How to Use crank out in a Sentence

crank out

verb
  • About a third of the four-wheel drive businesses, they are cranked out by us.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The race is on to find older machines that can still crank out chips.
    — WSJ, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Tap the Latte button and the Touch will crank out a latte, even foaming the milk.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Raytheon, for example, can't simply crank out Stingers to replace the 1,400 that the U.S. sent to Ukraine.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2022
  • Raytheon, for example, can’t simply crank out Stingers to replace the 1,400 that the U.S. sent to Ukraine.
    — Ben Fox, Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2022
  • Blast furnaces cranked out profits, steel coils and thick smog.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Cells with the Arc gene crank out proteins that clump into capsids.
    — Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2019
  • The Big 3 cranked out 86 points against the Lakers in just their seventh game together.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Cullum then dropped to the floor at their home, alongside his son, and cranked out his final 10 push-ups by his side.
    — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • During short breaks between lessons, take the kids for a stroll down the block, go up and down the stairs a few times, or crank out a set of jumping jacks.
    — Vicky Hallett, National Geographic, 3 Sep. 2020
  • On the other hand, Australia might enjoy a little more rain and crank out a few more loaves of bread per year.
    — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
  • The theme song was cranked out in 2½ hours, and Wasserman said Haim told him that Fox went crazy over it and that the recording with his vocals would be on the show.
    — Chaz Kangas, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The spot is winning early praise, thanks in part to a kitchen cranking out smash burgers and fries topped with Hop-Fu!
    — Brandon Hernández, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
  • Mezrich wrote brochures for a nonprofit while doggedly cranking out 40-odd pages a day on the side.
    — Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The steam from the tea or soup can moisten the inside of your nostrils, reducing the need for your body to crank out mucus.
    — Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Sirius’ diameter is about twice that of the sun and cranks out more than 25 times more light than our sun.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The verdict: Pizza Hut cranks out a decent tavern pie for a decent price, but the crust falls short.
    — Monica Eng, Axios, 9 July 2024
  • After a jab in the arm, muscle cells take up mRNA and crank out a viral protein.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Did the Eagles really need Walsh to crank out hit after hit?
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2022
  • Peggy Ann could crank out a then-impressive 400 pages an hour.
    — Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2022
  • Still, the app continues to crank out quiet updates to its platform.
    — WIRED, 28 Jan. 2023
  • And so Donnie’s babysitting scenes in the second and third movies seem like a response to that, as Bianca was in the studio cranking out hits.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Ghost kitchens popped up to crank out delivery and takeout orders.
    — Michael Joseph, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2021
  • This is about, as the polar ice caps pull back, the Chinese are now cranking out icebreakers and pushing up there as well.
    — Tara Suter, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
  • This is about, as the polar ice caps pull back, the Chinese are now cranking out icebreakers and pushing up there as well.
    — Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Hurricane season doesn’t end until Nov. 30, and the oceans are still cranking out storms.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
  • For the kitchen that wants to crank out delicious meals while still looking picture-perfect, this six-quart air fryer is a must.
    — Rachel Trujillo, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Set up high-quality-concrete plants to crank out precast panels that won’t crumble in the rain.
    — Curbed, 12 May 2022
  • Cinemas have been counting on streamers like Netflix and Apple to crank out films, but those hopes may be dashed if the media companies continue to pull back.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The two cars couldn’t be more different on the surface, but they are linked by BYD’s technical prowess in batteries and its ability to develop and crank out new cells at scale, all at low cost.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2024

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