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'crush' in a sentence

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crush noun

: leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

: a dense crowd of people

: temporary love of an adolescent

: the act of crushing

crush verb

: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

: break into small pieces

: humiliate or depress completely

: crush or bruise

: make ineffective

: become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure


  • You've got a crush on her, don't you?
  • The king crushed his enemies.
  • He still appears to have a crush on her.
  • He crushed the sheet of paper up into a ball.
  • The box was crushed during transport and the contents flew out.
  • He crushed the insect with his heel.
  • The elephant crushes the lion.
  • I sort of had a crush on you.
  • A beaver may get crushed by a falling tree.
  • He was my first crush.
  • Have you ever had a crush on a movie star?
  • The population was crushed by the taxes.
  • We were crushed into the crowded train.
  • Crush the can before you throw it away.
  • The cake got crushed by the jar of juice.
  • The defeat completely crushed him.
  • If the ceiling fell, he would be crushed.
  • Lucy's innocent crush turned into an obsession.
  • John Brown's rebellion was crushed.
  • Christopher Columbus once started a revolution, and then crushed it.
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