- present participle of crunch.
crunching
Example Sentences
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His campaign didn’t survive, but those problems—tens of thousands of people without housing, costs crunching millions of people with housing, and lagging crisis response—are real.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026
But he went over the limit and slid wide on the entry to Tabac, crunching his right rear wheel against the wall and breaking his rear suspension.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Navigating around the crater, Al-Ahmad trudged into the blown-out remains of the hall, his feet crunching on an underbrush of glass, wood splinters and insulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Only after crunching the numbers, interviewing experts, and analyzing all of the angles do she and her partners invest.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
My stomach had felt like it was a used trash bag, and someone was crunching it up in their fist.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
