- past progressive of crank.
Example Sentences
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He was cranking it up a little bit more today.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022
Universal at the time was cranking out westerns and other movies that appealed to older audiences.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2022
Before long, America was cranking out its own supply of household name, superstar female gymnasts.
From Salon • Jun. 24, 2020
Henry Ford was cranking out Model Ts that almost anyone could afford.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2016
Within thirty minutes, he was cranking out the basic she-broke-up-with-him frowny-face graph for several Katherines.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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