How to Use crack in a Sentence

crack

1 of 2 verb

• He cracked open the eggs.
• The bird cracked the seed on a tree branch.
• He fell and cracked his elbow on the ice.
• The mirror cracked when she dropped it.
• The hailstones were big enough to crack some windows.
• Someone cracked him over the head with a beer bottle.
• The baby cracked her chin pretty hard when she fell.
• Workers cracked the large rock into three pieces so it could be moved.
• He cracked his collarbone in a skiing accident.
• Can’t even crack more votes then Klay Thompson and Austin Reaves.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• In this case, there was none of that—cracked crust aside, Kop’s space rock was pristine.
  — Michael D. Lemonick, Scientific American, 25 May 2023
• In fact, the 80-year-old has been cracking jokes about his age more than usual.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 28 June 2023
• Reduce heat to low; stir in Grana Padano and cracked black pepper.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
• And can White find a way to crack the starting lineup as a rookie?
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• The state didn’t even crack the top five in terms of electricity price.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 7 July 2023
• The swish and crack of a bat and a Bryce Harper home run flying 450 feet into the upper deck.
  — Nicholas Gallagher, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
• In a study to evaluate kindness in the 25 largest cities in the United States, one Ohio city cracked the top five in the rankings.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2023
• When crack pipes are available, the social workers give them out.
  — Catarina Fernandes Martins, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• Snag a seat by the cracking fireplace or post up at the ground-floor Bar Pendry or the fourth-floor Chez Zou with a cocktail or two.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2024
• Now, few phones allow this without cracking open the whole thing.
  — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
• Go ahead and crack those knuckles and limber up the fingertips.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
• Hip-hop hasn’t fared much better on the Hot 100 this year; just six hip-hop singles have cracked the chart’s top ten.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 12 June 2023
• Bake for 40 minutes, until the cornbread turns golden and the top begins to crack.
  — Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2023
• Just lug the bed-in-a-box inside, crack the cardboard, slash open the plastic wrap, and watch the mattress spring into shape.
  — Martin Cizmar, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
• The pressure from the gas buildup eventually cracks the electrodes and makes the battery fail.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2023
• The eggs easily crack open to reveal six squeaking chicks that chirp when their heads are pressed down.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 18 Mar. 2024
• The Trojans cracked the top five in the Associated Press rankings for the first time since 1994.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• The figures had cracked in many places and some of the statues revealed their complicated armature.
  — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
• There are candidates on the bench to still crack the postseason rotation if needed, too.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
• The style mishaps kept piling up as cracking wise about wardrobe and hair malfunctions became both a media and national pastime.
  — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026

crack

2 of 2 noun

• Light came through the cracks in the walls of the barn.
• The crack runs all the way from the top of the wall to the bottom.
• I could see them through the crack in the doorway.
• The vase has a few fine cracks, but it is still usable.
• Small cracks where the light shows him that all of us need help.
  — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• The crack resulted in the loudest laughs of the trial to date.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
• Rubber trees and night-blooming cereus grew in the cracks.
  — Kristina Linnea Garcia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
• But on some days, her mind drifts to the crack in the wall outside her fourth grade classroom.
  — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
• But within a few years, the cracks began to show – and homes started to sink.
  — Isabel Yip, CNN, 28 June 2023
• To peel, gently tap the egg until the shell breaks and roll it to create more cracks.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
• The crack between the living and the dead had fractured a continent.
  — Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
• The bugs often hide in the seams of a mattress or box spring, or in cracks in a headboard or bed frame.
  — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023
• The closed portion of Big Oak Flat Road has a crack about 200 feet long and up to 4 feet deep, according to the park.
  — Claire Hao, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2023
• The sounds of crowds cheering and the crack of the bat with the strong smells of hotdogs and stadium food can’t be beaten.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2023
• Suleiman pointed to the cracks in the chapel’s ceiling that opened when shells struck the church’s roof during the last major war in 2006.
  — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• Note: If after some use, one of the straws cracks, simply replace it with a new one.
  — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
• Even the worst Monday can only last 24 hours and good news always pushes up through the cracks of the bad.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• The more water, the more the concrete shrinks, resulting in deeper cracks.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Open a stuck jar Living on your own means not having anyone else to take a crack at the jar that won’t open.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
• Ripe tomatoes had fallen from the vines, creating cracks in the flesh.
  — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2023
• Over time, nanoscopic cracks spread and lead to structural failure.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Aug. 2023
• Listen out for a loud collective crack, as the jaws of a hundred New York parents hit the floor.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• The photo showed a closeup of the baby’s face in the sonogram — prompting a crack from Duff about its cute features.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
• The pretty, bright glaze helps prevent scratches, chipping, and cracks, so Mom can use it for years to come.
  — Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
• Flimsy nozzles crack and leak, and heavy-duty nozzles get tiring to hold when your garden calls for more watering time than your hands can handle.
  — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
• Sometimes just surviving is an act of resistance and finding the grass that grows in the cracks in the asphalt.
  — Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
• But, the strategy is showing cracks in Los Angeles.
  — Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
• But cracks are beginning to show in the market.
  — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026
• Yet even as that cycle continues, cracks are emerging in the broader ecosystem that supports it.
  — George Avalos, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
• Patch cracks and holes in mortar and brick.
  — Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026