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 • Dec. 25, 2025

An oil driller tapped into the wet, crumbly ore at Florence in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Some storms are warm and wet, like frosting; others are cold and dry, like crumbly pastry.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

Instead of going for drinks at a fancy London bar and getting a black cab home, we often split a bottle of cheap Tesco wine at one of our crammed and crumbly flats.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025

He had eaten only half a box of old Red Hots that had lost their zing, and a pack of stale and crumbly peanut butter crackers nearly forgotten in his book bag.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia