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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:

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.
Time is the latest magazine to discover that "crank" (smokable methamphetamine) is sweeping the heartland.
Gotta get the crank out of the water supply down on West 43rd Street; what the hell is wrong with the headline writers?
My irritation with the adulation of Big Names does not arise from my lack of fame, or from my working at a small university (which gives me freedom from "publish or perish": I can write what and when I like, rather than having to "crank it out").
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.