crumbling
Example Sentences
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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
"We will not allow any nation to determine our future. We will set our own course to keep building Canada strong for all," Carney said Friday, as negotiations for a bilateral trade deal were crumbling.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 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
A pale figure rises, little clods of earth from the milpita soundlessly crumbling off the small body.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
