tumbledown
Example Sentences
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For this humble fishing village in Yemen, a tumbledown grouping of barely-there huts nestled between the water and an imposing mountain range, stands sentinel over one of the world’s most vital waterways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
A trip to the mailbox could become a tumbledown Niagara Falls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
You can see how from Abu Khaled's tumbledown farmhouse, a bumpy few minutes' drive from the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2023
The saga in Welcome, an agglomeration of tumbledown farmhouses and newly built homes roped together by winding country roads, highlights several enduring American loves: guns, conspiracy theories, property rights and fruitless litigation.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022
He was living on a slightly tumbledown horse farm in northern Missouri, sitting on the back porch in jeans and a cutoff T- shirt.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
