How to Use crash course in a Sentence

crash course

noun
  • Before her trip, she took a crash course in Russian culture and history at the local university.
  • The changes gave the public a crash course in restaurant evolution.
    Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Looking at art can be like that, too—both a crash course and a full-body experience.
    Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Read on for a crash course in some of Scorsese’s under-sung masterpieces.
    Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Think of this collection of classes as a crash course in finance—except without the cost.
    NBC News, 18 Oct. 2019
  • This massive crash course bundle includes 10 key courses.
    NBC News, 7 Oct. 2019
  • There’s no shame in paying for a lesson For salsa novices, buying a dance is the perfect way to snag a quick crash course.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Meanwhile, tech enthusiasts learn how to build a business during the crash course-like weekend.
    Marco Santana, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Tags and scrawls provide a crash course in the slogans, memes and demands of the protest movement, which remains determined to get its message across.
    1843, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The program is kind of crash course on Bangarra, which will perform two of Page’s choreographies for this engagement.
    Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Just learning how to hover takes about 12 hours in the sky, as opposed to my five-minute crash course in this S-76B aircraft.
    Rob Verger, Popular Science, 5 Nov. 2019
  • This bundle should give you crash courses into software such as Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator.
    Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 27 Nov. 2019
  • In many ways, the last few weeks have been like a crash course for him.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2022
  • All of us have had a crash course in viruses the last few years.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 June 2022
  • Foley, Pruitt and Tucker met in the gym for a crash course.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2023
  • Keep scrolling for a crash course on some of our favorite types of cakes.
    Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 21 Apr. 2022
  • And the Browns got a crash course in it from two teams who do it as good as anyone.
    Tim Bielik, cleveland, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Here’s your crash course on credit, and tips to make your score shine.
    Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2020
  • In some ways, the drama was her crash course in the industry.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 May 2021
  • Over the last year and a bit, most of us have been given a crash course in working from home.
    Marshall Bright, refinery29.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • He was hired in 1989 and soon after got a crash course in chemistry.
    Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2022
  • All of his new teammates have gotten a crash course themselves over the course of the spring.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024
  • So, here’s a crash course on who the contenders are and what’s going on with each of them as of now.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 11 June 2024
  • Many of us have been given a crash course in working from home over the past few weeks.
    Marshall Bright, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2020
  • The Next Level Chef host gave fans a crash course on the traits of his six children with wife Tana.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
  • The years between then and now gave him more height, a crash course in English, and a new idea about change.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Millions around the world have gotten a crash course in grief during the past two years.
    Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2022
  • For a guy not used to the spotlight, Clayton Echard is getting a crash course.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Yet even if the plug gets pulled, Nakken has already received a crash course in the grind of a season.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 July 2020
  • Everybody who comes gets a crash course in public health.
    Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024

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