| 单词 | crumble |
| 例句 | The sky crumbled into a set of destructive storms and out of the north came hurricanes that scattered roofs about and knocked down walls and uprooted every last plant of the banana groves. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Flames of abnormal size were pursuing them, licking up the sides of the junk bulwarks, which were crumbling to soot at their touch. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Similar blast craters had crumbled a middle tier, where there were a handful of seats for spectating. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z All these ideas are whirling around my brain, building up the pressure until my skull starts to crumble. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then it began to crumble, sinking back into the ground. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I bit at the crumbling with my back teeth. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A chunk of rock crumbled in her hand, and she had trouble finding footholds. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As she slowly unfolded it, one corner crumbled completely to bits. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Lydia’s good cheer crumbled away in an instant. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “You shouldn’t have to do all that. Look what happened. You’re crumbling under the weight of it all.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Frank looked back and his courage crumbled to dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His face crumbled inward, changing to something pale and wormlike. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Back then, more than five years earlier, the capital city was mired in corruption, with crumbling roads and buildings, slums in the middle of the city. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The disrepair of the house did not bother her at all, the crumbling plaster, the peeling wallpaper, the faded paints or the columns; none of it made any difference. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He slung their knapsacks over his shoulder and they tore through the crumbling bracken. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The far end of the walkway had crumbled away, but still people crowded into the remaining area. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Any glass had long since shattered, any wood had rotted, and nothing remained but metal frames, mortar, and stone crumbling in the grip of invading vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Through the windshield I saw the mark of these ghettos—the abundance of beauty shops, churches, liquor stores, and crumbling housing—and I felt the old fear. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The massive golem crumbled into a pile of rubble. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The tomb’s entrance was buried in the side of a crumbling cliff. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The rampart a huge crumbling bulwark above him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We knew there were no houses in one area of the hill, only a few trees and crumbling dirt. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Under the unexpected weight it crumbled and broke! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was a wonder that his statue did not crumble at the sight of her bare breasts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z About ten o’clock as I was crumbling some pieces for the birds on the terrace the telephone rang again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The skin of his arms was pale and dull, as if it would crumble if Anya touched it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z More than anything I wish I could say that Julian’s face crumbled when he heard what we had done. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Behind me is the elemental fiend of my memories crumbling into powder. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He stopped the car, and I could see that the edge of the road bordered a vertical slope that crumbled into vacancy, a fall of perhaps two thousand feet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Its head caught on one of Arachne’s support cables, but the marble foundation under the pedestal was crumbling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He poured his second cup of chocolate and crumbled a sweet biscuit in his fingers. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A huge pile of twisted metal, wooden planks, and crumbled bricks lay in front. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The psyche can be bombarded only so much by these rhythms before it begins to crumble and atrophy. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Music from a jukebox blared from the windows; men in stained overalls, factory workers, and women in frayed dresses were sitting on the crumbling front steps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The basket was crumbled, the red-and-blue striped bag ripped and deflated. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The hedgehog was crumbling, the northerners reeling back under the impact of the mounted assault. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Since the beavers had left, the dam had been crumbling and loosening gradually, until it had become just a question of time before it would give way altogether, and drain the flooded land behind. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z One Tuesday morning last September, the Twin Towers came crumbling down and, overnight, the world changed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mother peeled the egg and we divided it, crumbling it carefully from hand to mouth while the others watched us closely, as if expecting immediate results. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry—these cookies are good but they tend to crumble. I’m amazed. Why not?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Hot Pie was told to crumble in the spices as the wine heated. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The others crumbled around me, shriveling at the first piercing shriek. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This is what it felt like, this is what it looked like, the edges of the world crumbling away and Conor holding on to her hands, feeling them slip from his grasp, feeling her fall— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Flecks of loose limestone crumbled off the cave ceiling and rained onto her shoulders. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z You could imagine the Elemental Fiends clenching their toothy jaws—but even they just crumble. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We were in the backwoods of New Jersey, on a crumbling road lined with run-down businesses and tattered billboard signs. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A million years from now, when the rest of the city had crumbled, the bridge would probably remain like a fossilized bone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But before Ms. Watson crumbled, my phone buzzed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then the bones would scatter, rot, and crumble to become part of the earth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was dark and cool, I remember, with crumbling walls and sandbagged windows and a ceiling full of holes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As he watched, the air filled with arrows again, and the men behind the oak wall crumbled beneath the murderous fire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lacey gets up and stomps off, her footfalls vibrating through the crumbling floor. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Bacchus tapped the giant on the nose, and Ephialtes crumbled to ashes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He collapsed to his knees and began crumbling into sand, until all that was left were three cooking aprons and an oversized pair of cowboy boots. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He squeezed the little pack until the crackers crumbled and threw the orangey mush back in the bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z On the other side of the ruins, the Cloud Knights dive down for the ruins, no doubt ready to lose themselves inside the maze of crumbled structures. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I stood there at the top of her stoop, which thirty seconds ago felt like standing at the top of a mountain, and I crumbled, shocked, as the glow of the day faded to nothing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I want to believe it,” he said, “but I don’t. I think we’re in the midst of an awful crumble.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked to the northern edge of the hilltop and descended the crumbling cliff face I found there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He had felt his carefully constructed exterior crumbling when she spoke to the court so insultingly about his father. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Within those crumbling walls, slavery and the slave trade were still forbidden. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The pool itself was cracked and unsafe, the pool house crumbling, and the fencing rusted and falling down. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z From the looks on their faces, one trying to be proud and cool, the other crumbling, I wished I had told them sooner. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The gutted structure crouches like a wounded animal amid a labyrinth of crumbling dwellings. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I put the bottle between my legs and pulled so hard that not only did I jerk the crumbled cork out but I sprayed myself with expensive Bordeaux. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z To hold Emma as she crumbled and broke apart in my arms. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He advanced past Amarante Cordova’s decaying house to another crumbling building which had once belonged to the Ledouxs, most of whom were presently employed in the steel mills of Pueblo, Colorado. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch those cracks now, watch them good, like I’m daring them to crumble this house on top of me and bury me alive. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Forcefully the snake launched his great body at the opening, crumbling earth and rock as he pushed his coils through the aperture. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They were small and seemed to crumble up and come all to pieces. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At the stream bank she sets out their drear picnic, which is only dense, crumbling bread daubed with crushed peanuts and slices of bitter plantain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved to sit on the edge of the water trough, but the thick planking crumbled under my weight like a rotten stump. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I will not think about my parents now, because if I do, I will crumble. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The Aristotelian wall was crumbling, thanks to the influence of the Muslims and the Hindus, and by the 1400s even the staunchest European supporters of Aristotelianism had their doubts. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Somewhere below all that, I knew, were two long braids of hair, tied with crumbling black ribbons, and a wedding crown made of ship’s rope. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I didn't turn around, because I couldn't be sure my face wouldn't crumble. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The keystone of the arch crashed almost on their heels, and the wall above crumbled, and fell in ruin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She nudged the man’s ear with her boot, and the side of his head caved and crumbled to dust. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then we rounded a corner and the cathedral’s dome revealed itself, proud and imposing despite patches of fire-blackened stone and a few crumbling arches. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Across the highway in the ghost town Amarante Cordova’s light glowed softly from the open door of his crumbling adobe. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The longer I stand here, staring up at this crumbling place, the more this whole thing seems way out of left field. