Crushing

Examples

• One of these consists of the crushing and grinding machinery, and the other of the long kilns. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• As he saw his mate go down he crouched, and, with a low snarl, sprang upon the captain crushing him to his knees with a single mighty blow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He had investigated all the crushing-machines on the market, and tried all he could get. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• And arterwards, crushing a flowing wine-cup--which I allude to brewing rum and water--we'll pledge one another. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I am also for the bridge, the man with the flat face and the broken nose said, crushing the end of the cigarette on the table. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The operation of lithotrity, for removing stone from the bladder by crushing the stone, was introduced by Civiale, 1817-1824, who devised successful instruments and modes of using them. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Then she raised it to her lips, and crushing it there buried her face in the soft ferns, sobbing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They are square-topped, and are edged with translucent, hardish tissue, as if for crushing food. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Mrs. Pocket's dignity was so crushing, that I felt quite abashed, as if I myself had done something to rouse it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Nothing could have been worse, was Amy's crushing reply. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The economy of this is apparent when it is considered that in other cement plants the limit of crushing ability is one-man size--that is, pieces not too large for one man to lift. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was a crushing and exorbitant peace, dictated with the utmost arrogance of confident victors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Little did I think that this would be the prelude to the most crushing misfortune of my life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• In all modern mills these have been entirely displaced by porcelain rolls revolving on horizontal axes and crushing the grain between them. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Yes, sir, it is a crushing blow, said the old man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

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