crumby
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Temperatures in the piles decrease and the compost matures into a dark and crumby humus, resembling rich organic soil in both look and smell, the zoo said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
The always-watchable Slate delivers moments of crumby charm, as when she wakes next to a ravaged box of cereal and nails the delivery: “You again?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
Its range is awesome: It can effortlessly whip your soft butter and sugar smooth, and has the dexterity to crush cold butter into crumby bits for a perfect pie crust.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2020
I try again the next week, only for the resulting loaf to somehow be simultaneously stodgy and crumby.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2020
He was putting away all his crumby toilet articles.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
And the better the person, the crumbier the house is going to look.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2020
I knew this one girl, a couple of years ago, that was even crumbier than I was.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
