How to Use cracked in a Sentence

cracked

adjective

• Her lips are dried and cracked.
• The vase is cracked but it can still hold water.
• His hands were sore and cracked from working long hours in the cold.
• When the lights are on, the cracked glass lends a sparkling quality to the light.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
• But at the bottom of the hill, the trail reached a field of clay, sunbaked and deeply cracked, which was left by the 2017 flood.
  — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2021
• Stanley was known to leave cracked corn out for the deer and bowls of dog food for the raccoons.
  — Washington Post, 26 June 2020
• Park showed a photo of the cracked windshield, which had two holes in it.
  — oregonlive, 27 July 2022
• Patrons can watch the baking process from the first cracked egg to the final bake.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2021
• Serve topped with cheese and fresh-cracked black pepper.
  — Katy Severson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2021
• Connie sat on the cracked steps and cradled his head in her large arms.
  — J. M. Holmes, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
• The clay had engulfed the trunks of mesquite trees, and the leafless branches cast shadows on the cracked soil.
  — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2021
• And across the street, a cracked carriage block shares the sidewalk with a horse head hitching post.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2022
• Germs on the shell can more easily enter the egg though a cracked shell.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2021
• Two hours later, his cellphone with the cracked screen rings.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021
• Christensen’s Astra had a sunroof and a cracked hub cap, which were seen in the video.
  — Washington Post, 14 June 2019
• Dealing with cracked and dry skin can be a super painful way to spend your time.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 19 May 2021
• Then, make two and a half cups of camomile tea (boil the water with a little cracked black pepper in it).
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2020
• The 5-month-old wore a fluffy hood with a chick's beak and eyes while the rest of him nestled into a cracked eggshell getup.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
• Police found marks and scratches on the pickup, as well as a cracked bumper, Clements wrote.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2018
• There was beautiful cracked gilded glass above the lamp in the hallway, and this auburn glow.
  — Christopher Moyer, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2021
• Two cracked windows help the air better figure out how to move.
  — Craig Mod, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2020
• Fear sets in during that second, as nobody wants to look at a cracked screen.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 June 2021
• Splintered doors had been torn from their hinges, curtain rods ripped from cracked walls.
  — Rania Abouzeid, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2021
• The rock in this zone is weak and cracked, making it easier for magma to reach the surface.
  — Amir Vera, CNN, 7 May 2018
• The cracked leather band completes a charmingly retro look.
  — Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2022
• The slush caused several cracked windshields and forced a car into a ditch.
  — Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 8 Feb. 2022
• An old, cracked compass had been kneaded into the stone.
  — Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• Along the cracked asphalt, on weekends, a DJ plays music as crowds dance and drink out of clay cups rimmed red with Chamoy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2021
• Taiwanese researchers found that Salmonella was much more likely to be found in eggs with weak or cracked shells.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2022
• This combo has been a game-changer for me, fixing my dry, cracked knuckles and giving me the softest hands despite the Northeast's dry, chilly temperatures at this time of year.
  — Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024