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

Slice-and-bake cookies, whether rich shortbreads like the one here or crumbly sablés, are supposedly goofproof.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Towering at 300 feet tall, the crumbly ocher cliffs of Palos Verdes Estates boast breathtaking views of Los Angeles’ coastline.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 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

I’d never had cake before, but it turned out to be a sort of bread that was sweet and crumbly and moist.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff