Example Sentences

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On Sunday, large crowds were craning over the railings to get photos of a famous venue now made infamous.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2015

Suddenly ‘‘there weren’t enough chairs for everyone; we were craning our necks, looking at it page by page.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2015

Moving backward down the carpeted corridor, a squad of television cameramen scythed through onlookers who were craning their necks for a better look.

From Time Magazine Archive

Police Commissioner George P. Monaghan leaped into a car and set out for Brooklyn, where a jostling crowd of awed detectives were craning at Willie like bobby-soxers goggling at Frank Sinatra.

From Time Magazine Archive

All the venerable heads were craning forward, their spectacles glinting; only the Master and the Librarian leaned back in their chairs, with their heads close together.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman