crumbling
Example Sentences
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"I felt like my whole life was just kind of crumbling before me.. .and I was just trying to get through the day," she says in the documentary.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
A few crumbling concrete blocks in an overgrown field are all that remains visible of what was once a sprawling Nazi forced labour complex around the Austrian town of Leobersdorf.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The crumbling girls' primary school which he gave me a tour of upsets him because the 62-year-old studied here from 1968 to 1973.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The dancers pile atop one another and let the sand in their hands fall as if they are crumbling sculptures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The scrubby vineyards and the crumbling stones become things of no account, for if I wish I can give rein to my imagination, and pick foxgloves and pale campions from a wet, streaking hedge.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