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I watch her hands, the long, tapered fingers crumbling this, adding drops of that, into the basin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, hovercars would pass over the crumbling city, threading a slow search pattern across the sky. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The flames vanished along with the cornucopia, and the chained statue of Ares crumbled into dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z For a moment Sam caught a glitter in the black stones of their eyes, the very malice of which made him quail; but slowly he felt their will waver and crumble into fear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Watched the thing gasp in surprise, stumble backward, crumble. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The wolves struggled, causing the bone thicket to crack and crumble. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He had crumbled some crisp bacon on top, which was unusual. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The cities are clearly hit hardest—the crumbling impoverished areas packed with marginalized people unequipped for societal disaster. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “It smells like pie, apple or pear, or maybe turnovers, or a crumble. God, I love crumbles. Of all unfairness. Who knew she even knew how to bake?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The Roman dead collapsed into bones and crumbled to dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Beyond that stretched a clear field, flat and then rising up to massive crumbling stone walls. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Disruption rolled across the valley—grass turning to sand, forest crumbling to dust. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then he leaped to his feet, holding the blue cloth and its crumbling contents high over his head. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Others perch high on crumbling balconies to peer across the city. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z A pale figure rises, little clods of earth from the milpita soundlessly crumbling off the small body. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The buildings aren’t as tall, and the roofs are crumbling, some threatening to collapse entirely if too much force hits them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He left the road and took a trail that cut directly to the cliffs, winding up the chalky gray hill where the mesa plateau ended in crumbling shale above the red clay flats. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The water crumbles on its way down as my hands and feet push me forward. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But even if he had the vials and managed to choose the right one, he doubted he’d have time to take it before he crumbled to dust like his bow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Reading the poet Ovid, I learned that no one can resist love, for water wears the sharpest stone smooth, and even the hardest ground at last crumbles before the plow. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Look, this one is crumbling," he said, frowning over the faded script. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z These officials had never believed him before, but their former skepticism had crumbled under the weight of new developments. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The ocean buildings were dirty and crumbling and leaning in different directions. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A girl as grey as ash, and even as I watched she crumbled and blew away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Crow stood before them in her neat black dress, her hands raised toward the crumbling ceiling. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice was crumbling, and I struggled to shore up its supports. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The princesses, the fathers, the king, and the children, they crumbled like eggshells, powdery and beautiful—for they were always beautiful. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z But I knew that if I did I would shame my family name, that my mother’s dream would crumble. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was creepy enough from the outside, the Spanish-style architecture crumbling from age, broken windows, a weathered stone cross at the top, all the classic dark-and-stormy-night elements. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z The damp wood crumbled to pieces when I tried to open it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Harry picked up the crumbling piece of paper and stared at the moving photograph, yellowed with age; Ron leaned over for a look too. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When it came, it was the edge of a steep river- bank crumbling under the downpour until suddenly it all broke loose and collapsed into itself. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When Tecumseh was killed in October r8r3 at the Battle of the Thames, the alliance crumbled. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z There was never anything hanging from the rafters in his uncle’s crumbling old house. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The driver slowed, weaving his way through narrow alleys toward the crumbling buildings that rose in the distance. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes, during the late hours of the night, as the bus slowly hummed along the crumbling highway, I removed my visor and stared out the window. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Our trailer was near the northern edge of the stacks, which ran up to a crumbling highway overpass. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The cliff was still crumbling, the edge only twenty feet away now. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Beneath the surface, tall brick and steel buildings lurked, their crumbling structures hidden by the water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She stepped onto the board and edged it to the crumbling end of the bridge, looking down to where the river met the sea far below. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She frowns at the picture of the crumbling tower and the falling figure. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was an entire world, one into which I had been privileged to look briefly, and which was now in danger of crumbling. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, a gap opened up in front of Tally, spanned by a crumbling bridge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z You squeeze your brain one way, your imagination the other way, and see your mother peeking out the holes of crumbling abandoned buildings to stay dry when it snowed or rained. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben and my crumbling library, deep in my mind. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I crush my jaws together so hard my teeth crumble to dust. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z From somewhere comes the sound of fire: the sound of dried roses being crumbled in a fist. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If my mom is trying to convince us that this building that looks like it’s about to crumble is going to be “super fun,” she’s officially lost her mind. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Half a millennium ago, the Scholars crumbled beneath the Martial invasion because our blades broke against their superior steel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He slashed across the giant’s path and Porphyrion collapsed into his makeshift throne, which crumbled under the giant’s weight. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Secretary Baker was making his first visit to see this crumbled monument to Soviet communism. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The Axis powers—that was what they called Japan, Germany, and Italy—would quickly crumble. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The clay dried and cracked; it’s a crumbling gray square. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Even on television you can see ivy overtaking the crumbling facade, the sag of the roof. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z According to the crumbling book, it was an old, old art form that had begun back when Chattana was little more than a sleepy fishing village. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I feel the wall of her self-defense begin to crumble. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It's a cloudy night with no moon, and I can't even make out the crumbling Bank Tower sign at the top of the building. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Jethro walked on the warm clods of plowed earth and felt them crumble beneath his feet as he helped his mother carry the tub of potato cuttings they had prepared the night before. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When we buried my father, I watched her crumble, like a puppet with its strings cut, and there was nothing I could do. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Hermione screamed, but the dragon opened its mouth and belched flame again, blasting the tunnel, whose floors and ceiling cracked and crumbled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His gloved hands cradled the pages as if they might crumble at his touch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When I struck the final killing blow, the dragon crumbled into digital dust in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Horsepool-Worthingham’s garden had been lovingly worked with compost for many years until it crumbled like a rich cake in his fingers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In front of us is a sea of crumbling concrete and broken glass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Adam drove exuberantly from farm to farm, picked up dirt and crumbled it in his fingers, talked and planned and dreamed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Poisoning your own drinking water, changing the air so much the earth shook and melted and crumbled, harvesting a race for medicine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The church building crumbled, and the school collapsed into dust, then the whole town disappeared into the chasm. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t wanna speak, out of fear that the sound might crumble my building. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The structure crumbles, but she launches herself higher, flying through the smoke and fire. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And so are the bald patches where the stucco had crumbled off. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There are people living everywhere, in alleys, in streets, in crumbling buildings and tents. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘LIES/’ Gaia crumbled into a tornado of soil and grass, but her essence seemed to churn more sluggishly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Steel and stone all crushed and crumbled like wood. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He takes out the crumbling cake and offers it to me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z She kept thinking about Phineas with steam coming out of his eyes, his hands crumbling to dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Behind her, the isle she was originally standing on now crumbles into pieces. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He felt so well, so close to perfect companionship, that he thought of no other refuge on the afternoon on which Amaranta Úrsula had made his illusions crumble. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z This was an era in which the Church’s unquestioned supremacy truly began to crumble and mere mortals took on the responsibility of creating the world around them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Next will come cream of asparagus soup topped with blue cheese crumbles, then sauteed chicken in a mushroom-raisin-wine sauce garnished with curlicues of carrot and sprigs of fresh cilantro. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, tall brown palms and coconut trees provide little shade for the dry, crumbling city. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With my toes, I scuffed at the crumbling concrete wall of the bridge. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Omakayas was glad of the boring time she’d spent over the summer pressing fistfuls of gumbo clay, taken from the center of the island, into those places where the dried mud had crumbled. