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Example sentences for: crushing

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

1. Hart was running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987 when this "vacation" snapshot of him with Donna Rice on his lap surfaced, promptly crushing his candidacy.
The swastika displayed on the helmets of the Freikorps was to reappear on the armbands of Hitler’s storm-troopers, crushing all democracy in 1933.
The failure of so many foreign economies will soon hurt America, crushing both the stock market and consumer confidence.
A profile condemns the coach-choking (and uncoachable) Latrell Sprewell for crushing the New York Knicks' NBA championship hopes: His nihilism and selfishness have sapped his teammates' will to win.
Noun . A crushing (humiliating) defeat, a drubbing, a fleecing, a loss, usually viewed from the receiving end: We took a right regular fxxxing at Tobruk.