smash

Example Sentences

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Two decades earlier, Lindy, for her part, made a smash, and a packet, with “My Rainbow Starts With Black,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, seemingly based on her own dysfunctional family, and its Oscar-winning film adaptation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Even cheap missiles, though, are more expensive than some other ways of countering drones, including signal jamming, bullets and using other UAVs to smash into enemy vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

One group of drivers might smash right through.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 29, 2026

The singer also shared a teaser for a remix of her smash hit Mercy on TikTok in March, in her first social media post since 2020.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

He tried to smash through the glass wall with his sword hilt—again, no luck.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan