11.   The Dodger universe as we once knew it is collapsing like a star at the speed of light.

12.   The fat spears were so tender that they collapsed like pudding in my mouth.

13.   The fact is that the last thing that collapsed like this was the German mark during the Weimar Republic.

14.   The planned panel discussion collapsed like a fallen souffle.

15.   They collapse like a futures trader in the pork bellies market during a summer heat wave.

16.   Weigh them down with too much baggage and they collapse like an ant trying to shoulder a boulder.

17.   What appeared to have been tin huts on the edge of the fenced area had collapsed like a deck of cards.

18.   A posh five-story department store, crowded with evening shoppers, collapsed like a house of cards Thursday, trapping hundreds of people.

19.   At every moment, it all seemed in danger of collapsing like a souffle as players struggled mightily to hold their notes.

20.   At the jolt, nearly all the buildings in town snapped like matchsticks, collapsed like cards.