crumbling

Example Sentences

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In Gateshead, the closure of a crumbling motorway flyover linking the town to Newcastle symbolised a sense of neglect.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

But it does suggest that the movement is crumbling under the weight of its own contradictions.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

They say renovating crumbling Soviet-era buildings is more expensive than starting from scratch, and that the region urgently needs more housing for its rapidly growing population of some 80 million.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

I walked across the city as the sun set, through narrow streets lined with once-grand buildings now crumbling with age.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Bobbing blue ice and crumbling floes rose and fell with the waves all around them as they brought the boats back onto a course for the northwest.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong