Explore Crumbling through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Crumbling meaning
- That crumbles; that breaks into small pieces or particles.
- In a state of decline.
Using Crumbling
- The main meaning on this page is: That crumbles; that breaks into small pieces or particles. | In a state of decline.
- In the example corpus, crumbling often appears in combinations such as: the crumbling, is crumbling, crumbling and.
Context around Crumbling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crumbling
- In this selection, "crumbling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, upgrading, relationship, buildings, jowl, infrastructure and across stand out and add context to how "crumbling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the crumbling sector and and by the crumbling institutions they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crumbling" sits close to words such as anaheim, believer and bingo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crumbling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For too long Tory neglect of education has left only school buildings crumbling. (13 words)
All For One has begun his war on Japan, and hero society is crumbling across the globe. (17 words)
A "treasured" Anglesey beach known for its "geological and archaeological wonders" which is crumbling into the sea. (17 words)
And it felt like a kind of beautiful, heartbreaking arc to see, really the crumbling of this already fractured relationship, culminating in her actually not showing up to the biggest event of his life thus far. (36 words)
Chinese and Philippine ships have routinely played cat-and-mouse around the shoal as a handful of Filipino troops on the outpost, a marooned and crumbling navy ship, require monthly rations. (31 words)
Combined with the crumbling in gasoline cracks, that removes a significant inflationary impulse from markets and may allow the Fed to leave rates at these levels and cut late next year. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
A faded art deco shopfront sits cheek by crumbling jowl with its neighbour’s rusting balustrades and handmade fondant tiles.
After the incident, experts said it stood as a reminder that upgrading crumbling infrastructure is a never-ending task.
All For One has begun his war on Japan, and hero society is crumbling across the globe.
All of a sudden, the brave Ilkley resistance was crumbling as a virtual repeat was enough to secure the bonus point, hooker Alex McFadden claiming this one.
And it felt like a kind of beautiful, heartbreaking arc to see, really the crumbling of this already fractured relationship, culminating in her actually not showing up to the biggest event of his life thus far.
A secret boss encountered only by diligent players in Crumbling Farum Azula, Dragonlord Placidusax has to be the hardest of 's many dragon enemies.
A "treasured" Anglesey beach known for its "geological and archaeological wonders" which is crumbling into the sea.
A US-born princess is in danger of being evicted from her crumbling villa in Rome, which features a Caravaggio artwork on the ceiling.
Cambridgeshire County Council councillors raised concerns at the “crumbling” sector and agreed to back calls for the creation of a national care service.
Chinese and Philippine ships have routinely played cat-and-mouse around the shoal as a handful of Filipino troops on the outpost, a marooned and crumbling navy ship, require monthly rations.
Combined with the crumbling in gasoline cracks, that removes a significant inflationary impulse from markets and may allow the Fed to leave rates at these levels and cut late next year.
CRUMBLING concrete has been found in several areas of a Basingstoke primary school, it has been confirmed.
Even the inhabited cities are in decline, with rising taxes outpaced by the crumbling institutions they allegedly fund.
Fans believed the mention of December was a sign of their relationship crumbling since Harry and Taylor split less than a month later.
For too long Tory neglect of education has left only school buildings crumbling.
Grieving and haunted, Roderick has summoned his nemesis Dupin, a man trying to prosecute him, to his crumbling childhood home.
He also makes regular trips to countries in Africa to finance vital projects ranging from providing clean water for villagers to upgrading crumbling schools in urgent need of repair.
Here at LSU, several presidents and most of the faculty have long yearned to replace our decrepit, leaking and crumbling 65-year-old library.
Himalayan towns are crumbling and sinking as a result of runaway development, and nobody should be surprised.
In a contemporary society that is holding its breath in fear of the crumbling of the political system, 's latest episode plays like a nightmare--one that feels eerily too familiar.
Common combinations with crumbling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the crumbling 26×
- is crumbling 16×
- crumbling and 14×
- and crumbling 13×
- crumbling infrastructure 11×
- of crumbling 10×
- was crumbling 9×
- are crumbling 9×
- crumbling concrete 8×
- with crumbling 6×