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Noodles looked at me, and his face crumbled. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z His friend ran to a window and saw a building heave upward and crumble down. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I remember those ruins: they seemed scary, all gray, crumbling stone and spider webs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z They will ride across the rainbow bridge, across Bifrost, and the rainbow will crumble as they ride, its once-bright colors becoming shades of charcoal and of ash. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Shay groaned and pushed past him into the crumbling building. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She had crumbled away when they had found her on the cabin floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Every time I brought to mind a memory or thought and tried to put an invisible wall around it, my defenses crumbled, as flimsy as waxed paper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Her heavy footsteps pound the floor as if it should crumble under the weight of their importance. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Things really start to crumble once the ball is rolling at the outreach, which takes place in a beautiful park. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She crumbled it into bits and scattered it on the grass. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On the top they found, as Strider had said, a wide ring of ancient stonework, now crumbling or covered with age-long grass. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I try to look past him at what we’re passing—a sea of crumbling, abandoned buildings that get smaller as we go. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Even history books that mentioned them as doubtful rumor have long since crumbled into dust. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then the darkness above Luke began to crumble, like a cavern roof in an earthquake. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It was a bonfire roaring in the ruins of an old house, little more than two crumbling stone walls. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He clung to the roof of the pit like some huge white bat, his claws dug deep into .the burnt and crumbling bricks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Usually, I get the Salisbury steak with cheese and little crumbles of bacon on it. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z For all their knowledge of astronomy and architecture and mathematics, the Scholars crumbled beneath the Empire's invasion. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And in his final letter Ruess nonchalantly confesses to his brother: I have had a few narrow escapes from rattlers and crumbling cliffs. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That morning, as Herbert passed the crumbling brick tenement buildings and treeless courtyards, he watched out for Reds. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I could still hear them humming at the graveside, even though we were miles away in a colored cemetery with crumbled markers and weeds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember clutching tightly to Pa’s fmger as we walked along wide crumbling corridors. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Tempier’s pronouncements were not the final blow to Aristotelian philosophy, but they certainly signaled that the foundations were crumbling. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As he had foreseen, the track was crumbling like sand under the horse’s hooves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole city was crumbling, and what was anyone doing about it? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Next, we had tried the floor, but after a few hours of sitting, my back felt like it was ready to crumble. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His continuous presence in the royal family and his growing influence on Alexandra were considered evidence of a crumbling monarchy gone utterly batty. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The front of the building sagged, crumbled, and I staggered as the world fell out from underneath me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Like most mothers, she wielded tremendous power and my staunch resolve would crumble like a sandcastle before her frontal assaults, which were like tidal waves. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I never wanted to hurt his feelings; but I did love to see Gay crumble. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z How could everything as solid as the earth my grandfather fought for crumble so easily beneath my feet? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There were scrolls as well, but they were dry and crumbling and Aggo had left them where they lay. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The entire nation crumbled into a state of lawlessness. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The two boys trudged up out of the river bottom and up the crumbling cliff to the level land. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Frank felt as if he might crumble too. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Nothing but hot, black, bare ground and delicate white filaments of ash, which stirred and crumbled under the trample of bare feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “My foundation is basically crumbling right now. My mom’s going to rehab, my parents are getting a divorce. Just because you don’t have some perfect TV family doesn’t mean you’re not a good person, Joaquin.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Chiron flew into the side of the building with such force the wall crumbled and collapsed on top of him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The ground under his left foot, the one closest to the void, crumbled and sent a shower of stone and dirt into the darkness. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Hazel looked around the table, her confidence apparently crumbling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Tendai tried to work it loose, but dampness and rot made it crumble. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z You have probably noticed,” he pointed at the crumbling plaster on the walls, “that I am not actually very rich,, even-though I do live in this palace.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A dozen Cyclopes advanced on the crumbling bridges, while seal-shaped humanoids—telkhines, like Frank had seen in Atlanta—lobbed vials of Greek fire across the chasm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Voices or the tolling of bells or glaciers cleaving in two or cliffs crumbling to dust. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Pieces were constantly crumbling off—some no larger than snowballs, some the size of houses. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She was a good Jewish wife to him, but their marriage was starting to crumble because he didn’t care about her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice is so dry I'm sure my words are going to crumble into thousands of tiny, brittle pieces. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Kali and Janaki both came to help me prepare the food, and even Kunthi’s reserve crumbled a little as she held up my son to show him to our visitors. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Ephialtes stumbled away from his control board, clutching the spear as he began to crumble into monster dust. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And now it’s been left to slowly crumble away. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z A man squats and pulls away crumbled bricks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Slightly damp, it held a moment and then fell inward, crumbling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Quietly as they could, they crept out into the hall and up the crumbling staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The crowd stared in disbelief as the grassy lump started shaking and bulging upward and crumbling apart, and there was the robot! The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She imagined the North End crumbling apart, like her village back in Italy. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Then the towers by the sea, crumbling as the dark tide came sweeping over them, rising from the depths. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Abbouds began looking for a house near Jerusalem and everything was either too big, too expensive, too little, too crumbling, too noisy, or too strange. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Walton tells us to put on our heels, and I just about crumble to a pile of dust because I forgot mine. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “It’s dangerous out here. The cities are like these boulders. They may seem solid, but if you start messing with them, the whole pile could crumble.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She crumbles the edges of the cookies before she puts them in the box, to make it look like she baked instead of bought. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z It turns green and black before crumbling away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The bottom had fallen out of the wooden cage, and its bars were crumbling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Captain Marsh’s stony face seemed to crumble for a moment, and then he regained his steely determination. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z He waved towards a stone path lined with crumbling columns. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Like if you touched it, it would crumble or end up being a sham, hollow. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If I give in to it, what little backbone I have left will crumble away to nothing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Mom just said that yeah, she was still baking, and Dad talked about how her lemon crumble was the hit of every post-church reception. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It crumbled to dust as she removed her foot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They crumbled into piles of bones, armor, shields, and weapons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Already the birdbath altar of Nefertiti, the fancy pillars from the porch of some Victorian mansion and the crumbling statue of Diana by the entrance were beginning to create a temple-like atmosphere. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel let us out somewhere in the wasteland we drove through to get to the compound, among the crumbling buildings and overgrown trees breaking through the pavement. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Inside were the two wedding crowns made from rope and, coiled like snakes, the two long braids of hair, each tied with a crumbling black ribbon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She made good time that night The track zoomed along beneath her, tracing slow arcs around hills, crossing rivers on crumbling bridges, always headed toward the sea. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She remembered the floor of that horrible cavern in Rome crumbling to dust, plunging Percy and Annabeth into Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I ran down the hallway to my room and slammed the door behind me so hard that I actually heard little pieces of the wall crumble inside the door frame. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z But this epiphany occurred only after the intervention of time and misfortune, when my father’s self-satisfied existence had begun to crumble beneath him. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It isn’t what you think, my dear. Please. Sit. Were family. Let’s discuss—” But Gherland felt himself crumble inside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The last fingers of the crumbling bridge were above her now, out of reach. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then their stomachs rumble as loud as a crumbling mountain as they reach toward me and tear their main course to bits with their claws. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Behind them stood low crumbling cliffs, and chimneys of grey weathered stone dark with ivy; and beyond these again there rose high ridges crowned with wind-writhen firs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It’s only when I catch Rosie actually purring under August’s loving ministrations that my conviction starts to crumble. