How to Use crank in a Sentence

crank

1 of 2 noun

• To open the car window, turn the crank on the door.
• Most people think she's just a harmless crank.
• He was dismissed as a crank until his article was published.
• Hold down the lid with one hand and turn the crank with the other hand.
  — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
• Not even close, since the peak of 502 hp is dyno-proven at the wheels, not at the crank.
  — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
• Not all titles use the crank, but the ones that do stand out.
  — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 22 July 2021
• Reel in a crank, or two, so the float stands up and the bait is just off the bottom.
  — cleveland, 9 July 2020
• Just place your washed goods in the spinner, lock the lid, and pull the hand crank to get things going.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
• Turn a crank and the man groaned and waved one arm over his mouth while the animal growled.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
• To open and close the umbrella, simply use the hand crank.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2023
• From the very top, the cast cranks up the energy to a 10, leaving them nowhere to go from there.
  — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2024
• Crew turns the crank, spinning the comb at great speeds causing the honey to fall out.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
• Try for walleye by trolling crank baits over flats that are 25 feet deep.
  — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 3 Jan. 2023
• Mario can even jump his way across the screen, thanks to a clever hand-crank assembly.
  — Jonathan Bender, Popular Mechanics, 13 Oct. 2022
• Many of the top perch crank baits, jigs and ice fishing lures are made to look like a smaller perch.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• But Bob hid the crank so that Desmond would be forced to play on a regular-sized goal.
  — Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2022
• Cons The design of the motor and crank is a bit cumbersome.
  — Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
• Look for daytime highs in the upper 50s along the coastline as a light sea breeze cranks up.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2023
• Casement: These windows have a hinge on the side and open and close using a hand crank.
  — Maria Masters, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2021
• The crank was also simple to use and worked smoothly with each roll.
  — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
• Casement windows are hinged on the side and open outward to the left or right with a crank handle.
  — Bridget Degnan, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Feb. 2023
• The hand crank handle is easy to move, without the need to constantly grip or squeeze.
  — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
• At daybreak, the cranks pull the ring back up to the surface to soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2023
• Once the booms, hand cranks, lines and lights were in place, square nets were lowered into Lake Michigan.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
• But as the temperature dial cranks up, the threats are shared.
  — The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2023
• The spider, Dzhos soon saw, was a box that contained a hand crank and some electrical wires.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• Finish with a drizzle of olive oil, a sprinkling of flaky sea salt and some cranks of black pepper.
  — Odette Williams, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
• Using the hand crank, a guard could rotate them to let an inmate into an open cell.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Aug. 2022
• Woolery now is known mostly for being a right-wing crank.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2023
• Twelve months out from Election Day, the Presidential campaign has inescapably begun with the slow, ominous, upward crank of a roller coaster.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2023

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crank

2 of 2 verb

• Crank the engine to see if it will start.
• He cranked the temperature to 75 degrees.
• Williams must crank up his right knee just to take a step.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2022
• Pile the family into the car, crank up the tunes and take the scenic route.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 29 Apr. 2022
• The sound off the racquet of Ben Shelton’s flat serve is a thwack cranked to eleven.
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
• As rain winds down and a cold front slides through, winds will crank late tonight.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
• So crank up those speakers and get ready to sing along.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 28 Oct. 2022
• Yet that hasn’t swayed the monks to crank up production.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2023
• Lisa gets into the tanning bed and instructs him to crank the heat up.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2024
• Use it: Pick up a grinder and crank over popcorn for a savory snack.
  — Becca Miller, Women's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
• Throw it beyond the lighted area and crank it through the lights just fast enough to make the paddle tail thump.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 18 July 2021
• So crank the tunes, pop open a bottle of vino, and marinate in the swirling, dervish of chaos.
  — Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2022
• Some think the answer is to crank up the vacuum, so the pipes slurp gas at a higher rate.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
• Heatwaves have swept the country, forcing many of us to go inside and crank the AC.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 Sep. 2023
• Put them in a big pot, cover with an inch of cold water, then crank the heat to bring to a simmer. 3.
  — Ali Slagle, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Turn up the thermostat one degree a day and see who’s willing to crank it up the next day.
  — Avery Elizabeth Hurt, National Geographic, 3 Aug. 2020
• For his part, Cruise has once again cranked the superspy dial up to 11.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 11 July 2023
• On the flipside don’t crank up the pressure on yourself during a hunt.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Oct. 2023
• Skies should remain mostly sunny Wednesday as the heat starts to crank up again with highs in the low to mid-90s.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
• To make its troubled PC port playable at all, Sony cranked the settings down to the bare minimum.
  — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 13 July 2023
• But Boston bats cranked the former Red Sox starter for all six of those runs in just five innings.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
• Every time the movie goes to commercial, the volume gets cranked up way too loud.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
• Rain chances will crank up by Wednesday and Thursday with odds rising up to 60%.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2022
• George’s ears were ruined by speakers cranked, over many years.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 19 Apr. 2023
• So crank up some Sinatra, invite over the Kathy to your Susan, and get cooking!
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 16 Nov. 2023
• Once your sauna is up and running, there’s nothing left to do but crank it up, invite some friends over, and sweat it out.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 14 Dec. 2019
• On Thanksgiving Day, a storm will start to crank up over portions of the central and southern U.S.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2022
• Many lower-price earbuds seem to crank up the bass as much as possible.
  — Geoffrey Morrison, wsj.com, 31 Oct. 2023
• His wife, Andrea, brings a hand washer on road trips, then cranks up a hair dryer if his clothes don’t air dry overnight.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
• Osborne pulled up, opened the sunroof, cranked up the sound-projecting speakers and gave them a show to remember.
  — Taiia Smart Young, Essence, 14 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024