Examples of 'began to crumble' in a sentence

Meaning of "began to crumble"

Describes the gradual or sudden deterioration or collapse of something, often used metaphorically to indicate the decline or failure of a relationship, institution, or structure

How to use "began to crumble" in a sentence

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began to crumble
The walls began to crumble and collapsed in.
But then the success began to crumble.
Mine has began to crumble on the edges.
The very structure of capitalism began to crumble.
My spiritual body began to crumble after the battle.
It was at that time that the walls began to crumble.
Things began to crumble around him.
Much of the structure began to crumble.
His body then began to crumble leaving only a metal skeleton.
Huge financial institutions began to crumble.
The liturgy began to crumble and slip into personal preferences.
Little by little those walls around me began to crumble.
His gods began to crumble.
The identities of the married couple began to crumble.
The company began to crumble under the weight of its debt.

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Then my world of music began to crumble.
The stars began to crumble and a cloud of fine Stardust fell through space.
The traditional order began to crumble soon after.
The maintenance costs were too high so the castle began to crumble.
After two days the tower began to crumble and many perished.
In the course of time the bricks of mausoleum began to crumble.
This charade first began to crumble when I became a father.
And as the city grew old and began to crumble.
Te Fiti began to crumble.
That was when the beginnings of my old world really began to crumble.
Roman Empire began to crumble.
Businesses were returned to the private sector but the economy began to crumble.
The stonework began to crumble.
The monsters terrorized the people and the civilization began to crumble.
German resistance began to crumble once American forces crossed the Rhine and raced into Germany.
And then there was a stage where it all began to crumble around me.
David 's kingdom began to crumble a few decades after his death.
Guns continued to fire day and night and the walls began to crumble away.
Exposed facades began to crumble and the roof ceased to be entirely water-proof.
The plaster on the walls had began to crumble with time.
Political and economic difficulties started to mount and the federal government began to crumble.
The building they were in, began to crumble down around them.
He ordered his troops to attack without delay and the Austrian infantry began to crumble.
Over the years, some of the stonework began to crumble and the façades were blackened.
The denarius remained an important Roman coin until the Roman economy began to crumble.
USA 's competitiveness began to crumble well before the big recession.
The foundations of Houphouetism began to crumble.
The castle began to crumble in the seventeenth century, and Swedish raids quickened its deteriorating.
The walls of Fortress Europe began to crumble.
Early's left flank began to crumble and Custer's cavalry raced into the Confederate rear.
At this point, the empire began to crumble.
Began to crumble and fade away. When it was evacuated, the Confederacy at once.
A century later, his mighty empire began to crumble.
Mongol domination of Rus began to crumble during Dmitry's thirty-year reign.
At this point, the ancestral ground began to crumble.

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Examples of using Crumble
You must crumble like greek statues
The walls separating realities will crumble
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