Example Sentences

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Brandon Baker, Mater Dei, Sr.: He’s leading a Monarchs’ offensive line that is pancaking opponents.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2023

It can flatten from the savage forces it experiences as it decelerates in a process called, and I love this, pancaking.

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023

This week a container slid off a truck making a turn on a narrow street, pancaking a parked car.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2021

Without air, we’d continue accelerating at 22 mph every second until pancaking into the ground.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2021

And just then a paper bag sailed from a window to my left and burst like a silent grenade, scattering garbage into the trees and pancaking to earth with a soggy, exhausted plop!

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison