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• The rumblings of the masses precede the crumbling of the state.From the entry rumbling
• Because of the dangers of crumbling masonry, the castle turrets are no longer visitable by the public.From the entry visitable
• Shortbread is my favorite cold pastry, yet being so brittle it crumbles easily, and a lot goes to waste.From the entry brittle
• A rain of dust fell from the crumbling ceiling.From the entry crumbling
• A stone with a low fractile strength lacks tensile strength and will crack or crumble under stress or pressure.From the entry fractile
• The old empires were crumbling but were being replaced by neo-imperialisms.2023, John Sexton, “Red Star and Paper Tiger”, in Red Friends: Internationalists in China’s Struggle for Liberation, London; Brooklyn, New…. From the entry neoimperialism
• Sprinkle it all over." She nodded at the bowl with the cinnamon, sugar and butter crumble.2021, Sasha Summers, chapter 12, in The Rancher’s Forever Family (Harlequin Special Edition; 2838), Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Special…. From the entry gooey
• But inevitably, my cisness crumbled, and with it, my belief in the usefulness of gender itself.2020, LJ, "Who Needs Gender?", in Non-Binary Lives: An Anthology of Intersecting Identities (eds. Benjamin Vincent, Jos Twist, Kat Gupta…. From the entry cisness
• The cantilevered shelf of crumbling concrete where my mother sits has been declared unsafe.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 31. From the entry cantilevered
• On a gapsite between two crumbling tenements a bonfire was blazing and lethal-looking kids galloped around it.2015, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!, page 197. From the entry gapsite
• I'm quite concerned that you don't really have a waterproof backerboard since you said it crumbled.2015 February 15, Tim Carter, “If it's gypsum, it's not good backerboard for tile”, in Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, page E8. From the entry backerboard
• Two-thirds of the habitable surface is covered with the ruins of a crumbling Prothean megatropolis.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Planets: Feros Codex entry. From the entry habitable
• Unlike the crumbling skyscrapers of Feros, Quana's ruins are reasonably intact.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Quana. From the entry necropoli
• Surabaya's crumbling old town is the best place to dip a toe into the city's soul.2006, China Williams, George Dunford, Southeast Asia on a shoestring. From the entry dip a toe into
• The light, buttermilky waffles might be even better—especially when ordered with bacon crumbles.2001, Sharron Wood, Chow! San Francisco Bay Area: 300 Affordable Places for Great Meals & Good Deals, Seattle, Wash.: Sasquatch Books…. From the entry buttermilky
• Her top fillings had crumbled into a powder and had fallen out.1997 August, Jenny Randles, chapter 1, in The Truth Behind Men in Black: Government Agents, or Visitors from Beyond, St. Martin's…. From the entry lower mouth
• As the family crumbles, society finger-points: “First, it was teachers and schools; it must be their fault.1993 June 17, Beverly Beyette, “In Your (Celebrity) Dreams”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications…. From the entry finger-point
• Stanley crumbled the husk of a beer nut between his thumb and middle finger.1984, Steve Katz, Mongolian Whiskey: Stolen Stories, page 37. From the entry beer nut
• “It’s more like the whole country is slickrock, even where it’s crumbling away.”1971, Edward Abbey, Slickrock: Endangered Canyons of the Southwest, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry slickrock
• I don't believe that could crumble till the Day of Judgment.1909, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars (The Works of Rudyard Kipling), Edinburgh de Luxe edition, Boston…. From the entry kutcha
• Arches, overgrown with yet unblooming roses, crumbled in their time-stained beauty.1907, Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Shuttle. From the entry unblooming
• As he yucked his guts up mere feet from the little passageway, all of John's shame came crumbling down upon him.2021, Glenn Rolfe, August's Eyes. From the entry yuck
• Fancy a church conversion, tackling a crumbling cottage, or renoing a stone townhouse that backs onto the ocean?2020 June 27, Lauren Heskin, “3 renovation projects to buy in Ireland for less than €65,000”, in Image, archived from the original on 14…. From the entry reno
• Many masterpieces of Soviet constructivism are now crumbling under capitalism, replaced by pastiche architecture or pale replicas of former buildings.2015 May 5, Athlyn Cathcart-Keays, “Moscow's Narkomfin building: Soviet blueprint for collective living – a history of cities in 50…. From the entry constructivism
• Crumbling silvery stone beneath her hand and in front of her face: monzonite, maybe, or one of the lesser schists.2015, N. K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season, Orbit (2016), page 277. From the entry monzonite
• Indeed a sizeable crowd assembled at a crumbling warehouse and clapped their hands red, cheered themselves hoarse at this strange music.2015, Geraldine Wooller, Trio, Transit Lounge, →ISBN. From the entry clap one's hands red
• There was a tiny crack, and the wall of the water storage area crumbled into a side corridor.2014, Allan Kaster, Stephen Baxter, Michael Blumlein, The Year's Top Short SF Novels 4. From the entry microdetonator
• Her life, the one she had so carefully planned for herself had crumbled like the paint on the surface.2012, Lorraine T. Gilman, chapter 20, in Princeton Pentimento, Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 205. From the entry pentimento
• He filled a bowl with water and crumbled into it some copal-xocotl, the dried root of the soap tree.2011, Harry Harrison, Captive Universe, →ISBN. From the entry copalxocotl
• In (part of) Shelley's poem Ozymandias is a "crumbling statue".2009, Colin Blackburn, “another 1-off cryptic clue.”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords (Usenet). From the entry fodder
• Substitute three chopped scallions and a minced jalapeño for the onion, and 6 ounces crumbled chorizo for the tomatoes.2008 January–February, Mark Bittman, “The only 7 meals you need for 2008”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 138. From the entry chorizo
• Virtually all highfliers that I have seen over all these years of trading have crumbled at some point.2003, Larry Williams, The Right Stock at the Right Time, page 93. From the entry highflier
• It looks as if her power was already crumbling."1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. From the entry knock
• They moved camp in the morning, without breakfast except for a crumbling chunk of dry pemmican which Aaron chewed privily.1949, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 36, in The God-Seeker, New York: Popular Library, page 196. From the entry privily
• Will Hero’s Tower crumble under 15-inch guns?1915, Rupert Brooke, en route to the Bosporus, as quoted by William Manchester, The Last Lion, page 518. From the entry unvintageable

Meaning of crumble

1. verb To fall apart; to disintegrate.
2. verb To break into crumbs.
3. verb To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.

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Questions about crumble in a sentence

How do you use crumble in a sentence?

Crumble is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The bread roll crumbled when I tried to slice it; it was too stale.”

What is a short sentence with crumble?

“blackberry and apple crumble”

What does crumble mean?

Crumble means to fall apart; to disintegrate.