How To Use Crumb In A Sentence

We also ate a lot of mysterious crumbed meats accompanied with fried potatoes.
Put a plate under your chin to catch the crumbs.
They are not people who crumble at the first sign of a strong opinion. Times, Sunday Times
Process chocolate wafers into fine crumbs in a food processor fitted with a metal blade.
The petals were so dry and apery that they crumbled at the first touch. The Seventh Scroll

In September, return visitors to an Edinburgh guesthouse said it was time to ‘rethink the three-star rating’, complaining that the linens were ‘soiled’ and the carpet was littered with ‘crumbs and dustballs’.
He stood and brushed the crumbs of bread off of him, knowing well how difficult it would be to follow his own advice.
There were toast crumbs in the butter, so I’ve already come up with a dozen ways to kill you; the marmite is just another mitigating circumstance when it comes to trial. …things that niggle. « Sven’s guide to…
Paper will start to peel from the wall, and in the worst cases plaster will start to crumble.
The second trial also failed - the root crumbled every time he tried to flatten it into a thin disc for frying.
Keep drip tray and oven clean and free of crumbs, grease and particles.
There seemed to my perverted sense a certain poetic justice about the fact that money, gained honestly but prosaically, in groceries or gas, should go to regild an ancient blazon or prop up the crumbling walls of some stately palace abroad. Worldly Ways and Byways
European visitors to the site on the Wells Estate are often dismayed to find a landmark where undrinkable water leaks from crumbling walls.
The irony was wasted on the Americans as they swarmed down the crumbling alleys.
The taste is slightly salted and the texture is crumbly, yet creamy.
Coat chicken breast with flour, then dip in beaten egg, finally coat with bread crumbs.
Walls were crumbling and ivy was growing inside. Times, Sunday Times
However, if a system has no flexibility, then it crumbles as soon as an unanticipated event happens.
The city crumbled and burned to brands and ashes.
I will attribute this to the greed of the Beatles and their feeling that their crumby old music is worth more than a buck. During recession, Apple iTunes price hike
Put the digestive biscuits in a food processor and blitz into fine crumbs. The Sun
In the remains of the village the factory crumbles quietly, blocks of concrete and old gateposts tell of what has been.
After Kent's first bite of crisp crusted, light, opened crumbed baguette he said, "You bought this. Meet Norton
Though the bottom ten feet or so had been polished smooth, the flanks higher up were like crumbling battlements. Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic
Crumble the goat cheese and let come to room temperature.
The boys move through the house, opening cupboards and shedding socks, leaving a Hansel and Gretel trail of chocolate coin foil, crumbs, used tissues and satsuma peel. Diary of a separation
All the stabilities of the human mind and human achievement were crumbling. Goliah
Dip fish in egg, followed by breadcrumbs.
For dessert we shared a crème brulée and a rhubarb and ginger crumble with ice cream.
The nights are drawing in, but you may not be ready for big cardies and bowls of plum crumble just yet.
Our light-fingered fig climber commits acts of larceny while the crumb-laden colossus eats his weight in skunk soup and then falls into narcolepsy.
Outside, green plastic garden furniture, creaking in the sun, each empty table complete with at least one crumb from a previous occupant and a chromed ashtray not quite empty.
Butter the escalop dishes, and put in a layer of crumbs and then one of oysters. Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
Spoon the crumbs into the tart tin and smooth into the corners and up the sides.
We couldn't resist the home-made bread and butter pudding and the rhubarb and ginger crumble.
The cheese was rather high, and tended to crumble when we opened the tin, but it was quite edible.
The best way to eat these lamb racks are to cut them into cutlets, dip in the laverbread and herb sauce followed by the lemon crumbs. WalesOnline - Home
So the explanation comes and the whole edifice crumbles.
It is subject to grease and grime from the hands, occasional coffee spills, cigarette ash, dead flies and sandwich crumbs.
The wall was old and crumbling with plants growing in the interstices between/in/of the bricks.
They crumbled to our mighty power with our losses barely reaching through the double digits.
To make the crumble, put the flour, oatmeal, oat cereal and sugar into a food processor and blend for 30 seconds.
The copper, for instance, may have an alloy that crumbles from oxidation. INCA GOLD
Tromp would maunder over and over of how Johannes Maartens and the cunies robbed the kings on Tabong Mountain, each embalmed in his golden coffin with an embalmed maid on either side; and of how these ancient proud ones crumbled to dust within the hour while the cunies cursed and sweated at junking the coffins. Chapter 15
My speciality is a banana and pear crumble, with lots and lots of butter.
