- present participle of crash.
crashing
Example Sentences
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Officially, it’s closed because a section of the Grand Foyer ceiling gave way in a storm, plaster crashing to the floor, and the building needed to be shut down for safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Continuously inhabited for the last quarter-century, the aging ISS is scheduled to be pushed out of Earth's orbit before crashing into one of Earth's oceans sometime around 2030.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Her tale of a onetime music prodigy takes in the ambition of an artist at her peak and the “spiral of life-altering disasters” that bring her crashing to earth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Tom Banton delivered on all of his potential by crashing a brilliant first international century as England wrapped up their summer with an ODI series win over Sri Lanka.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
But his insides were crashing harder than the waves.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
