How to Use crush in a Sentence

crush

1 of 2 verb

• Crush the nuts and sprinkle them on top of the cake.
• The rocks were crushed into dust.
• Her arm was crushed in the accident.
• The bicycle was crushed under the truck's tires.
• The machine crushes the cans so that they can be stored until they are recycled.
• Unfortunately some of the flowers got crushed when we were moving them.
• This look first hit the streets of New York in 2020, but still crushes.
  — Jen Spyra, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
• Tori Roloff's kids are ready to crush the back-to-school season.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
• For an even stronger pesticide, the skin can be left on and crushed with the rest of the garlic.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2023
• The actor was trying to help his nephew out of the snow near his home in Lake Tahoe when the Sno-Cat crushed him.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 23 Oct. 2023
• Renner was trying to help his nephew out of the snow near his home in Lake Tahoe when the Sno-Cat crushed him at the start of the year.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
• Kosher salt, crushed red pepper, and black pepper: To season the greens.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
• How crushing was it to be sent home during boot-camp week?
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
• The man peered through a small gap where the window had been, the roof having crushed the window pillar.
  — Tom Hallman, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
• And with his dream crushed, his mental health suffered.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• When the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal, Farris was crushed.
  — Emma Brown and Peter Jamison, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2023
• And the prisoners, who by this point were expecting to go home any day, were crushed.
  — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• This is because anvil pruners are designed to cut through husky stems and branches, but crushes them to bits in the process.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
• Photos showed the silver car with a badly mangled roof and the windshield crushed flat.
  — TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
• Trea Turner crushed Tigers pitching with two home runs among four hits.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
• Some victims suffer crushing injuries to the torso or get speared in the chest by jagged chunks of steel.
  — A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
• Walls were ripped away showing contents of various rooms of the house crushed.
  — Celeste McCauley, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
• Seager crushed his second home run of the game into right field in the seventh inning.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023
• And yet another option is to lightly crush the cherry with the side of a chef's knife to loosen the pit enough to be able to pick it out.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 13 July 2023
• When the votes were tallied, those eight survivors became five — and the dreams of three contestants were crushed.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 16 May 2023
• Stir in water, salt, black pepper, and crushed red pepper.
  — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
• If desired, crush sea salt with your fingers, and sprinkle over pecans.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
• The front ends of two cars appeared heavily damaged, crushed by the debris.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
• Cliff goes back into his on-earth body and is instantly crushed to see blood all over his home.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 20 June 2023
• In four large rings, faces crushed into thighs in human pretzels.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 9 June 2023

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crush

2 of 2 noun

• The crush in the train station is at its worst during the afternoon rush hour.
• Outside the hotel stood a crush of reporters waiting for her arrival.
• Yesterday I saw my old high school crush for the first time in five years.
• The downsides are that the enormous blades are tricky to transport and crush.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 28 May 2023
• Ted, played by Ben Stiller, had a crush on Mary in high school but missed his chance.
  — Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 15 July 2023
• But then, the whole world had a crush on Jennifer Aniston.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
• My answer, for most work crushes, is to start small — and in a group.
  — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
• And there was a babysitter named Maryanne that Rodney had a crush on.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
• At the end of the second episode, Lizzie would get a text from her middle school crush, Ethan Craft.
  — Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
• The crush of death is still raw, but not quite all-consuming.
  — Kate Tuttle, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2023
• Miller’s film started late thanks to a crush of remarks.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
• The three of them — plus Mary Ellen’s crush Bob — are then tormented by the spirits raised by Annabelle.
  — Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
• In this context, dwelling on the Itaewon crush is bad for business.
  — TIME, 26 Oct. 2023
• Candy crush Want to know the true signal that fall has arrived?
  — Compiled By Elaine Rogers, Stephanie Allmon Merry and Celeste Williams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2024
• Follow the tips below on how to flirt over text and your crush will respond in no time.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 5 May 2023
• The Bear star also got to meet her childhood crush Matthew Macfadyen!
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
• The first film follows a lonely 12-year-old boy who has a big crush on his babysitter.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 18 Apr. 2023
• Travis first went public with his crush on the Midnights songstress in July.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
• In the film, Slater is playing Boq, a munchkin boy who, fittingly, has a crush on Glinda.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023
• When the group reversed course there was a crush of people, scuffles and some arrests.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2023
• At one point, Doja asks Ice Spice who her first celebrity crush was.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023
• Their real goal: Use the club to get close to their crushes and finally get laid.
  — Kerensa Cadenas, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
• Joanna Gaines had a big-time celebrity crush back in the day – on David Letterman!
  — Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• Everyone seemed to have a crush on its wild-haired star, Jeremy Allen White.
  — Time, 19 June 2023
• The orange crushes were flowing, and the early 2000s jams were going.
  — Kendyl Kearly, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
• The families became close, and as teenagers the pair were each other’s first crushes.
  — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2023
• Helen’s mundane world is turned upside down by the return of Joanne, a crush from her schooldays.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 May 2023
• Even Grayson's great grandfather partakes, and Grayson's darling crush in the pale pink dress shows up to support her friend.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• The crush of people and massive police presence would make driving too slow.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
• Frozen Empire is certain to win the weekend, but there’s no lack of other new product as indie studios try to get their titles out before the crush of summer.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024