- present participle of crush.
crushing
Example Sentences
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Apple’s stock has been crushing the market to a degree not seen in six years, and it just won over a new fan.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
This higher concentration likely helps make the tips harder and better suited for biting and crushing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Too pragmatic, poor use of substitutes, sitting back too deep and when faced with their first real big opponent of the tournament, a crushing defeat.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
I’d change into play clothes, take my bowl and begin the solemn work of crushing an obscene number of crackers into the carrot-flecked broth until the spoon could nearly stand upright.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
In September 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, setting loose the Second World War twenty years after Germany’s crushing defeat in the First.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
