Sentence examples of "crumble" in English

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Translations: all3 s'effondrer1 s'écrouler1 other translations1
The building crumbled to pieces three years ago. Le bâtiment s'est effondré il y a trois ans.
The church we went past crumbled five minutes afterwards due to a huge earthquake and more than a 100 churchgoers were buried alive. L'église devant laquelle nous avons passé s'est écroulée cinq minutes plus tard, à cause d'un immense tremblement de terre et plus d'une centaine de fidèles furent enterrés vivants.
The church's steeple is beginning to crumble with age. Le clocher de l'église commence à crouler sous les ans.
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