Crumbled
[krʌmbld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Crumble
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Examples
- By dint of hard scrambling he finally straddled the top, but some loose stones crumbled away and fell with a crash into the court within. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In other words, it was the kinetic energy of the rolls that crumbled up the rocks with pile-driver effect. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She crumbled it, and bending over his shoulder, put the crumbs into his hand. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed, To pleasure his dainty whim; And the mouldering dust that years have made, Is a merry meal for him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The wife minced a bit of meat, then crumbled some bread on a trencher, and placed it before me. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The fire had crumbled down to greyness, and one of the lamps made a gurgling appeal for attention. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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