cliff crumbles

Frequency: 6.36.8 per million words

to break apart into small pieces

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Examples (10)

  • The soft chalk cliff slowly crumbles into the sea.
  • We watched in awe as the unstable cliff crumbled before our very eyes.
  • After the storm, a large section of the cliff crumbled, blocking the coastal road.
  • Geologists predict that this part of the cliff will crumble within the next fifty years.
  • You can see the fissures where the rock cliff is beginning to crumble.
  • The constant battering from the waves causes the sandstone cliff to crumble.
  • Over millennia, the entire cliff has crumbled away, creating the sandy bay we see today.
  • Warning signs were posted near the crumbling cliff edge.
  • The ground shook slightly when the weakened cliff finally crumbled.
  • It's a natural process for an old cliff to crumble due to erosion.