Sentence examples similar to had crumbled down from inspiring English sources
But I saw a street called Myrtle Avenue, which runs from Borough Hall to Fresh Pond Road, and down this street no saint ever walked (else it would have crumbled), down this street no miracle ever passed, nor any poet.
Pond Road, and down this street no saint ever walked (else it would have crumbled), down this street no miracle ever passed, nor any poet.... -- Henry Miller, "Tropic of Capricorn" WILLIAM GEDNEY proved Henry Miller wrong.
In the apartment where Chicken lived, the bathroom sink had fallen off the wall, and another wall had crumbled, leaving a gaping hole; the elevators often broke down.
"Crops had been washed away or destroyed, trees were pushed down by the strength of the water, and walls of buildings had crumbled and fallen".
Hotels had crumbled into the street.
Twelve months later such hopes had crumbled.
All his beauty had crumbled away.
Moreover, by the late 1970s, the shah's support had crumbled.
(By 1918, the vast empires had crumbled).
