Sentence examples for crumbling off from inspiring English sources

Windows had been sealed shut in a 1970s refurb and masonry cladding was crumbling off in chunks.

Most local residents think of the church less for its robust stonework or dramatic bell tower than for the ubiquitous scaffolding protecting passers-by from chunks of sandstone crumbling off its facade -- and for the homeless people.

Inside, Soviet anthems blare out from a creaking old radio, the paint is not so much chipping as crumbling off in blocks, the few striplights that are working are flickering maddeningly, and damp swarms over the walls like triffids.

Crossing a busy London road, the 35-year-old glances at street level for just a split second to check for cars, before his eyes flick back skyward, his gaze now fixed on a faded hand-painted sign for 'John Brown Whiskies', crumbling off the exterior wall of a second-floor flat.

There were the hiking boots I've had since high school, so battered that one Sunday, near the Delaware Water Gap, the rubber sole started to crumble off in chunks.

They have required reinforcement by special steel pillars that hold in place chain-link fencing to capture any coal as it crumbles off the walls.

"When you look at the map, you can see America kind of crumble off into the sinews down in the gulf where the land is getting eaten up," he said.

Amateur fossil hunters Nick and Rob Hanigan were looking for remnants of ancient marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs when they noticed a heap of boulders that had crumbled off the cliff face and crashed onto the shore at Lavernock Point on the Severn estuary.

As it lolled and lumbered through the ice floes, the ship slowly widened cracks and crumbled off bits of the unending white ice field ahead, creating around it a debris path of huge white boulders floating in the water.

"You don't intend to wear these outside, do you?" There were the hiking boots I've had since high school, so battered that one Sunday, near the Delaware Water Gap, the rubber sole started to crumble off in chunks.

Alibar joined up with an old pal, Benh Zeitlin, who had directed only shorts before, and who said of his interests, "When you look at the map, you can see America kind of crumble off into the sinews down in the gulf where the land is getting eaten up.