- present participle of crush.
crushing
Example Sentences
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Missing your daughter’s youth while behind bars is a crushing weight, but knowing she’ll never see her father again is a far darker reality.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Met said it was called after reports of crushing at the entrance.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
After tax, it would have returned 8% annually, crushing the endowment portfolio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
And since Tuesday, Spain has been caught in another crushing heatwave, with temperatures in Guadalajara province forecast to rise as high as 39 Celsius on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 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
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