In a country where even the hospitals are usually freshly painted, visitors would report on how tatty Nasa facilities always looked, complete with ‘rusting pipes and crumbling concrete’.
Will apple crumble be on the menu for this slice of conceptual art? Times, Sunday Times
Pour the sauce over the leeks, sprinkle with fresh breadcrumbs and grill until crispy on top.
Add the crumbled Shropshire blue cheese to the dip, then season to taste with salt and pepper. 5.
I guess those peasants in Michigan will just have to settle leftovers, secondary effects: crumbs from the table of your very own economic stimulus, if you will. Matthew Yglesias » Infrastructure Spending Not Targeted to High-Unemployment States: But Should It Be?
colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple
Parts of the Via Appia Antica are closed to traffic on Sundays, and the stretch running south from the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, lined with crumbling graves and tall umbrella pines, and parallel to an aqueduct, is one of the finer archaeological walks in the world. The Road from Ravenna
Vegetable oil or another type of fat is often added to bread dough to improve crumb softness, loaf volume, and texture.
At intervals during his literary career, I have tried to add a bit to his stature, he “looks shorter than he actually is,” and so on; but for the most part we find him described as a sparrow, a small, dusty brown sparrow — “soon he was, sparrow-like, hopping and darting this way and that in search of crumbs of information.” Death of Jezebel
There was not a crumb of food in the house. Times, Sunday Times
These foods are called "chametz" and it's the prohibition against owning even a crumb of the stuff during Passover that creates the greatest levels of anxiety. BrothersJudd Blog
I would suggest replacing the breadcrumbs with rice or couscous, which are less stodgy, and again varies the grain away from bread.
Closer to home, I use up any under-ripe fruit in a cinnamon crumble as a treat for the children.
You must be losing it by now, crumbling under my assault, failing like the loser you are!
I had a steak soaked in what looked like a béarnaise sauce, smaller chunks of crumbed meat and strips of filleted fish laid along the side.
Before my mum died there were a lot of fruit crumbles using produce from our garden. Times, Sunday Times
Only a slight, chill wind dared to slip among the crumbling buildings.
In that very first innings of the series four batsmen scored 203 runs and the rest crumbled for just 67.
There's a tender, flattened, finely crumbed chicken milanesa plate with the same rice and plantains, and a pabellón criollo plate that adds heaps of black beans and chewy, pleasant shredded beef to the rice and plantains.
Today's crumble features bananas and pears, and a topping starring toasted pecans and bran flakes.
Experts say the buildings are riddled with asbestos, crumbling stonework and ageing electrical equipment and wiring. Times, Sunday Times
AS the economy crumbles, women are seizing the family purse strings. The Sun
Crumble the cheese on top and season with salt and pepper. Times, Sunday Times
Joe's resolve crumbled further as he nearly shook with rage.
Several crumbling mansions also echo the misfortunes of wastrel sons who blew their patrimony on (as one local tells me), ‘fast women and slow horses’.
The envelope fragment was black and crumbling into ashes that fell within the creases of the notebook.
Grease a large baking dish, coat with the breadcrumbs and shake out the excess.
The one quality that they all shared, in the end, was stickability - the determination to cling to office with the tenacity of barnacles clinging to a crumbling wreck.
Crumb has never made any bones about his hatred for rock, and rock and roll, and indeed anything that wasn't pressed on shellac by desperately obscure bluesmen and jazzers in the twenties and thirties.
Her cheese pudding has an ounce and a half of breadcrumbs, an ounce of cheese, one gill of milk and half an egg.
This accounts for the modern forms limb (limber has excrescent b, regardless of whether it means "shaft," "holes in timber," or "pliable"; none of them is related to limb) and crumb.
The entire social system, based on kinship and alliances, is shown crumbling away as, in each generation, wealth-bearing brides make off with what they can salvage in money and durables.
By putting it through a wormery or composter you not only avoid these emissions but get piles of top-grade crumbly compost too.
The crumb is very tight, so it tends to remind me of a pound cake in appearance, although it is much lighter. Praline Pecan Cake | Baking Bites
By putting it through a wormery or composter you not only avoid these emissions but get piles of top-grade crumbly compost too.
The complement consists of the usual non-meat additives as used in meat butchery (for example breadcrumbs and trimmings) and pork butchery (more particularly the authorised food additives and seasonings).
The only crumb of comfort is the knowledge the 20m deal signed with chief sponsors Nationwide last year will not be affected by missing out on qualification. The Sun
Icebergs would languidly crumble to nothing just outside the mouth of the harbour.
Butter the escalop dish, and cover the bottom with bread crumbs. Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
If you like, you can finish it with crumbled amaretti biscuits, sticks of shortbread, and of course, your butterscotch sauce.
These are the lightest, crispiest breadcrumbs around and keep for months in the cupboard. Times, Sunday Times
Elaborate apartments over a century or two old crumble either side of the wide avenue.
A few years ago, the bilious 1990s backlash against single parents living on crumbling estates - like my sister - was slowly receding.
These treats, though hard, are bendier than they are brittle and likely to crumble when chomped down on. Epinions Recent Content for Home
Whilst regular vacuuming removes surface dirt, crumbs and dust, it can't get rid of the ground dirt.
It posits a near-future scenario in which society has crumbled due to some unexplained catastrophe.
Sprinkle the crumble mixture evenly over the fruit, and bake for 50 minutes to an hour.
Suitable planting conditions exist when the surface soil is dry and has small hairline cracks that allow it to crumble when moved by the cutting coulters, disk openers, cover blades, and press wheels.
A practical nurse brought old red wine, a silver tray of smoked salmon, crumbled hard-boiled egg, capers and lemon.
The regime is crumbling fast and its proud, stubborn old President faces the imminent prospect of defeat. Times, Sunday Times
Carefully nibbling on the crumbly, buttery, oaty square, trying to make it last until we got home. One For The Table: Tracy Tynan on Flapjacks - The British Madeline
The walls of the Kingdom started to crumble and collapse, huge pieces falling down onto the helpless Elves.
His stormy gaze swept over all the buildings until it landed on a run down apartment with boarded up windows and crumbling walls.
Or else, the productions crumbled under the weight of laboured interpretations.
The feudal deference, and the ingrate privileges, crumble under the pressure for social equity.
Tough executives are tacitly understood to be well kempt on the outside, whilst inwardly crumbling, decaying, turning to sludge.
Tear or crumble in the cheese and mix in the basil. Times, Sunday Times
The restoration will also include work to the stonework of the north and south transepts, which are also crumbling badly.
Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.
Combine graham cracker crumbs with melted butter and stir.
Enlisting Crumb's help, he writes a series that chronicles his mundane, day-to-day existence.
The former has the classically draped general rising from his sarcophagus, while around him the pyramid of Eternity crumbles and the figure of Time breaks his scythe.
You can't compromise with crumble, though, and I was only willing to order it if it came with custard, which it didn't.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the flour, graham cracker crumbs, and butter and mix until just combined, about two minutes.
These people crumble when their arrant nonsense is confronted with simple common sense.
However, Microsoft still commands a overwhelming market share and it is unlikely that will crumble into _nothing_ within foreseeable future. — Microsoft’s Vista Problem, by the Numbers - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Beneath the flowering plants were slats of the veranda half eaten by ants or crumbling with tropical humidity.
The ruling two-party coalition has a mandate until 2012, but its wafer-thin parliamentary majority is crumbling. Few believe it can stumble on much longer.
Never mind that if our building didn't crumble, we'd have to survive for weeks indoors.
TO MAKE JAPANESE-STYLE KATSU: Dredge thin seitan cutlets in wholewheat flour, shake; then coat in soured soymilk or nutmilk 1 cup either one with 1 Tbs. lemon juice added; then coat all over with "panko"-- Japanese breadcrumbs. LEMON, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME JAM
The important notes of this classic dish should be caramelised apple and crumbly pasty, but instead, there was an unpleasant sharpness, which came from either burned sugar, or apples left in lemon juice too long, or both.
What had once seemed an unbreakable resolve - the hallmark of strong leadership - has begun to crumble at the edges.
The mixture was ridiculously sloppy, so I added more flour and breadcrumbs and then tried to mould the mixture around the layer of mince.
The tourists are still coming in their droves, to gawk at the city's crumbling, period elegance.
The Empire began to crumble during the 13th century.
It believes that offering scenes set in abandoned barns and ivy covered, crumbling conservatories will add a sinister shimmer to the formula.
