crumbling
Example Sentences
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The 27,000 residents that remain in Mene Grande contend with chronic blackouts and crumbling infrastructure, with some of the wells better fit for a museum than a working oil field.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
McKinley stages a few bullet-sweating sequences of peril, including a particularly brutal transport of gold bars across a crumbling rope bridge and an underwater accident exacerbated by floating logs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
But that highly-profitable model is currently crumbling as courts are increasingly treating college athletic conferences as cartels engaged in anti-competitive price-fixing.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Wolverine fans rushed the field, an absurd act considering that Michigan was a 27.5-point favorite in this game, but whatever, civilization is crumbling and there’s no honor anymore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
He thought about that hug often, and each time he did he had the sensation of a wall crumbling.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
