crush
verb (used with object)
to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
have been crushing
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present perfect progressiveof crush.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Software stocks have been crushing chip stocks to a never-before-seen degree — at least if you adopt a very short time horizon.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
What could have been crushing pressure was dimmed by the vision boards — the “mental rehearsal,” as Hollingdale labeled it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2025
For Rangers, who turned up with a vengeance, and went toe-to-toe all day, it’ll have been crushing.
From BBC ● May 25, 2024
But the mistakes they were able to overcome in that fast start to the season have been crushing the past three weeks in losses to Cleveland, Minnesota and now Cincinnati.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
Had this won a pardon, the blow would have been crushing; the Court in its blindness suffered him to retrieve the betrayal.
From England under the Tudors by Arthur D. (Arthur Donald) Innes