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “You are not knowing what is rhubarb crumble?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The capstone was about to crumble, and when that happened, assuming she could time it correctly... The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He felt the mental wall he’d erected to keep the nightmares at bay slowly crumble to dust, so that nothing would stop them from advancing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z To her right a scree of small rocks and gravel sloped up to a cliff of crumbling limestone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He hurried away from them with a shiver of eerie alarm and did not slacken his pace until the soil crumbled to dry sand beneath his feet and they had been left behind. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “One of the pilings is crumbling from water erosion. But really it’s the same thing—governor’s decree.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Carmen said it slowly, as if she didn’t want the name to crumble on her lips. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She had me get out and stand on the crumbling steps. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled a piece of biscotto from her backpack, crumbled it up, and threw it on the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Estha put his wet clothes in a bucket and began to wash them, with crumbling, bright blue soap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I know they’ve sent countless packages that are piled up somewhere in the great, crumbling postal edifice downtown. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Within another minute, perhaps, it would have crumbled into ashes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She didn’t know, but as the spiders began to cross, the beams crumbled and collapsed into the pit. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z To be surrounded by hundreds was enough to make one crumble. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The ramp he’d used to jump the creek—just some dirt and roots over rushing water—was crumbling. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The left hand of each was raised palm outwards in gesture of warning; in each right hand there was an axe; upon each head there was a crumbling helm and crown. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The crowd cheered so loudly that Piper felt as if she were crumbling to pieces. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally she had managed to borrow a crumbling bus route map dated 1926. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My family is starting to crumble a bit, it isn’t falling apart yet, but I know it will soon. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He knows no ladies in blindfolds, has been to no crumbling castles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Rotten pieces of wood crumbled around her ears and shoulders, into the collar of her shirt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z So we spent the rest of our paid-for tour in silence, walking through the ancient crumbling halls, trying not to look at the hunks of cream-colored bones in the walls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit on a crumbling window ledge three stories up, hidden from view behind rusted steel beams. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z No matter how many times Percy killed them and watched them crumble to powder, they just kept re-forming like large evil dust bunnies. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It rose, flared, roared, crashed, and crumbled in on itself almost before anyone noticed it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The crumbling sand all but buried the hogs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Brer grunted as crumbled leaves tumbled out of an opening near his head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There’s a room where the electricity don’t come on anymore, and in the kitchen the linoleum is crumbling, but it’s got everything I need. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Gogol is accustomed to the scenery, yet he still stares, at the short, dark men pulling rickshaws and the crumbling buildings side by side with fretwork balconies, hammers and sickles painted on their facades. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Who knows? 45 Maybe someday, after all this crumbles away, the trees will be back, and these storms will make sense again.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I know he’s right, but the thought of sending Sandy back to his dad makes me feel like all my bones are crumbling. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Frank shot an arrow through Barley, who crumbled into seeds. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Somewhere nearby, a wall crumbled with a sound like an artillery blast. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The earth was soft and crumbling, with a scattering of the weeds that are found in cultivated fields—fumitory, charlock, pimpernel and mayweed, all growing in the green gloom under the bean leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Those borders began to shrink, and thus the power of Rome to crumble. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Twilight has faded to a blue-gray evening by the time I arrive in front of the crumbling Hunts Point, Bronx, apartment complex I call home. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Feh! So drab! Nothing clashes, but nothing matches, either. TantpisT This was a French expression Penelope understood to mean “too bad, tough luck, that’s the way the croissant crumbles,” or something along those lines. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Maybe I can blend in with the metal tables and crumbling clay pots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s rusty and thin and feels like it might crumble in my hands. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And wash his clothes with crumbling bright blue soap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She signs them with things like, “Yours till Niagara Falls,” “Yours till the cookie crumbles,” or “Yours till the sea wears rubber pants to keep its bottom dry.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel like the world’s crumbling at my feet. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z His mouth hung open, drool trickling out his teeth turned black and crumbled in seconds. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Cooperation and communication broke down, and civil unrest caused fragile peacekeeping to crumble. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was just a series of crumbling halls and rooms where ceilings were propped up with thick wooden support beams. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Instead, he just crumbled a bublitchi between his fingers and gazed distantly into his cup of tea. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was not something that belonged in a museum, but my mom kept it on our coffee table for so long that it dried and crumbled. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I shove Alan against the scorched wall beneath an overhang of bricks and crumbling mortar. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z We locked eyes, Buddy Ray and me, and when I saw them, when I really took a good hard look into his eyes, my heart crumbled to dust. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z They smelled the Smoke long before they saw it From high up the mountain, the buildings had the look of a burned-out campfire, smoking, crumbling, blackened through and through. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t sit on the wall myself because it was damp and crumbling, and because I thought someone might appear any minute and shout at us for sitting there. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The archway of the gate above which he had stood a moment before crumbled and crashed in smoke and dust. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There are boxes of safety pins and bags packed with womens hats that crumble when you touch them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He shot off into the forest, leaving the crumbled cake on the ground. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z As the wave hit, the back half of the camp crumbled. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But many other pillars of the old system—the polite rejections of women or blacks, the spots reserved for graduates of Choate and Exeter—have crumbled. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The walls were lined with bookshelves containing badly preserved volumes with the bindings crumbling and flaking, or distorted with damp. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In one of archaeology's most enduring mysteries, Maya civilization crumbled around it within a century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And was that crumbling mound of cinders all that was left of her clothes? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The old woman’s voice was so lacking in command and reproof, so full of crumbling dissolution,—that Janie half believed that Nanny had not seen her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z When Mother and Father are gone and Lily is out in the greenhouse, I listen, waiting for the silence of the house to crumble. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The images in the fire were hard to make out: storms, buildings crumbling, mortals screaming in terror. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But now the wall she'd built to hide behind was crumbling and all her pain was pouring out. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Behind its crumbling red brick walls, Astapor was still asmolder, though by now most of the great fires had burned out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To keep our house whole when wind and rain and sun crumbled the old ones. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z My knees feel ready to crumble, waiting for the student to see me and ask why I’m not in class. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We sat back against the side of a crumbling mausoleum and ate our slices. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Polokov had been the rough one; the others, unaware that anyone actively hunted them, would crumble in succession, plugged like a file of ducks. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I have to pout and roll my eyes for hours until she finally wears down and crumbles into a thousand grains of beach sand. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what he would do if his little dictatorship over the school ever crumbled. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Flakes of dried blood crumbled at the touch of her fingertips, black in the lantern light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The scrubby vineyards and the crumbling stones become things of no account, for if I wish I can give rein to my imagination, and pick foxgloves and pale campions from a wet, streaking hedge. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Pop’s face crumbles, looks like a scary Halloween mask. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I drew detailed pictures of food—steaming chicken with crispy, glazed skin, bowls of plums, apple cakes with crumbling crusts. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Its main street consisted of some tired old stores, a bank, a couple of gas stations, and a crumbling hotel. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When the column crumbled, Percy used the unleashed water to guide the collapse—bringing down several tons of bricks on the giant’s head. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z More monsters kept pouring in from the side corridors, while gryphons wheeled overhead, undeterred by the crumbling floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Like the world is crumbling and their souls are being crushed.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Lakeview Trail was one of those half-and-half subdivisions—half pretty new houses like Downing Heights, half run-down hovels with crumbling sidewalks, like mine. