Explore Crushingly through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Crushingly meaning
- So as to defeat overwhelmingly.
- So as to belittle; dishearteningly.
Using Crushingly
- The main meaning on this page is: So as to defeat overwhelmingly. | So as to belittle; dishearteningly.
Context around Crushingly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crushingly
- In this selection, "crushingly" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, smug, literal, boring and poor stand out and add context to how "crushingly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and most crushingly proust s and approach is crushingly timid. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crushingly" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crushingly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Carter (2002) Finally, and most crushingly, Proust's beloved mother died in September 1905. (14 words)
The reviews were scathing as the follow-up was branded ‘lifeless’, ‘dull’, ‘irritatingly smug’, ‘crushingly boring’ and ‘pointless’. (18 words)
In the context of what is by now a full-blown social crisis, the approach is crushingly timid. (18 words)
Such crushingly literal-minded dialogue would ring a death knell for any story, but Hool compounds it throughout with hammer-handed direction that makes the film unintentionally comical, a straight version of Woody Allen’s Bananas. (36 words)
But while there’s no question Maduro is partially culpable, to fully understand how a country blessed with the world’s biggest oil endowment could end up so crushingly poor requires going much further back. (35 words)
He describes a crushingly familiar scenario: you skim through emails on your phone, and half-read one that stresses you out. (21 words)
Example sentences (6)
Such crushingly literal-minded dialogue would ring a death knell for any story, but Hool compounds it throughout with hammer-handed direction that makes the film unintentionally comical, a straight version of Woody Allen’s Bananas.
The reviews were scathing as the follow-up was branded ‘lifeless’, ‘dull’, ‘irritatingly smug’, ‘crushingly boring’ and ‘pointless’.
But while there’s no question Maduro is partially culpable, to fully understand how a country blessed with the world’s biggest oil endowment could end up so crushingly poor requires going much further back.
He describes a crushingly familiar scenario: you skim through emails on your phone, and half-read one that stresses you out.
In the context of what is by now a full-blown social crisis, the approach is crushingly timid.
Carter (2002) Finally, and most crushingly, Proust's beloved mother died in September 1905.