crushed
Example Sentences
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Two innings later, Lopez crushed his three-run blast.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Their pressure eventually told as the Tigers' pack crushed Exeter in a scrum allowing Cracknell to score after they had done well to turn the ball over within 10 metres of the visitors' line.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
The stock had already fallen for seven consecutive weeks to start the year, however, amid a broad technology sell-off that crushed fintech names.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The track surface of crushed rock and tar was so damaging to tires that later that year workers laid some 3.2 million bricks over the 2.5-mile oval—thus its enduring nickname, “The Brickyard.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Max was the tenderhearted one who got upset at so much as a caterpillar accidentally crushed underfoot, or a dead lightning bug caught in the grille of his family’s limousine.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
