Example Sentences

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The Mavericks have cranked up their defense since adding Daniel Gafford and Washington at the trade deadline, as top-seeded Oklahoma City can attest after losing in six games in the last round.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

Reinventing themselves as “entertainment centers,” bowling alleys have cranked up the music, expanded their arcades and added walls of video screens.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

As those stocks have dwindled, arms makers have cranked up production of both older and modern equipment to keep supplies flowing.

From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2022

Riggins, Gore, Harris, Emmitt Smith, Larry Csonka and Marcus Allen — that’s the list of 33-or-older backs who have cranked out that many yards over the past half-century.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2018

Which he told himself was lucky, because he couldn't have cranked the thing to save his life.

From Casey Ryan by Bower, B. M.