A bubbling whine cut through the air as the left tire spun on the wet stones and the pile collapsed.

"Some of my men were stacking stones near the north rampart, when the entire pile collapsed."

A great pile collapsed on him; he backed out, looked up, then went to Sam.

The precarious pile collapsed and books crashed to the floor.

A large pile of garbage first collapsed and then went up in flames which resulted in the destruction of about 100 squatters' houses.

The pile of rust collapsed inward on itself.

Laurel refuses an offered pie, and picks one from the middle of the pile, which scares Hardy, fearing the pile will collapse.

Collapsed walls revealed piles of candles in broken glass containers.

The pile of strong bodies collapsed suddenly.

All at once, the pile of effort quite simply heaved once and collapsed like a great dying animal.