The combination of fresh fruit slices, ganache, house-made graham cracker crumbs and "caramelized" milk is shareable and not overly sweet. Going beyond fish and chips: Againn will please Anglophiles
In these crumbling, crowded streets outside the Old City, which UNESCO lists as a World Heritage site, artisans and merchants make and sell anything from farm tools to copper ornaments, brassware and carpets, just as in generations past. Archive 2007-06-01
Divide the mixture between the mushrooms, and sprinkle the top with the breadcrumbs.
A hike must be "hiked" to be real, the "grub" must be munched by the side of a stream, and the wild things venturing out for crumbs must be "seen to be appreciated," as the "ad" says; so that it would seem unreal to attempt to put into words the glories of a day in the woods with the Wellingtons. Jane Allen, Junior
The cheapest form of cork, developed in 1891 by an American businessman, John Smith, is cork agglomerate, occasionally called ‘agglo’, reassembled crumbs of cork which can offer some of the benefits of intact cork itself.
And, of course, Thomas is going to gobble whatever crumb of a relationship that Sharon is willing to feed him.
R. Crumb nestles in his wife's amused arms to escape being photographed.
Near the exit, the ceiling started crumbling and falling on top of the room, much to their horror.
Rolled in panko (bread crumbs) and fried until golden, the pork is fresh and succulent.
It should be served with bread sauce, thin gravy and fried breadcrumbs.
Set within the confines of a crumbling mansion, a child bride finds an unusual way to escape from her loathsome mill owner husband.
Coat the tops with more buttercream, and sieve almond crumbs on top. Times, Sunday Times
The cake should have a light and crumbly texture.
Greeks create such masterpieces as moussaka, a layered dish of eggplant, meat, cheese, and bread crumbs sometimes served with a white sauce.
Breadcrumbs are both links and a graphical representation of where you are in the site.
Spread bread-crumbs on a dry baking sheet and crisp them in the oven.
Plus you can't lie, because all of that data's been verified - crumbs, there go the credit cards…
Tears pricked Melissa's eyes at the scorn in Marsey's voice and for a moment she looked as if she would crumble.
Wiping the corners of her mouth with the napkin, she brushed the crumbs off her denim coveralls and turned to me.
There are parallel, connected plot-lines that eventually merge, with Grisham leaving breadcrumbs as to how they are connected without giving too much away.
The film doesn't really offer you breadcrumbs or any real way to guess at the truth - until it is offered as a matter of fact.
Sprinkle the breadcrumbs over the mixture before baking.
Sprinkle the crumble mixture over the sponge, then add a scattering of almonds. The Sun
It's like one of Martin Parr's photographic nightmares, a neon shanty town of amusement arcades, chip shops and crumbling holiday camps that look like gulags.
I cannot recall any other instance in modern times in which a huge and mighty state crumbled to dust.
Then his entire head seemed to dissipate at once, to crumble with the slow-motion horror of an avalanche starting. THE KILL CLAUSE
Because of the gorgeously melting, crumbly texture of the finished biscuit, it will be difficult to roll out. Times, Sunday Times
Add the basil leaves and blitz again until the crumbs turn green. Times, Sunday Times
Immortal crumblies got your brother under a thousand. Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet
As they'd noted, this area had a somewhat disused look to it, for the floor was covered with a conglomeration of dirt, guano and silt interspersed with crumbling bits of masonry or fallen pillars.
They pull the car into the carport with pillars and a crumbling stucco facade.
The chestnuts give a sweetness and soft, crumbly texture, providing a delicious contrast to the soft rice and slippery mushrooms. Times, Sunday Times
The cliff edge was crumbling and it was a long drop down. The Sun
A baronetical crumb flung to my father because of a service to his political party. My Friend the Chauffeur
It made a deeply satisfying light meal, with a straightforward garnish of gem lettuce, fruity cherry tomatoes and a decent piece of white bread with a great crust and tasty crumb, generously drizzled with grassy olive oil.
Sprinkle with the cheese, black pepper and bread crumbs.
It was log cabin style, as all of ours were, but the roof was shingled with crumbling slate, a pattern that resembled dragons scales.
Munster pane (£7.10) was better: fishfinger lookalike slices of soft cheese, crisply fried in breadcrumbs, served with curls of good Evening Standard - Home
Though the bottom ten feet or so had been polished smooth, the flanks higher up were like crumbling battlements. Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic
Crumbling Bath Bombs is probably from either not packing them tightly enough or not using enough witch hazel or oil. Bath Bomb Cupcakes - Instructions
Sift the icing sugar over the crumbs. Times, Sunday Times
If you rake windrows to dry out any stems on the bottom, leaves are apt to crumble and fall away, leaving just sticks for hay.
