tumbledown
Example Sentences
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A trip to the mailbox could become a tumbledown Niagara Falls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
You can see how from Abu Khaled's tumbledown farmhouse, a bumpy few minutes' drive from the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2023
The piles of tumbledown bricks on Long Beach streets took laborious weeks to clear away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
The saga in Welcome, an agglomeration of tumbledown farmhouses and newly built homes roped together by winding country roads, highlights several enduring American loves: guns, conspiracy theories, property rights and fruitless litigation.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022
Arul led me to a lot between two tumbledown houses where people had thrown trash after the holiday.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
