The entire foundation of the country would crumble.

The local authorities concluded that the foundations were crumbling over a marnière and declared the house too dangerous to live in.

Lorraine felt as if the foundation of her entire world had crumbled beneath her.

Otherwise, there would be internal struggles and the foundation would crumble.

I shook, as if the foundations of my life were crumbling and I could find no security.

During the first months of research, Whitney's own foundation crumbled.

As the foundation of his second family crumbles, Clarence has grown increasingly agitated.

It seemed as if the foundations of her identity were crumbling.

And in Congress, the political foundation for a broad trade policy has crumbled.

Now that foundation had crumbled and she was left standing on the sharp rocks of her self-inflicted pain.