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.
  • Here’s your crash course on credit, and tips to make your score shine.
    Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Everybody who comes gets a crash course in public health.
    Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
  • Still, their shows are nothing less than a crash course in music history.
    Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2020
  • David Serchuk will tell about the time when being a new driver led to a crash course and a life lesson.
    Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Consider this your cosmic crash course in the history of fashion.
    Lisa Stardust, Teen Vogue, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Now waterpark lovers are getting a crash course in Greek mythology this summer.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
  • To keep up, agencies have had to borrow staff from other departments and brought on dozens of contractors, giving them a crash course in tariff codes.
    Lydia Depillis, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Navarro’s Euler De Leon has handled a crash course in a new offense with little trouble this week.
    David Hinojosa, ExpressNews.com, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Sports' informal curriculum on masculinity is often a crash course in machismo.
    Elissa Strauss, CNN, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Campers ages 9-16 years old, will get a week-long crash course in playing an instrument, being in a band, songwriting, self-confidence and other workshops.
    Natalia E. Contreras, Indianapolis Star, 5 Mar. 2020
  • If your kid loves animals like so many do, this veterinary science kit from Scientific Explorer is the perfect crash course for your little one.
    Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020
  • Mack Hollins and Trevor Davis, who were both claimed off the waiver wire last week, have already been undergoing a crash course on Miami’s offense.
    Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Teachers, some of whom weren’t even using email before, have gotten a crash course in Zoom and are figuring out how their lecture series, lab sessions, or one-on-ones with students will port to the digital world.
    Lauren Goode, Wired, 11 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • 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

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