crunch
verb (used with object)
to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
had crunched
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past perfectof crunch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Krueger and the mathematician Stacy Dale had crunched numbers on the economic benefit of having attended such a college, and they had determined that it was overrated.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Grahm Trask of Corvallis was at the controls of the excavator, which had crunched a half-mile or so up a trail from the parking lot at Clemens Park southwest of Corvallis near Alsea.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2021
The professor had crunched the numbers to back that up.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2018
The hood and the roof were covered with leaves, and scratches and dents ran along the body of the car, where it had crunched onto the rock.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 27, 2014
Her feet crunched the rocks, and she felt almost giddy because her feet had crunched the rocks of this driveway so many times before.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
