But those twin pillars could crumble at any moment under the regional peace accords.

But a pillar crumbles to Leona, who died crushed and charred.

This pillar of strength on which she had depended was crumbling and her life was crumbling with it.

As the legal pillars of apartheid crumble, so do longstanding arguments for sanctions against South Africa.

Though the pillar has crumbled some at times, the society continues to uphold the objectives that the original members had in mind when they created the society.

My parents were the pillar of my life and that pillar had crumbled.

Now these pillars of modern India are crumbling.

But his international pillars of political and commercial support are crumbling one by one.

The nearest pillar was crumbling.

Perhaps the mounds had once been like this, but the pillars there had crumbled.