How to use "crumble" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "crumble" in popular movie and book plots

  • Bartram pokes the fragile artifacts and they crumble to dust.  - Ethan Brand
  • Neskaya begins to crumble also.  - The Fall of Neskaya
  • He builds a fine plantation, Albemarle, only to see their marriage crumble under the strain of events and differences in their upbringing.  - The Howards of Virginia
  • Buildings crumble from earthquakes and tsunami waters envelope the city.  - Deluge (film)
  • The cliff edge begins to crumble and both are dropped into the raging sea below, presumed dead.  - Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins
  • The rest of the family begins to crumble under pressure, with Big Mama stepping up as a strong figure.  - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film)
  • Guido and Ada's marriage begins to crumble as does Ada's health and beauty.  - Zeno's Conscience
  • His face and body violently start to crumble into dust on the floor, which is then blown away by the wind.  - Michael Jackson's Ghosts
  • Tim's three friends from Hunter's World crumble before his eyes and disappear.  - Books of Magick: Life During Wartime
  • In it, the character Epstein (Stanley Tucci) marries Helen (Demi Moore), but the marriage begins to crumble after the birth of their son.  - Deconstructing Harry
  • Madvig's political base begins to crumble when he refuses to spring a follower's brother from jail.  - The Glass Key
  • In the subsequent battle, Perseus petrifies the Kraken with Medusa's head, causing it to crumble to pieces.  - Clash of the Titans (1981 film)
  • Due to eggs being toxic to Nomes, the Nome King and his subterranean kingdom crumble to pieces all around Dorothy and her friends.  - Return to Oz
  • With the Great Vampire dispatched, the three vampire Lords crumble to dust.  - State of Decay
  • This breaks the spell that had given Imhotep his immortality, causing him to age rapidly and then crumble to dust.  - The Mummy (1932 film)
  • As someone tries to separate them, they crumble to dust.  - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

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