How to Use crash pad in a Sentence
crash pad
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Sometimes there would be five people and way on the other side a crash pad.
—USA Today, 16 Oct. 2021
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The vibe is low-key, and the hotel is within walking distance from his crash pad.
—Gerrick Kennedy, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2022
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In May, Grossheim left his crash pad above Pagliai’s and moved into a house with his girlfriend.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
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Nicky Cherry and her husband Ian, both 57, have owned a London crash pad for 15 years.
—Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 30 July 2020
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Bring your crash pad because many good climbers miss this move and come plummeting down.
—Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2019
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The cocoon bean bag chair, made by Jaxx, is both the ideal crash pad for a nap and perfect seating for watching movies.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 30 June 2020
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For the older set, Teen Zone is a crash pad with social media suites, air hockey and foosball.
—Melanie Reffes, USA TODAY, 2 July 2019
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During the summer of love, the stately building functioned as a free hippie crash pad.
—Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2022
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As the wait for firetrucks dragged on for close to an hour, people on the upper floors started to fling their mattresses out the windows and use them as crash pads.
—Bradley Hope, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2017
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And Rainbow sandals will always be first in my pack for bouldering—they’re so light and easy to slide into a crash pad!
—Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2022
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Climbers from all over sat on crash pads, sipping steamy beverages from their thermoses.
—Sasha Digiulian, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2019
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When Airbnb started in 2008, the idea of turning your house into a crash pad, or paying a few hundred dollars to sleep in a stranger’s guest room, was still fringe.
—Wired, 3 Oct. 2019
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The home, naturally, served as a sort of crash pad for storing gear and relaxing around a stone fireplace après-ski.
—Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 10 Mar. 2023
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But that roomier fit also allowed for a pair of crash pad shorts to readily slip under them.
—Nikki Rohan, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2022
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And climbers of color can reach out to Lagartijas Climbing Crú to borrow crash pads and other gear. 2.
—Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023
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The beginner boulders are relatively small (around 15 feet tall), and climbers usually place crash pads on the ground to cushion falls.
—Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2019
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Since the climber is losing the extra protection of the rope, climbing gyms compensate with a padded gym floor or crash pads, which are sometimes moved by a spotter depending on how far the climber moves.
—Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 7 Jan. 2019
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Etzel reduced weight in his Tacoma by using his bouldering crash pad as a mattress.
—Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2014
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There are so many brands and types, and what the heck are features like carbon foot plates, heel crash pads, and the difference between foam cushioning and other types of cushioning anyway?
—Amy Schlinger, Teen Vogue, 20 Aug. 2018
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With extended heel geometry and rear crash pads, these Hokas guarantee a smooth stride.
—Gaby Keiderling, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2023
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Plus, the sneaker's rubber outsole is equipped with a traction pattern and crash pad for additional support.
—Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2022
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Scores of people mill around on the thick crash pads, chatting, waiting their turn and offering the odd shout of encouragement to those clinging on to the colourful plastic holds that festoon a series of plywood walls.
—The Economist, 31 Dec. 2019
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As a teenager, eventually as a wide-eyed 19-year-old Gulliver in a world of Lilliputians, Cootie finds solace in a homemade crash pad built to scale behind his aunt and uncle’s house, and with his newfound friends.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
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Think: essential chalk bags and crash pads, along with little luxuries like nourishing creams, comfy booties, and recovery tools.
—Hannah Singleton, SELF, 28 June 2023
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Denver’s newest crash pad, The Ramble, isn't just another boutique hotel in another city.
—Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2018
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This thin bumper—combined with a wide, stable base—provided a copious crash pad, in particular when running downhill.
—Elizabeth Carey, Outside Online, 18 Mar. 2020
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The sensory tent will have lower lighting and a calming atmosphere with fidget tubes, tactile books, stress balls, a foam crash pad with a weighted blanket and pillow, and noise-reducing headphones.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
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In our collective fantasy, a British rocker’s downtown Manhattan crash pad would be strewn with pricey vintage guitars, empty beer bottles, and a lithesome model or two.
—Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 15 Apr. 2023
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Dependent on crash pads, and seemingly able to be wherever something was happening and enrich it, Basquiat exhibited a thrilling knack for absorption and reconstitution.
—Robert Abele, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
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The designers incorporated several multipurpose concepts that will allow the loft to be used as a crash pad, community space, office, screening room and exhibition space.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2021
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