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Example sentences for: crank

How can you use “crank” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The cruise ships crank up their flood lights, and the parties begin.
This startling news prompted the mission crew commander at NEADS to take immediate control of the airspace to clear a flight path for the Langley fighters:"Okay, we're going to turn it . . . crank it up.
But that may not be easy: This dinner's the day after the New Hampshire primary, which means I've got to crank out some fresh material that morning, and I may not be well positioned.
Gotta get the crank out of the water supply down on West 43rd Street; what the hell is wrong with the headline writers?
What do we learn from the willingness of extreme free-market conservatives to associate themselves with crank doctrines like bionomics?