cracked

Example Sentences

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In 1839, after years of trying, he cracked the code for the uncrackable after rubber he had treated with sulfur somehow came in contact with a hot stove.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Truly cracked engineers didn’t dirty their hands with client-facing work.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

She remembers learning tennis on her neighborhood street and “the cracked court” at Carson High.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It’s a cracked mirror, with each fragment revealing a different, distorted image of the human psyche — and it’s really funny, too.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Mom’s voice cracked on the word school, and Jonah decided this was nothing like those times she tried to catch him or Katherine in a lie.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix