CRASH in a Sentence

Learn CRASH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

151 example sentences for CRASH, such as:

1. The plane crash bereaved her of her busband.
2. At least ten people were killed in the crash.
3. The barrier absorbed the main impact of the crash.
4. The plane was completely burnt out after the crash.
5. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear.

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 Meanings and Examples of CRASH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
crash
 v.  break violently or noisily, hit something, often making a loud noise or causing damage
 n.  an accident involving a vehicle, in which the vehicle is damaged or someone is hurt
Classic Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
1  The crash of a loaded branch falling far off in the woods reverberated like a musket-shot, and once a fox barked, and Mattie shrank closer to Ethan, and quickened her steps.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  The cat, profiting by this unusual demonstration, tried to effect an unnoticed retreat, and in doing so backed into the pickle-dish, which fell to the floor with a crash.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  It barely cleared the tall back of the sofa and splintered with a little crash against the marble mantelpiece.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  Then, there was a crash of falling timbers near by and Scarlett saw a thin tongue of flame lick up over the roof of the warehouse in whose sheltering shadow they sat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  They had not been broken by the crash of empires, the machetes of revolting slaves, war, rebellion, proscription, confiscation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
6  She picked up a large split-oak basket and started down the back stairs, each step jouncing her head until her spine seemed to be trying to crash through the top of her skull.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  Back she rushed to the dining room and snatched a rag rug from the floor, spilling two chairs with a crash.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
8  The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVII
9  "I returned day before yesterday," he answered, while he leaned his arm on the keys, bringing forth a crash of discordant sound.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXIII
10  There was the ripping sound of musketry and the breaking crash of the artillery.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
11  The crash and swing of the great drama made him lean forward, intent-eyed, his face working in small contortions.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
12  One night at about twelve o'clock there was a loud crash in the yard, and the animals rushed out of their stalls.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
13  That night there was the sound of uproarious singing, which was followed by what sounded like a violent quarrel and ended at about eleven o'clock with a tremendous crash of glass.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
14  So saying, she left the apartment; and Front-de-Boeuf could hear the crash of the ponderous key, as she locked and double-locked the door behind her, thus cutting off the most slender chance of escape.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
15  At length, with a terrific crash, the whole turret gave way, and she perished in the flames which had consumed her tyrant.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
Example Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
16  A girl was killed yesterday in a crash involving a stolen car.
17  The barrier absorbed the main impact of the crash.
18  Air bags are designed to soften the impact for crash victims.
19  Air bags are designed to soften the impact of a car crash.
20  The investigation into the air crash would inevitably apportion blame to certain members of the crew.
21  The editors rushed out an item on the crash for the late news.
22  At least ten people were killed in the crash.
23  He has not driven since his near fatal crash earlier this year.
24  A loud crash of thunder broke the silence of the night.
25  Emergency teams are still clearing the debris from the plane crash.
26  The plane was completely burnt out after the crash.
27  Officials said there were no survivors of the plane crash.
28  The plane crash bereaved her of her busband.
29  He displaced a bone in his knee in the crash with another player.
30  One year after the crash, the markets remain mired in a deep malaise.