Example Sentences

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Crumbling houses line the streets, watched over by a solitary clock tower.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Crumbling concrete in schools has left pupils learning maths on kitchen hobs, they have said.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024

Crumbling boats and thin staffing have reduced sailings and made service unpredictable.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

Crumbling glaciers at the edge of the ocean account for about half of those losses, with the other half coming from melting ice at the surface of the ice sheet.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2023

Crumbling edges of concrete and brick undermined by sinkholes.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi