Example Sentences

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“The Americans are smashing through their own interests and leaving us with a bloody nose,” he says.

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

England have been ruthless, they are smashing through.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

But right now, Jarred Kelenic and Teoscar Hernandez are smashing longballs like that thing is made of pure gold and they get to keep it.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Michael Michetti’s production, which opened last weekend at Pasadena Playhouse, doesn’t soften the edges of the personalities that are smashing into one another, bumper-car-style.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2022

“The heat has loosened the turbine blades, and they are smashing to pieces.”

From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert