but tended to collapse quickly in urban environments.

If their surfaces had a uniform surface tension, small alveoli would tend to collapse into large ones.

Without them, the ecosystem tends to collapse; the coastal reefs become barren, and soon not much lives there.

However, differences between coated and bare stainless steel surfaces tended to collapse above a 2-day contact time.

"The history of tiers in the cable industry is that over time they tend to collapse," he said.