They collapsed instantly, their voices unintelligible and remote as they died.

He collapsed instantly near the table and died within a few minutes, according to testimony.

He collapsed instantly on the floor and lay still.

Like the dog, she collapsed instantly in a heap on the floor.

The corpse shuddered, then collapsed instantly like a puppet whose strings had been cut.

An ominous crack sounded and the structure instantly collapsed on itself.

The energy field collapsed instantly, the attendant flare vanishing with it.

She hung up, and in the silence the bravado she'd felt, talking to Moore, instantly collapsed.

Major Kira rolled upright and tried to stand, but collapsed instantly.

The terrible rain of paper that filled the sky after the twin towers collapsed instantly comes to mind.