crashing

Example Sentences

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But they've come crashing back down to earth.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Images circulating on social media showed the truck performing a wheelie before swerving off the track and crashing into the barriers separating the public from the track.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

One of the residents who had to leave his home during the evacuation on Saturday night said the bomb sounded like a car crashing into a wall.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

When the future of the Boston Celtics came crashing to the court in Madison Square Garden last May, Martin O’Malley was just like any other basketball fan watching on TV.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Although the ice rink was surely too shallow to drown anybody, as I proceeded deeper into the room, I felt as though I was centimeters away from crashing through the floor.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros