crump
Example Sentences
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In February last year, the crump of artillery was still distant, but the factories had long since shut down as the city turned into a military camp with restaurants and barbers catering to soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Ghost doesn't flinch at the crump of a shell landing nearby.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2023
It was more of a crump and you felt it through the rig.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2013
In far-off England monitors on the German frequencies, listening for G�ring's gutturral voice, 'heard instead the sudden crump of bombs, a confusion of muffled shouts.
From Time Magazine Archive
The details required some arranging, as there were no greens or holes, but eventually we decided on a cross-country stroke competition, starting from the hut-door and finishing at a crump hole, map ref.:
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 by Various
