The phrase "crumbling empire" refers to a powerful and once-dominant country or organization that is in a state of decline, facing instability or destruction.
Sentences with «crumbling empire»
Her portrait of the aged Augustine critically reexamining his life's work in a city on the fringes of a crumbling empire suggests a sage with something akin to a postmodern sensibility. (firstthings.com)
We are on a desert island, in a town at the edge of a crumbling empire, at an obscure farm in the remote heart of the country, or in the middle of a war. (religion-online.org)
Already spurned by LeBron and annoyed at his crumbling empire, Dan Gilbert initially refused and spoke publicly about fining Irving for missing training camp. (sbnation.com)