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Jim did not make the mistake of cranching swiftly through the darkness, for motion was the one thing that would attract the attention of even an unwary eye.

From Frontier Boys in Frisco by Roosevelt, Wyn

It arose from blows of hammer and hatchet, clinking of pincers and cranching of saws.

From Twenty Years After by Dumas père, Alexandre

I'm thinkin' he wouldn't make much of cranching up the ship like a hazel nut.'

From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely

As soon as she heard our cranching steps on the gravel, she stood up, and shading her eyes from the sun, recognized us.

From Cousin Phillis by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

A stealthy, creeping, cranching sound among the crisp fallen leaves of the forest, beyond the garden, seemed almost close at hand.

From North and South by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn