crunch on
phrasal verb
crunched on; crunching on; crunches on
: to chew (a piece of food) in a way that makes a loud sound
She crunched on a carrot while watching TV.
Examples of crunch on in a Sentence
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That could put a crunch on Americans’ Thanksgiving meal plans in the near future if efforts to sustain cranberry production fall short.
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
The best moments in those films use the small and weird gestures — Pippin goofily knocking over a skull in Moria; Denethor crunching on a tomato — as avenues into the eldritch or grandly tragic: the arrival of the Balrog or Gondor’s doomed stand in Osgiliath.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
To really illustrate that, in 2010, a team of researchers from around the globe cracked a 768-bit RSA key after two and a half years of continuous number crunching on hundreds of computers working around the clock.
—Joe Salas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2024
City officials are expecting a major parking crunch on Sunday and are urging people to get to the beach other ways: By Water Taxi, train, ride shares and even bicycles.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024
Easily clutched and devoured on the go, this sandwich is all texture — cool, crisp, crunch on a cloud of yeasted dough — and delivers a hint of five-spice that lingers.
—New York Times, 18 June 2024
Saint Joseph’s also is seeking to ease a housing crunch on its main campus in West Hartford.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2024
On a rainy early-spring evening, a parade of Barbie dreamgirls and gays make their way to see Nicki Minaj, the sound of high heels crunching on the pavement.
—Scaachi Koul, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
The process, which can take weeks if not months, has put a crunch on the number of patients companies have been able to reach.
—Elaine Chen, STAT, 16 May 2024
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
The best moments in those films use the small and weird gestures — Pippin goofily knocking over a skull in Moria; Denethor crunching on a tomato — as avenues into the eldritch or grandly tragic: the arrival of the Balrog or Gondor’s doomed stand in Osgiliath.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
To really illustrate that, in 2010, a team of researchers from around the globe cracked a 768-bit RSA key after two and a half years of continuous number crunching on hundreds of computers working around the clock.
—Joe Salas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2024
City officials are expecting a major parking crunch on Sunday and are urging people to get to the beach other ways: By Water Taxi, train, ride shares and even bicycles.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024
Easily clutched and devoured on the go, this sandwich is all texture — cool, crisp, crunch on a cloud of yeasted dough — and delivers a hint of five-spice that lingers.
—New York Times, 18 June 2024
Saint Joseph’s also is seeking to ease a housing crunch on its main campus in West Hartford.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2024
On a rainy early-spring evening, a parade of Barbie dreamgirls and gays make their way to see Nicki Minaj, the sound of high heels crunching on the pavement.
—Scaachi Koul, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
The process, which can take weeks if not months, has put a crunch on the number of patients companies have been able to reach.
—Elaine Chen, STAT, 16 May 2024
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“Crunch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crunch%20on. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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