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Example Sentences

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Raac is less durable than reinforced concrete as the "bubbly" structure can let water in, weakening the building material which can crumble and collapse.

From BBC

If I went back, I knew my bones would turn dry and crumble away.

From Literature

The 16th seed was aiming for just a second WTA singles title in what was her first final in two years and fourth in total, but her game crumbled under the weight of Sabalenka's groundstrokes.

From BBC

But in the second half his team crumbled.

From BBC

“Your mother was a rat, and that makes you a baby rat,” she spits, and Willa’s world crumbles further.

From Los Angeles Times