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Meanings of crumble in English
Catalan
decaure Spanish
corromperse Synonyms
Examples for "decay"
Examples for "decay"
1
It used to mean quite simply, 'Do you decay to something else?'
2
The years of decay had left him vulnerable and far too mortal.
3
His first efforts were directed toward counteracting the spiritual decay in Israel.
4
The nearer I approached the crisis, the more did my confidence decay.
5
The period of decay: the joyous enthusiasm has vanished; depression succeeds intoxication.
1
Immediately past the gates, however, stood a series of dilapidated mechanics' workshops.
2
Experts and engineers had said dilapidated machinery was responsible for the accident.
3
Iraq's infrastructure is dilapidated after decades of war, sanctions and economic decline.
4
A small, dilapidated structure, attached to the main part, caught her attention.
5
Tens of thousands of people are packed together in these dilapidated buildings.
Usage of crumble in English
1
At least the building was fairly new; it wouldn't crumble under me.
2
Casey, on the other hand, had already seen her parents' relationship crumble.
3
Billboard: Some bands crumble under that sort of weight of common experience.
4
A change in the political wind, and those barriers begin to crumble.
5
If it imposes austerity measures too harshly, the fragile economy could crumble.
6
So would the institutions of error and wrong crumble and pass away.
7
If that was suddenly taken away from them, their economy would crumble.
8
My psyche will crumble entirely after the assaults it has recently received.
9
He especially loved to see strength crumble, to see the proud fall.
10
Five minutes after I got out, the whole planet started to crumble.
11
Leave one there long enough and the whole place starts to crumble.
12
More like one about to crumble, and that was twenty years ago.
13
The wooden slabs lose name and date with years, And crumble, rotten.
14
They love cooking and baking and they really love my apple crumble.
15
Great cities formed, and in her mind's eye, Myrrima saw them crumble.
16
Analysis - Tasty icing, cherry on top but will United cake crumble?
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Translations for crumble
Catalan
Crumble through the time
Crumble across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common