crumbling

Example Sentences

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Sure, the buildings were crumbling, but the art deco architecture was historic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

But it does suggest that the movement is crumbling under the weight of its own contradictions.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

For days, Soviet authorities hid the catastrophe from the world -- a disaster that further weakened the already crumbling USSR, which collapsed in 1991.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said the NHS was "crumbling and services are stretched beyond belief".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Some dust—at least she hoped it was dust and not pulverized skeletons or something equally gross—fell onto her shoulder from the crumbling ceilings.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi