crank
Example Sentences
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What if, rather than building homes on-site from the ground up, they were cranked out of factories, one unit after another, shipped to where they were needed and dropped into place?
From Los Angeles Times
Though Americans crank up the thermostat every winter, price increases for electricity and gas utility bills were not as sharp at the same point last year.
From MarketWatch
Americans cranked up the heat, posing the biggest test of the electric grid this season.
This is not to defend Goetz, a crank from whom even the National Rifle Association backed away.
As we wound along the mountain road, Olka cranked her window down, leaned out, and gulped at the air as if to eat it.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