Using a fork, dip each chicken piece into the egg whites then into the crumb mixture to coat. The Sun
Both wormeries got a selection of food this morning - the standard package of kitchen waste and torn up cardboard, some moistened breadcrumbs and some coffee grounds collected from work.
To the south-west is a rank clay, that requires the labour of years to render it mellow; while the gardens to the north-east, and small enclosures behind, consist of a warm, forward, crumbling mould, called black malm, which seems highly saturated with vegetable and animal manure; and these may perhaps have been the original site of the town; while the woods and coverts might extend down to the opposite bank. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1
What that means is that the juiciest of tips, when subjected to research, tend to desiccate and crumble. The Fiddler in the Subway
Chef Passot was out saying goodnight in his whites, somehow more pristine than our crumbed and wine-smudged selves.
Blend together the coarsely crushed biscuit crumbs and melted butter in a food blender.
The one room building was lop-sided now, and a portion of the roof had collapsed in on itself, causing the steeple to lean and crumble.
It is dense and heavy and bread crumbs from previously baked loaves are added to the dough.
For the tortoni cream, remove and reserve 1/4 cup of the macaroon crumbs.
Great stalactites hung from the roof and dripped water upon the floor, on which numerous small stalagmites were forming, where they had not been crumbled away by the passage and repassage of sleighs. Jacqueline of Golden River
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Across the Maritimes, scores of wharves are being left to crumble, as the power of the sea exerts its inexorable force.
Hey, luv, don't pass a starving man without throwing a crumb. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
If you're not a fan of chèvre (goat's cheese), you can replace it with almost any crumbly cheese.
Buckeyes are dropping from the trees - watch out for the spiny ones - and squirrels bide their time, waiting for undefended focaccia crumbs to hit the ground.
After that their marriage crumbled. The Sun
The roof leaks, the walls are impregnated with damp and the buttresses are crumbling.
But as coercion becomes more extreme and resistance crumbles, prisoners lose the sense of continuity with their past. Trauma and Recovery
He dropped crumbs of cake all over the table.
The first Háshim got his name from crumbling bread into the Saríd or brewis of the Meccan pilgrims during “The Ignorance.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Inside it a few pathetic bones glowed red hot and then crumbled into fine ash.
In such lean times, we must search for crumbs of comfort.
Thai red and Indian garam masala), numerous garnishes (pineapple-flavoured panko crumbs, cucumber "coulis" and huckleberry salsa, to name a few) and a written manifesto of his culinary principles. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble.
Nigel promised crisp bacon and breadcrumbs would work brilliantly with long strings of pasta, with a final few glugs of oil (olive, not motor) being lubricant enough.
I chose the warm apple crumb tart, which they describe as baked Granny Smith apples in a round pastry with streusel crust and vanilla bean ice cream. Vue Weekly
Desserts included crumbled amaretti in a rich dark chocolate mousse and home-made apple tart made with thin slices of apple.
Sure are imperviable to crumble, putrid, corrosion or insect infestation; be given barrier edifices formed in the Crosby Finance
The plain fact is that this sad old building creates the impression of ruinous crumbling in what should be a lively shopping street.
The crumbly polenta nicely counters the silky red peppers, and the fresh butter adds a sweet kick.
Along the brink of the bog, picking their road among crumbling rocks and green spongy springs, a company of English soldiers are pushing fast, clad cap-a-pie in helmet and quilted jerkin, with arquebus on shoulder, and pikes trailing behind them; stern steadfast men, who, two years since, were working the guns at Westward Ho!
Thus thought Maria — These are the ravages over which humanity must ever mournfully ponder, with a degree of anguish not excited by crumbling marble, or cankering brass, unfaithful to the trust of monumental fame. Maria; or The Wrongs of Woman
allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder
The contents are secret, but there are a few crumbs of information: the commercial will contain real people rather than animation. Times, Sunday Times
The historian brushed crumbs from the tablecloth.
Breadcrumbs are usually located at the top left of the page just under the header.
The old rationale for bearing with mere authoritarians has crumbled away with the passing of the expansionist Marxist-Leninist totalitarians.

How To Use Crumb In A Sentence

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