Sentence examples for crumble about from inspiring English sources

It would really be a blow to the soul of the city". For the 45-year-old Powers, whose maternal and paternal grandparents were from Russia, the empire began to crumble about a year ago.

The employees had raced outside in a cloud of dust after parts of the store's ceiling suddenly crumbled about 1 30 p.m. Pieces of plaster covered the handbags, scarves and other luxury merchandise.

What little resistance they encountered crumbled about two hours later.

Compared with most of its Mayan contemporaries, which crumbled about the 10th century, the city survived for an exceptionally long time.

So now your world is crumbling about you like the disastrous reindeer biscuits you tried to make in 20 minutes last Christmas Eve.

With the world crumbling about its ears, would the insurer be able to pay up?Securities analysts believe that such circumstances would be so catastrophic that non-payment on CDOs would be only a minor concern.

Ryan Howard made the last out on Friday, grounding softly to second base and crumbling about halfway up the first base line, clutching his left ankle in what appeared to be a serious Achilles' injury.

With his domain crumbling about him, his death at sea in an apparent fall from his yacht off the Canary Islands came as a bombshell to employees and financial institutions alike in November 1991.

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 pounds fennel, trimmed, quartered, cored and chopped (about 4 cups chopped) 1 bunch leeks, white and light green parts, cleaned and chopped (about 3 cups chopped leeks) Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 2 large garlic cloves, minced 1/2 cup chopped fresh dill 4 large eggs, beaten 3 ounces feta cheese, crumbled (about 3/4 cup) 1.

Courses such as the one taken by the Nolls mark a sea change in the way some marriage experts view an institution that remains the fundamental unit of our society but is so shaky that it crumbles about half the time.

1/2 pound light palm sugar, crumbled (about 1 1/2 cups).