Get to know Crushing better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like devastating or destructive.
Crushing in a sentence
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Crushing meaning
present participle and gerund of crush
Synonyms of Crushing
Using Crushing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of crush
- Useful related words include: devastating, destructive, suppression, quelling.
- In the example corpus, crushing often appears in combinations such as: the crushing, crushing the, crushing defeat.
Context around Crushing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crushing
- In this selection, "crushing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, almost, soul, vhs, robin, batman and soul stand out and add context to how "crushing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after a crushing decade ouologuem and after a crushing defeat like. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crushing" sits close to words such as appliances, marines and onion, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crushing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Crushing and flattening Gaza, without mercy! without mercy! (8 words)
Deterding’s commitment to crushing workers was such that he became a committed Nazi. (14 words)
Derek Cianfrance’s crushing 2010 breakout was both the best and worst kind of breakup movie. (16 words)
An American imprisoned in Iran for seven years launched a hunger strike Monday to protest his “soul crushing” plight and that of other Americans held in Iran, appealing to President Joe Biden to take action to secure their release. (39 words)
After a crushing decade, Ouologuem returned to Mali, where he remained resolutely silent on the matter, responding to questions about his aborted literary career with digressions or outbursts of anger, refusing even to speak French. (35 words)
Analysts are forecasting S&P 500 companies over the next couple weeks will report their first drop in quarterly earnings per share since 2020, when the pandemic was crushing the economy. (31 words)
Crushing and flattening Gaza, without mercy! without mercy! (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
One by one, the trophies start attacking Batman and Robin, with the giant penny almost crushing Robin, and giant dice almost crushing Batman.
This VHS-crushing/soul-crushing incident happened well before I turned 12; I was probably around seven.
I'm crushing your head!" in a high-pitched nasal voice with a slight eastern European accent, followed by making a crushing noise.
Admittedly, as a long-time Swiftie, the news was crushing to me after witnessing Taylor’s happiness and truly believing Joe was her happily ever after.
After a crushing decade, Ouologuem returned to Mali, where he remained resolutely silent on the matter, responding to questions about his aborted literary career with digressions or outbursts of anger, refusing even to speak French.
After a crushing defeat like the one the Boks experienced, it often feels as if it’s all doom and gloom.
After the crushing disappointment of 2017's it felt like there was no chance of James Cameron's much-talked-about movie being any good.
Analysts are forecasting S&P 500 companies over the next couple weeks will report their first drop in quarterly earnings per share since 2020, when the pandemic was crushing the economy.
An American imprisoned in Iran for seven years launched a hunger strike Monday to protest his “soul crushing” plight and that of other Americans held in Iran, appealing to President Joe Biden to take action to secure their release.
Anna* was heaped with the blame despite her partner crushing her into a door at his home in southern during an argument over money in 2021.
A Northamptonshire Police spokeswoman said in a statement today (October 23): “A verbal argument between a man and a woman escalated, with the man crushing the woman’s hand, causing bruising.
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard admits they must learn from Sunday’s crushing 3-0 defeat at home to Brighton.
Aspinall with a leg kick, then a crushing right hand that drops Pavlovich and a few follow up hammer fists end it.
Bunge is already the world’s largest oilseed processor and analysts said it and Viterra’s crushing businesses could face regulatory scrutiny in Canada and Argentina.
But, it is India's capability that we recovered from that attack and now we are also crushing terrorism with full courage," he asserted.
But this vital fund is due to finish at the end of this June, dealing a crushing blow to 30 projects and more than 10,000 youngsters.
Comminution, i.e., crushing and grinding, will be the first step in the processing of material mined from the Wicheeda deposit.
Crushing and flattening Gaza, without mercy! without mercy!
Derek Cianfrance’s crushing 2010 breakout was both the best and worst kind of breakup movie.
Deterding’s commitment to crushing workers was such that he became a committed Nazi.
Common combinations with crushing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the crushing 17×
- crushing the 14×
- crushing defeat 11×
- crushing blow 9×
- with crushing 9×
- after crushing 8×
- was crushing 7×
- of crushing 7×
- crushing to 4×
- crushing and 4×