Example Sentences

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This hyperintelligent and crashingly heroic trio — Ethan Iverson on piano, Reid Anderson on bass, David King on drums — revives some proven old strategies on “It’s Hard.”

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2016

Garfield has a knack for creating high-spirited, erudite and user-friendly books on subjects that may seem crashingly dull to all but a few fanatics.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2012

Summer football may seem a crashingly obvious answer to the problem of how to thaw a tearful eight-year-old when he returns from a park game blue in colour and spirit.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2011

Less crashingly obvious is the source of Eames’ surname, a tribute to the American designers Charles and Ray Eames.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2010

First, he kick-started a craze for extravagant, Hallowe’en-style music, full of dark, deep, crashingly loud chords and abrasive strings.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall