Example Sentences

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Pixar has cranked out so many unnecessary sequels in the last decade that it’s easy to forget the lovely, satisfying way the “Toy Story” trilogy ended.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Lemon has cranked up the slider so high that he has 15 words occupying four lines of text.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2023

It feels like every camera manufacturer has cranked focusing speeds, focusing accuracy, and frames per second to the max, and Hasselblad, now more than ever, feels worlds behind.

From The Verge • Sep. 8, 2022

Others in our group spent more time lounging around camp, about as pure a form of winter R&R as there is, especially once the sauna has cranked up to full furnace level.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021

But it's not just the heat that makes it inhospitable: the planet's thick atmosphere has cranked the surface pressure up to 90 bars.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2019