smashed
Example Sentences
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I didn’t feel any affinity with the humanoid that smashed Bolt’s 100-meter record, but found the robot weightlifter that crumpled under a 15kg barbell and staggered into a table very relatable.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Gen. Yokoyama Isamu, commanding Japan’s 11th army, smashed into Hengyang on June 23 with more than a 2-to-1 troop advantage over the defenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Exactly 40 minutes later, a jet smashed into the 97th floor of the tower - the very floor she had been working on, in a new job she had started less than a fortnight earlier.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
As the waves bashed the coast this week, boulders smashed into the piles of Mitchell Leib’s Malibu home, plucking them like a “guitar string” and shaking his house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Owen threw scissors, and George smashed them with a rock.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
