crunch
verb (used with object)
to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
were crunching
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past progressiveof crunch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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District budget analysts were crunching numbers to figure out the cost, according to district spokesperson Will Howell.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
Meanwhile, economists at the Federal Reserve were crunching some numbers of there own.
From Forbes ● Sep. 30, 2012
The IMF programme, in other words, met such resistance because its designers had forgotten that behind the numbers they were crunching were real people.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2012
It asked for $1.9 billion in fiscal 2011, and administration officials said they were crunching numbers but the total was likely to be lower than 2010’s.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2011
Then he found a termite in my hair and got distracted, not returning his attention to me until its brittle waving legs were crunching between his teeth.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