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Lying in that hospital bed I feel all of it: the terrible weight of sorrow, the crumbling of my dreams. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Some dust—at least she hoped it was dust and not pulverized skeletons or something equally gross—fell onto her shoulder from the crumbling ceilings. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Occasionally, the embers of the fires flared to life in the breeze, the last standing columns of wood collapsing one by one, crumbling into ash. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z With one hand he agitated the surrounding earth, bringing showers of it crumbling around his own head. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But he could see her if he squinted—standing with the other magicians from the castle as the walls crumbled around them. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As we walk down the hall, I have the distinct sense that we’re leaving a tiny, crumbling world behind us. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Shay eased her board forward, ducking to pass through a gap in the crumbling wall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z At the end of time, when all the world’s buildings have crumbled away, there it will be. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d spent most of my early life in the crumbling east end of the city, surrounded by urban decay and concrete waste where the skyline looked like a ruined mouth of rotted teeth. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They got larger and wider until the giant crumbled in a mountain of blue shards. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We left poor, crumbling Mr. Crumbley behind and went to the door. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The porch sagged, the windows were boarded up, and the chimney had crumbled to bits. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z I date it—the slow crumbling of my faith, the pulverization of my fortress—from the time, about a year after I had begun to preach, when I began to read again. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The hillside has crumbled away, leaving a space between the fence and the mountain. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He kisses me, and I feel like I am crumbling again, beginning with the deepest parts of me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She winced as the log crumbled around her, sounding like an avalanche to her heightened senses. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z From its hiding-place he took out his mouse-nibbled volume, turned with religious care its stained and crumbled pages, and began to read Othello. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I decreased the magnification on the map a bit, then pulled back far enough to confirm that the northern edge of the hill ended in a cliff of sand and crumbling gravel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z No longer did he have to wear a mask to cover the shame, to cover the truth that on the inside he was crumbling, weakened by his secrets. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They stowed most of their gear in a collapsed building far from the center, a crumbling place that even truant uglies would probably avoid, packing only water purifiers, a flashlight, and a few food packets. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Take my last orphan away and I crumble to bits.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z This morning I crumbled some of the remaining corn bread in some milk and took it to him for breakfast. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I reached underneath and found a patch of pitted metal that crumbled like stale crackers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Sections of his arms, legs, and shoulders had crumbled, revealing a core of rebar rather than bone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Elephant dung around the cave is full of crumbled rock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The bones crumble between your teeth; one touch and they fall apart. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t want both her parents and her to crumble, not at the same time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Her chiseled marble features crumbled into the angry, helpless rage of a child. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She placed her hand on the rock, and the entire boulder crumbled to dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly the passageway convulsed, the hidden roots of trees sprang up, the ground split beneath Taran, heaving and crumbling. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Though he was held away from the fire itself, the heat was so intense that Encanis’ clothes charred black and began to crumble without bursting into flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Every once in a while she’d take a drink of water, then she’d sit there crumbling a biscuit up, her face bent over her plate. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched it crumble to ash and wondered if she was crazy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was always getting built up instead of crumbling down. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Hey, is there crumble left over? Crumble is necessary to my existence right now.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The city made good on its promise to bulldoze blighted areas, demolishing thousands of derelict houses and hundreds of crumbling businesses in Hayti. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “What if it’s just more of the same? Just . . . more crumbling city, more factions, more of everything?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The one they had was a crumbling white beast, long-suffering but dependable, filled with ladders and wood and rattling with loose screws and brushes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The edge plunged into the sea, hundreds of feet below, with sheets of frost constantly crumbling into the water. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A rat watched them from a crumbled hole by a light; a scorpion danced from under their feet; a huge baboon spider squatted in a crack with its fangs resting on the edge. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The lip of the grave crumbled beneath her foot as she climbed, sending clods of dirt tumbling into the pit. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s like everything normal is crumbling around me, one by one. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z After taking a deep gulp of air, I move another few inches down the path, praying the stone won't crumble beneath my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It is nothing that regiment after regiment returns again and again to the ever more hopeless struggle, that attack follows attack along the weakening, retreating, crumbling line. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Bodies are pressed up against one another just like they do on the narrow, crumbled sidewalks of Delmas. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She opened her legs a little, pressed back against the crumbling interior of the tree, and slid a hand under her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When it seemed as if the walls themselves would start to crumble, the tension eased. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I could now see how its paint was cracking, and how the timber frames of the little cabin were crumbling away. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the bombs fall on the lower city and the train tracks, but a few make the dust crumble from our ceiling. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Another advantage was that there was no one living overhead to make vibrations on the ceiling and cause the Welsbach gas mantle to crumble into powder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I settled them on the floor and gave them each a bowl of sweet milk into which I’d crumbled cold cornbread. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched a small swell crumble near the shore and roll up the sand over clumps of seaweed and rocks and shells, then suck back into itself. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z As she spoke, the Waiting Melody that hung over her like a shimmering temple elephant’s umbrella crumbled and gently fell about like dust. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There they sat under an old gnarled oak that sent its roots twisting like snakes down a steep crumbling bank. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The windswept hills were barren except for rocks, grass and wildflowers - and, of course, a bunch of crumbling temples. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I hand him a slice of bread, and when he thinks I’m not looking, he breaks off a corner and crumbles it on the floor for the chickens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There were moments every day when Carmen’s heart seemed to be crumbling apart, like the church tower in her village after the quake. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z This was not the crumbling hermitage where Hamlet and I used to meet Slowly the awareness came to me that I was in Mechtild’s cottage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Much of it was damply rotten and full of insects that scurried; logs had to be lined from the soil with care or they crumbled into sodden powder. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z His heel slipped, the edge of the cliff crumbled, and the- great Polyphemus made chicken wing motions that did nothing to help him fly as he tumbled into the chasm. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She touches one card, a lady in flowing robes holding a set of scales, and another that Bailey cannot see as well but looks like a crumbling castle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When I look down, I see bits of it crumbling away to reveal molten lava beneath our feet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Milkman ducked under the boughs of black walnut trees and walked straight toward the big crumbling house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept seeing that motherhouse up in the mountains, its roof caving in, its walls crumbling like a foolish house built on sand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She rode it down toward the crumbling towers, her nerves growing jumpy as the ruins rose up to blot out the half-moon. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z My wall crumbles and collapses on top of me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was seventeen, and every male she’d ever known had crumbled at her feet and it meant nothing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Across the top of the page, she wrote, Dear Erastis, in crumbling script. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She could not decide whether to let them crumble or to try desperately to save them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Then they all turned gray and crumbled to dust. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Tom and Eb squirmed uncomfortably; Wilse Graham crumbled a piece of bread. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z So I wouldn’t put it past the government to insert some kind of mind-control chip into Dad’s brain and force him to run a crumbling theme park in the desert. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I felt things start to crumble inside me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Sentences came out clearer for an instant before a sheet blackened and crumbled. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt as if I were at the bottom of a crumbling well. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Every day I am subjected to a McCarthyite witch-hunt in this crumbling building. No! I told you before. I am not a fellow traveler. What in the world has put that into your head?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was rusted through to the center, crumbling away in gritty sheets of red rust. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The police handcuffed the skinny men with swollen faces; they pushed and kicked them up the crumbling clay sides of the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” she said again, forcing a crooked smile, which she was only able to keep up for about five seconds—yikes!—before crumbling into pieces. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A crunch and a smash and a crumble and a boom. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I mounted the crumbling steps and crossed the threshold. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She was rubbing at a crumbling, mossy stone, gazing down at it, a little frown on her face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She put her hand to a tree and touched the lichen growing dark green upon brown, and it felt like old cork, dry and crumbling. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In a violent explosion that seemed ripped from the very center of the earth, Spiral Castle crumbled in on itself. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She slammed the door with such force I’m amazed the wall didn’t crumble. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It was instantaneous, and he didn’t know how his mother didn’t crumble under that kind of pressure. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Apartheid’s walls cracked and crumbled over many years. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z ‘If there’s a little extra milk I think I’ll just have it poured over some crumbled bread,’ her Dad said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Now she was fragile and delicate and light—dry grasses wrapped in crumbling paper that might fall apart in a gust of wind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She looked back at the mural of Papa Acevedo, barely visible, now against the crumbling brick wall. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He tried to claw the piece of paper out of his robe pocket, but his hands crumbled, his fingers turning to sand. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The demigods ran, tripping over stones, leaping over crumbled walls, dodging around columns and informational placards. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Despite all the trouble and danger we found ourselves in, and despite the fact that this strange new world had started to crumble the moment I’d discovered it, I was profoundly glad I was here. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The ceiling of our shack began to crumble, and the door and wooden window frames began to rot, and in the winter icy winds would whip through. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Edward stops next to one of the crumbling brick buildings and forces a steel door open. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The earthen shells crumbled easily, but they hit like sledgehammers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Have all the halls of academe crumbled, Guitar?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We get closer to my old building, and I notice that the crumbling sidewalk has been repaved. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He crumbled his hoecake into the collard juice in his plate and began to eat with a new appetite. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When everyone treated him as if he was fragile, as if he would crumble any second. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He looked down and realized he was crumbling to dust, like all the monsters he’d ever defeated. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When she bit off the top, the yolk fell in golden crumbles onto the scarred wooden table. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I was slipping away, or breaking away, like a crumbling glacier cracking from the continent and drifting out to sea. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Right when I got near the kitchen door I could hear Herman E. Calloway saying, “. . . so that’s how that cookie’s going to crumble.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z If, by fell apart, you meant crumbled into oblivion. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The mortar was crumbling and bricks had come loose. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And he is in the dying city, crumbling into dust like an elemental fiend. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I sucked on the tassels of my hoodie as he led me around the tower, following the crumbling wall that enclosed us. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I crash headfirst into the bricks and crumble to dust in the water. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Crouching down, she crumbled some dried leaves into it, two pinches from this bag, one from that, and added three drops of a pale yellow oil. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z My pulse raced as the crumbling theater came into view. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Bobbing blue ice and crumbling floes rose and fell with the waves all around them as they brought the boats back onto a course for the northwest. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Excellent,” giggled Mr. Peckleman, crumbling the thirty-two cards in his hand, wadding them up into one extremely flammable paper ball. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The handful of dirt I squeezed did not clump together wetly or crumble drily. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Legs extended, he was sitting with his back propped against a crumbling baptismal font. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Today it looked like a lot that had been partially bulldozed—an uprooted tree here, a half wall with a crumbling chimney there. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z This evening they had supped on oxtail soup, summer greens tossed with pecans, grapes, red fennel, and crumbled cheese, hot crab pie, spiced squash, and quails drowned in butter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Once it was simmering, I partially covered the pot and got to work on the crumble. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z But as his neck pulls him in directions, Tagoe feels little cracks, and he always imagines his bones crumbling with every turn. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The second break in the track came up after another hour a crumbling bridge over a river that snaked down from the mountains. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z How long the city had been deserted she could not know, but the white walls, so beautiful from afar, were cracked and crumbling when seen up close. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The gleaming shrines and monuments on Temple Hill crumbled. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Down he spun, battling for air, in a flood that broke upon him like a crumbling mountain. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The two waited all day in the Rusty Ruins, patches of sunlight crawling across the floor through the crumbling roof, like slow searchlights marking the hours. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He leaps off his own isle as it crumbles, landing in a perfect crouch on the isle Penn is clinging to. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They wanted something less fruity than the truth, but truly, what is gayer than a woman who languishes away in a crumbling mansion wearing her wedding gown every day of her life, for the drama? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Annabeth sat on the crumbling floor and tried to preserve her strength. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Finn saw a crumbling porch first; then a weedy, overgrown yard; and then the tall fences blocking off the houses on either side. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Fifteen minutes later, we’re on an abandoned construction site looking at a crumbling cement wall. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z We pass a crumbling brick mailbox and turn down a drive lined on both sides by massive trees without leaves. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I touch The ash, and the snake crumbles And won’t bite. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When I gripped it, the iron bands that reinforced the wheel crumbled in my hand, flaking away in gritty sheets of brown rust. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She turned to leave, but the doorway had started to crumble. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s all right,” I start, but the words crumble in my mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Somewhere inside of me I feel something crumble. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z When Belknap refused Holmes’s offer, Holmes seemed to crumble with hurt and disappointment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The crumble started at the foot of the tower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z With no way to service a utility stretching across the heart of darkness, the engineers watched the monster’s tail crumble as fast as the front was erected. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Down front to the right, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, who only a few hours earlier had crumbled in our front yard, defeated by the cotton rows, now sat on the edges of their rickety-rackety chairs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The earth was perfect for a gopher hole too, black and soft and yet with a little clay in it so that it didn’t crumble and the tunnels didn’t cave in. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the old Aristotelian doctrine was crumbling, Descartes, true to his Jesuit training, tried to use nought and infinity to replace the old proof of God’s existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But there's plenty of gravel around thanks to the crumbling cement of the chimney and building trim, so the birds on our roof are doing okay. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The blackened floorboards crumbled under her feet, burned away to bare stone in some places. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Her voice broke on his name, and Moss felt the wall inside of him crumble. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The mortar was crumbling, but it was not weak enough for her to break through with brute force. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At this moment the soil at the far end of the burrow began to crumble inward: then it fell away and Silver’s head and front paws appeared. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the moonlight she could imagine people scrambling over flaming cars to escape the crumbling city, panicking in their flight from this untenable pile of metal and stone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z From the inside walls of the house, she lifted down her careful bundles of roots, her bags of berries and dried, crumbled leaves, and long curls of inner bark of certain trees. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The major beams have all held, but whole walls have crumbled. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He concentrated on the texture, the way it crumbled if he pressed it too hard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Our line of defense against invading poisons or poisons from within is now weakened and crumbling. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z You could see how stark and empty it was from up here; windowless keeps, crumbling walls, courtyards choked with broken stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Felix laughed even though he still felt like his insides were crumbling. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z He picked up a chunk of grayish, claylike dirt and crumbled it into my hand. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z "There's a ladder there on the side of the pillar. You see it?" he said, pointing to the crumbling carvings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The mountains had not crumbled nor the earth fallen into ruin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I bolted outside and down the crumbling brick steps into the grass, screaming, “Wait! Stop!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And reminders of the disaster were everywhere in their village—the crumbling church, the ruined school, the graveyard where Mama was buried. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z At dusk, we came upon a deserted cottage of crumbling stones, which looked like a hermit’s dwelling. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Brown mud walls that had crumbled many a time and been rebuilt many a time. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Back at the fire circle, Jinny opened the book, cradling its worn spine in one hand as she turned the soft, crumbling pages with the other. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The compound walls would crumble, I was sure, and squash the frangipani trees. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The sidewalk in front of our building has been crumbling for years, and no one has ever bothered to fix it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I remember too much: my gram’s ample bosom, her small dry hands, the dark cottage with a crumbling stone wall flanking its narrow garden. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The crumbling ruins were bleached so white, they almost glowed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Yet in many places it had crumbled away or was crossed by gaping rents. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I get a double scoop of pistachio, and Hana gets her boring chocolate chip, and Daddy gets cake batter with cookie pieces crumbled in it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z On the fourth side was a steep hill with a crumbling set of concrete steps. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Hungry Joe could no longer stand the strain of waiting for shipping orders and crumbled promptly into ruin every time he finished another tour of duty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Any second, she might crumble and be sucked into the vacuum. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Right now, in this world crumbling before my eyes, there's only one thing I can really focus on: the body I dressed yesterday. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z By midmorning I arrive at the infirmary, an abandoned concrete warehouse with moldy, crumbling walls and open spaces for rooms. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But a kind that looks at a horrible situation and doesn’t crumble. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He jumped down the steps as the house crumbled behind him and dashed straight for Ishtar's Jaguar, which was parked out front and, miraculously, had escaped damage. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Cultures girded themselves against zero, and philosophies crumbled under its influence, for zero is different from the other numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And the three princesses, the mothers, they crumbled in rage and despair. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Their remains stirred feebly on the floor, and as Harry leapt over one of their disembodied heads, it moaned faintly, “Oh, don’t mind me...I’ll just lie here and crumble....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He thought about that hug often, and each time he did he had the sensation of a wall crumbling. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Strands of blackened hair crumble in my fingers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Turn off the electrical charges and everything crumbles to an invisible fine dust. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the bag and felt its contents crumble and turn to dust. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There was a flash of blazing light and the walls began to crumble. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He seemed to be breaking up before one’s eyes, like a mountain crumbling. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z On one wall, chunks of plaster had crumbled away, revealing the wooden ribs and pipes and wiring. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As slave workers, they produced low-cost vegetables and fruit, farmed fish and pork, and made uniforms, cement, pottery, and glassware for the crumbling economy outside the fence. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z An empty building, crumbling and covered in kudzu, sagged in front of them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Please don’t make a scene. My psyche wall crumble entirely after the assaults it has recently received.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She prayed and prayed, listening to the embers crumble, certain she would never be able to sleep this entire night. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There was a sharp, pungent cheese that crumbled when she bit into it, and there was a soft, creamy one that she spread over the bread. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My climb continues, up a wooden staircase that’s been built atop a crumbling concrete one. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Anderson used his power to earmark municipal funds to clean up the Black Belt’s crumbling sewers and streets. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Otherwise, in her bear-skin traveling cloak, she looked something like a hill of dirt: dry, brown, ready to crumble in the humidity of the rain forest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Concrete lions stood on either side of what must have once been the grand entrance, and a crumbling concrete wall ran along its sides. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But never in a thousand years did anyone in Midland, in Odessa, in all of West Texas, ever think that the bank would crumble. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But no matter how much the world around us seemed ready to crumble, my mother was determined to see us through it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Always in the company of male guardians who stare us down as we pass, the women whisper like black ghosts through the crumbling streets, vanishing suddenly and silently into ruined buildings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Noticing that our school is old and crumbling, but it always feels brand-new cause the blackboard changes. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Carefully, as if the treasures could crumble in his small hands, he picked up one piece after another, felt it, and put it back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I thought the wave might crumble, but Madam did not ask my opinion. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Like being a Rusty ghost watching as its city crumbled over the centuries. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Luke didn’t want to start a fight, but if they stacked up the evidence side by side, he was pretty sure the case for Lily would crumble. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z To my surprise, her stony expression crumbled, and she began to cry. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Your eyes widen and what you did with your best friend last night tumbles down over you like bricks falling from a crumbling wall. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He watched in disbelief as the wood crumbled to dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The moon shone brilliantly on the sodden grass, the mossy gravestones, the crumbling mausoleum, the figures in their hideous embrace between the columns. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Black tiles covered the palace roof, many fallen or broken; the mortar between the stones was dry and crumbling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But when he said he was crumbling under the guilt, I couldn't bring myself to say any of that. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Several foundation stones on the lee side had crumbled away, allowing Fyrian to crouch low and peer inside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Unwrapping it back in my hotel room, I crumbled the contents across a leaf of cigarette paper. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I pictured a person shriveling up and crumbling to dust like the apple on my nightstand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The word feels old inside me, like crumbling brick. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The crumbled ball bounced off his desk, into his chest, and onto the ground. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They were stuck where they were, and the ice pack was crumbling to pieces beneath them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It was like a miracle; but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumble into dust and passed from our sight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Bod walked down to the crumbling little church. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He sure hopes it doesn’t suddenly decide to crumble. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z People walked along the streets as if the pavements hadn’t all crumbled beneath their feet. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here chick,” she called, “here chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick—” Ellen slowly reached out with her hoe and broke a clod of dirt into crumbling fragments. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z As the last of the zombies crossed, the stone bridge crumbled into the darkness, but by then it didn’t matter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the glacier kept crumbling, the edge getting closer and closer. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I heard paper crumbling in their hands, and then they threw it at me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She discovered that there were several different kinds of cheese, and she especially liked the soft white one that crumbled in her fingers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I thought about the books I had seen, dusty, bindings crumbled with age. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Dad swerved the boat, cut speed, and ducked the craft into a little branch canal and under an ancient, crumbling stone wharf that smelled of crab flesh. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood turned black, and the charred firestick crumbled and dropped to the ground. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And the humps moved and swelled till they burst, and the crumbled earth poured out of them, and from each hump there came out an animal. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z She burst into warm afternoon sunlight and found that the street hadn’t changed — the crumbling pastel houses, the blue cobblestones, dozens of cats sleeping under cars or in the shade of banana trees. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “It sickens me when I look at this great Exposition to think that it will be allowed to crumble to dust,” he said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He doesn’t see how my skin is crumbling off me like it’s old and dead, revealing something glowing and wonderful underneath. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Joseph felt as if he’d plummeted from a great height, as if he’d been standing on scaffolding that reached to the sky and the entire thing had crumbled beneath him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z More ash went drifting downward, and a bit of crumbling brick fell away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As Papa put one arm around Mama and the other around Mary Toy, Miss Love’s composure crumbled and she went to crying. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Across the creek from Julia’s house, where the old washed-out road lay in crumbled chunks, stood a concrete abutment that once served as an overpass to the floodwaters of winter and spring. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She looked up at the canopy of yellowing, even crumbling, leaves. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The Second World War changed the world order: Empire was crumbling, and a vocal Nigerian elite, mostly from the South, had emerged. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When I tried to pick it up it crumbled in my hand like a clump of soil. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He frowned at the arching gate, then snorted at the crumbled gilded leaves in a pile off to the side. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A dust devil twirled eastward from the sage across the flat deserted fields, catching tumbleweeds, bouncing them along and letting them go, weaving among the crumbled houses and rusty car hulks—a truly desolate scene. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks like she is crumbling inward, caving like a terrible weight is pressing on her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The roof had been blown away bodily, the mud walls had crumbled. