a crack spreads
Frequency: 6.88.0 per million words
Used when a crack grows larger and longer.
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Examples (10)
- A small crack is beginning to spread across the ceiling.
- After the tremor, a long crack spread through the concrete foundation.
- If we don't repair the vase, the crack will spread and it will break.
- A tiny crack from the impact has spread all the way across my phone screen.
- They watched in horror as the crack in the ice spread towards them.
- The engineer noted how the crack was spreading from the main support beam.
- Over the years, a hairline crack spread down the antique mirror.
- We noticed a crack spreading up the wall from behind the sofa.
- By the time the inspector arrived, the crack had spread several feet.
- Due to the extreme cold, the crack in the pavement began to spread rapidly.