crumble
verb (used with object)
to break into small fragments or crumbs.
crumbled
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past participleof crumble.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof crumble.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
crumbleverb (used with object)to break into small fragments or crumbs.
Example Sentences
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The hypocrisy of not paying athletes exasperated jurists all the way to the Supreme Court, and the old cabal crumbled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But the shipbuilding industry crumbled rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s, and Tate & Lyle shut the final Greenock sugar refinery in 1997.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
I crumbled some of the cornbread into olive oil and toasted it in a skillet.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Daylight images showed a crumbled stretch of road with rubble around the broken bridge.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The porch sagged, the windows were boarded up, and the chimney had crumbled to bits.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
