American English pronunciation
How to pronounce crumbling
IPA transcription: [k'ɹʌmbəlɪŋ]
Pronunciation variants: [k'ɹʌmbəlɪŋ][k'ɹʌmblɪŋ]
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Verb
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fall apart
“the building crumbled after the explosion”
“Negotiations broke down”
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fall into decay or ruin
“The unoccupied house started to decay”
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break or fall apart into fragments
“The cookies crumbled”
“The Sphinx is crumbling”
Usage examples
- But my life was crumbling.
- The biggest bedroom had a small, ornate fireplace on one wall which had seen recent use judging by the ashes crumbling in the grate.
- The biggest bedroom had a small, ornate fireplace on one wall which had seen recent use judging by the ashes crumbling in the grate.
- The biggest bedroom had a small, ornate fireplace on one wall which had seen recent use judging by the ashes crumbling in the grate.
- The biggest bedroom had a small, ornate fireplace on one wall which had seen recent use judging by the ashes crumbling in the grate.
- The biggest bedroom had a small, ornate fireplace on one wall which had seen recent use judging by the ashes crumbling in the grate.
- The biggest bedroom had a small, ornate fireplace on one wall which had seen recent use judging by the ashes crumbling in the grate.
- The biggest bedroom had a small, ornate fireplace on one wall which had seen recent use judging by the ashes crumbling in the grate.
- The biggest bedroom had a small, ornate fireplace on one wall which had seen recent use judging by the ashes crumbling in the grate.
- The biggest bedroom had a small, ornate fireplace on one wall which had seen recent use judging by the ashes crumbling in the grate.