Example Sentences

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“The heavy crates were smashing into the earth close to their holes. Men started shouting in alarm,” Serling writes.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

Her alleged crimes were smashing a racket and then calling the umpire a “thief” after he deducted a point for the racket infraction.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2018

It was as if Godzilla were smashing up their bridges, roads and railways before their eyes.

From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2017

In some works, he combines elements of the two — as if he were smashing the various ingredients that make up Los Angeles into a single wall-hanging.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2017

When it quieted, he listened to the dripping, and the duller roar beneath his feet, where the waves were smashing against Breakwater’s huge stone arches and swirling through its dungeons.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin