crump

Example Sentences

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With a crump, Russian shells are fired from their positions 900m away across snow-covered fields.

From BBC

Nearby, the bursts of gunfire and crump of explosions signal Raz Mohammed, 23, to begin his nightly routine of moving his four children to the basement.

From New York Times

The mortar shell was in the air for what felt like a minute before it hit the ground with a distant crump.

From New York Times

Brambillasca, the Italian anesthesiologist, tells me that his patients often look well, but if their oxygen reading is slightly low, they can “crump” — medical slang for getting very ill very quickly.

From New York Times

You told me how you stood on the same spot one evening in April 1937 and saw waves of planes arriving, heard the crump of bombs and the terrible noise.

From The Guardian