crumbling
Example Sentences
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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
The steady decrease in quality is unmistakable, and it’s perfectly conceivable that even a day-one Marvel enthusiast would feel the facade crumbling at some point.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The retirement myth of endless golf games or fishing trips melting into decades of elder bliss has been crumbling for decades.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Though Sharpeville may be a place name rich in historical resonance, it scarcely looks like a site that symbolises the struggle: the township is slowly crumbling.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
I stumbled against the potato plants, dry now, stiff, crumbling underneath me.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
