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cranked up
Example Sentences
It took me a long time to really get it cranked up, but now I am.
There are times in Paris, as in other cities, when earphones are cranked up so loud they fill the car with unwanted melodies.
The calculus of horror has been cranked up following the state-led massacres of several hundred Islamists over the summer.
Driving the point home, Bachmann cranked up the indignation.
As Madonna cranked up, models represented her aesthetic journey from Boy Toy to Voguing dancer.
My chauffer cranked up the car and I took my place at the wheel.
At eight o'clock Dr. Dudley cranked up his machine, and started away; but he did not go in the direction of Warringford.
The latter immediately cranked up his car, and a few minutes later the big limousine rolled quietly up to Tom's dormitory.
“Oh—well—if you say so,” he murmured, and obediently cranked up and then stepped into the car himself.
If Ben hadnt cranked up, wed have had those men on us in another minute.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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