crumbly
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- crumbliness noun
- uncrumbly adjective
Etymology
Origin of crumbly
Example Sentences
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When Elizabeth writes of stepping into her gleaming kitchen to “test the crumbly brown goodness of the toasted veal cutlets à la Connecticut,” she is not so much lying as world-building.
From Salon
Slice-and-bake cookies, whether rich shortbreads like the one here or crumbly sablés, are supposedly goofproof.
The classic starts with a buttery, crumbly shortbread base, topped with a layer of lightly salted gooey caramel, and finished with a lush chocolate ganache.
From Salon
An oil driller tapped into the wet, crumbly ore at Florence in the 1970s.
The porous, sweet bite of melon, the crumbly salinity of feta, the flaky salt crystals, the mint, the balsamic—it was revelatory.
From Salon
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