Below you will find example sentences with "collapsed building". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Collapsed Building in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: collapsed
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25 words

Words in this phrase

collapsed building

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • collapsed can mean: simple past and past participle of collapse Frequent word
  • building can mean: The act or process by which something is built; construction. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 1 start, 15 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

around the collapsed building had been 1× checks a collapsed building in adiyaman 1× construction of collapsed building 1× forfeiture of collapsed building sites may 1× from a collapsed building in turkey 1× from the collapsed building seven in 1× in a collapsed building said he 1× in a collapsed building the uranus 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a body was 1× a turkish rescue 1× belgorod governor viacheslav 1× consequently he disclosed 1× he confirmed that 1× hopes were raised 1×

Common sentence endings:

a collapsed building 2× a demolition order 1× among the rubble 1× beneath the debris 1× case told afp 1× early morning earthquake 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

rubble 6× turkey 5× days 4× rescue 4× search 4× city 3× people 3× earthquake 3× workers 3× street 2× person 2× killed 2×

Related phrases

apartment building capitol building residential building building blocks building collapse terminal building building permit building solutions temple building

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

cold weather cold water cold war cold snap cold fusion cold front

Just after it in the phrase index:

collect data collecting data collective action collective bargaining collective effort collective efforts

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

apartment building capitol building residential building terminal building temple building

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "collapsed building" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as around the collapsed building had been, checks a collapsed building in adiyaman, rubble, turkey and days stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with apartment building, capitol building and residential building, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with collapsed building

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Parts of the collapsed building could be seen among the rubble. (11 words)

One woman was seen being helped from the rubble of a collapsed building. (13 words)

A Turkish rescue worker checks a collapsed building in Adiyaman, southern Turkey on Saturday. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 39 people and injured more than 800 others. (43 words)

There was a sombre atmosphere in George on Wednesday morning as exhausted rescue workers and volunteers continued to soldier on hoping to bring some solace to the families of construction workers stuck under a collapsed building. (36 words)

A body was found Tuesday in the rubble of a collapsed building in Paris six days after it was destroyed by an explosion and a fire, a source close to the case told AFP. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

He confirmed that they were trapped in the collapsed building, explaining that a building on Otun Araromi in Orisa street suddenly collapsed from the top of the hill onto another building.

So far, only one person was killed in a collapsed building – the Uranus Building in downtown Hualien.

A body was found Tuesday in the rubble of a collapsed building in Paris six days after it was destroyed by an explosion and a fire, a source close to the case told AFP.

A Turkish rescue worker checks a collapsed building in Adiyaman, southern Turkey on Saturday.

However, enquiries by found out that the law of forfeiture of collapsed building sites may be conditional.

In Aleppo, Syria, residents digging through a collapsed building discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble.

One resident, searching for a colleague buried in a collapsed building, said he witnessed looting in the first days after Monday's quake before leaving the city for a village.

On Feb. 6, 2023, people watch as rescue teams search for survivors under the ruins of a collapsed building in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria, after an early morning earthquake.

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Rescuers carry out search operations among the rubble of a collapsed building in Adiyaman, Turkey on February 9, 2023, three days after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey.

Search operations have managed to recover people four days on from the disaster, including six rescued from a collapsed building in Turkey after spending 101 hours beneath the debris.

Belgorod governor Viacheslav Gladkov had posted to Telegram a video showing a collapsed building with a huge hole in it.

Parts of the collapsed building could be seen among the rubble.

There was a sombre atmosphere in George on Wednesday morning as exhausted rescue workers and volunteers continued to soldier on hoping to bring some solace to the families of construction workers stuck under a collapsed building.

Consequently, he disclosed that henceforth the institute would sanction any of its members found to have been involved in the construction of collapsed building.

Hopes were raised after the dog of a Chilean search and rescue team touring Gemmayzeh street, one of the hardest-hit in Beirut, ran toward the collapsed building.

Mansour Al Asmat said that workers are certain a body was under the collapsed building, but that person may not be alive.

One woman was seen being helped from the rubble of a collapsed building.

Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 39 people and injured more than 800 others.

Smoke billows from the collapsed Building Seven in the World Trade Center complex early in New York City on Sept. 12, 2001.

Some ten apartments around the collapsed building had been analyzed later and eight of them were handed a demolition order.

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