crunch
verb (used with object)
to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
Example Sentences
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“We want to make a perfect chip… the same crunchiness, the same taste and feel when you open the can.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Maker+Baker in Sussex, England, coats their Crioche in cinnamon and sugar for sweetness and a hint of crunchiness.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2023
“Most people experience them as some kind of weird, off-white, old-toenail-color crunchiness that you walk on on the beach,” says Julia Parrish, a marine ecologist at the University of Washington.
From Scientific American ● May 3, 2023
“More crunchiness meant that people tended to like it more,” Coulais says.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2022
At least the flesh was tasty and unfishy, and the crunchiness of cartilage was a welcome respite from so much soft food.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
