crumbly
Americanadjective
adjective
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During the first 500,000 years, the amount of crumbly material dropped before rising again over the following million years.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
An oil driller tapped into the wet, crumbly ore at Florence in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
The porous, sweet bite of melon, the crumbly salinity of feta, the flaky salt crystals, the mint, the balsamic—it was revelatory.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
"It was a bit damp and there was all this crumbly plaster and stuff in there - then my hand stumbled on this solid object and I pulled out this glass bottle."
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
It hadn’t rained in forever and a day, and the bushes were shrunk and crumbly.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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