crumblings

American  

[kruhm-blingz] / ˈkrʌm blɪŋz /

plural noun

1. crumbs; crumbled bits.

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Etymology

Origin of crumblings

crumble + -ing ¹ + -s ³

Example Sentences

This is the kind of couple that saves their crumblings for behind closed doors in an effort to maintain their bragging rights.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2022

In them I searched for crumblings of my cakes, and found a good many, so that I was not that ill off.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Our existing architecture offers few points for comparison with those vast edifices whose very ruins resemble the crumblings of mountains rather than the remains of buildings.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Gautier, Th?ophile

Time and volcanic crumblings and desert wind have carved the great beast into the semblance of an elephant at rest.

From Still Jim by Morrow, Honoré

The materials of which they are made were probably once, long, long ago, the crumblings from granite and other crystallized rocks, but they show now no signs of crystallization.

From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Holden, Edward Singleton