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I skipped it across the water, watched it disappear into a little crumbling swell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Usually you need a key card, but the doorman vanished. That means the defenses are crumbling. Anyone can walk into the elevator now and head straight up.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A tentacle whips toward him but misses, grasping one of his trailing pages instead, crumbling it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In the West End, even high-schoolers were known to crumble under the glare. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But something warned Gilly that Miss Harris was not likely to crumble at the sight of a blank sheet of paper. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z You must not picture it like the ruined strongholds, with mortar crumbling between the stones, which you see today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The legs had been kicked away and used to break the windows, and were lying outside, softly crumbling into the earth among the nettles and the incorruptible shards of glass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Renovation moves slowly through the city, which is a patchwork of new, clean buildings and old, crumbling ones. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The stairs seemed delicate all of a sudden, as if they would crumble and a huge hole would appear and prevent me from leaving. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly it crumbled under him, and he had to pick himself up and brush rotting bark and slimy, foul-smelling material from his clothing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Now she was moving away to a land she knew little of, except the skillet of olive oil with crumbles of garlic and pine nuts browning on the stove. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z What seemed like a mundane afternoon would go down in history as the day my world crumbled. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I kicked at the crumbling cement of the roof’s low wall, and a spray of bits fell to the ground below. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She saw ruins—a few crumbling walls, a single column, a stone floor covered with moss and dead vines—all clustered on a grassy hillside dotted with pine trees. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mary Lou shouted just as the alarm flared red and everything began to crumble. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I sneak through the back alleys until I'm standing by our crumbling backyard fence. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “This is so,” said the bricklayer, a stoop-backed man with rheumy eyes, “but they were old and crumbling as well.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Three feet below the sill, a section of stone has crumbled, leaving a small foothold. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He gasped, and his face crumbled in panic. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He knew everything about building houses, he knew how to mix mud and straw just right to make strong adobes that would not crumble. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Oracle’s mummy crumbled, falling away until it was nothing but a pile of dust in an old tie-dyed dress. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Mama makes a few attempts at conversation, but they crumble. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s all crumbling buildings and graffiti-covered walls overgrown with weeds and ivy. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This afternoon I'm crouched behind the chimney of a crumbling, one-story warehouse. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She loved her city, worn out and crumbling though it was. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Above it a portrait of some foregone officer in a crumbling frame. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I could feel my hope crumbling as if one of those huge wrecking balls used to tear down buildings had just slammed against it, turning it into dust. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Her face crumbles for a second like she might cry. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We passed what must have once been the cafeteria, but the entire right side of the building had crumbled in on itself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The two senior officials had been meeting to explore ways that the CIA and KGB might work together, now that the Soviet Union was crumbling from within. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She picks up the card with the knight from where it sits and places it on top of the crumbling castle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “So you traded an Italian villa and wine for a crumbling Cotswold and an illegal lab pet. You’re not very good at trades, are you, Lily?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The doorway behind her was blocked, but in theory, if the room started to collapse, those bricks should weaken and crumble. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He pulled a nail from his pocket, reached up, and twisted it into the soft, crumbling wood of the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the scythe’s purpose here, he would not see her crumble. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z That crumbling horror, that evil lake, the fungi, the extensive decay! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The promenade wasn’t much to look at, a wide, crumbling paved area, dotted with litter, evidence of the island’s half-hearted attempts to attract tourists. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The ceiling of darkness began to crumble again, pushing Annabeth against the ground. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Too bad that façade is destined to crumble. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z A world he had thought was good had crumbled at his feet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Some had sunk so deep into the bog that only a comer showed; others lay strewn about like some god’s abandoned toys, cracked and crumbling, spotted with lichen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The wall began to totter, then the top third crumbled into the aisle next door where Ron stood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I was not in Spiral Castle when it crumbled,” Gwydion said. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The cat fell to the ground, and the little shepherdess, as if she were astonished by her own act of violence, crumbled. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z The fussy biochemical setup had taken weeks to perfect—except each time the ribosomes were caught, they crumbled and fell apart. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “The bricks are old and crumbling. They are trying to claw their way into the city.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She climbed a crumbling staircase to the ruined ceiling, then reached out to grab onto the beam. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I caught her hand as the pavement fell, crumbling into dust For a second I thought she was going to pull us both over. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Even from the island, she could see the land rear toward the sky and the tall buildings collapse and crumble as if made of sand. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The Wood smelled of damp things: rainwater soaking into fallen logs, softening the bark until it crumbled back into the ground. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “What”—Pixie was beginning to crumble—“does he think he’s doing?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Every building is faded, crumbling, and pockmarked—except, of course, the police headquarters. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The paper crumbles and the ocean of ink fades away, leaving only a circle of chairs inside a striped tent as Marco collapses to the floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Plump, translucent lizards lived behind old pictures, and waxy, crumbling ancestors with tough toe-nails and breath that smelled of yellow maps gossiped in sibilant, papery whispers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m screaming loud enough to make the whole school crumble. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I just needed to be there with him in the sunshine, planting tiny seeds in the crumbling earth and willing them to flower. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As daylight flooded the cavern, Arachne’s tapestries along the walls crumbled to dust, which Annabeth could hardly bear to watch—especially the tapestry depicting her and Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My head struck brick, and I would have fallen if Pike hadn’t been grinding me into the crumbling wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z What remained was the artificial lake and island with its two stone bridges supporting the driveway, and, by the waters edge, a crumbling stuccoed temple. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The old skull crumbled to dust as the giant hefted the tree like a baseball bat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z With mangolomera, bullies would crumble at my touch and wet themselves from fright. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z We sneak down the road to sit on the crumbling wall of the mukhtar’s mother’s house. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to the crumbled, charred remains of a tiny village. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The tower behind was crumbled into dust, the window gone; the ruined stair was choked with burned and broken stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He stepped directly from the crumbling blacktopped driveway out into the street. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z We sat in silence at the kitchen table, crumbling the crackers into anthills. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The giant crumbled from the top down: his head, his chest, and finally, his legs collapsed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Left in the crumbling city schools were blacks from all economic strata—the majority were poor—and impoverished whites, including C.P.’s children. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That box inside his chest had come down and crumbled away, and he could feel his heart beating between his lungs—a hot, fluttering thing. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The basement remained, a great square hole in the ground; and in its crumbling walls, protected from the wind and snow, numerous small creatures lived. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes slid past empty plates, crumbled bits of cornbread, a smear of potatoes in a casserole dish. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The one-level warehouse is gray with age, crumbling from the destruction of war. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once a year, in late November, she makes maleeda, a bowl of finely crumbled cake that looks something like graham cracker crumbs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Every time a player leaps from one isle to another, the isle left behind crumbles away. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z What had to be endured was the climate, the confinement, the steady crumbling away of family life. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was so dilapidated it actually seemed to lean, like if you pushed too hard it might just crumble to the ground. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Chief Opechancanough was captured and killed, and the Powhatan empire crumbled. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z OK, so we were losing money hand over fist, my dad was crumbling like a day-old scone, and my brother might die. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the brick chimney was crumbled, a pile of rust red and gray. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was okay to cry in the privacy of my own bedroom, but I would never let him see me crumble. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Ages later, the sculptor crumbles out of the doorway and up to the mailbox. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z |
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