| Instead numbers were crunched, complicated scenarios considered, strategies sorted, deals attempted and all to no avail. |
| I got out of the car and crunched across the snow, each breath of cold air scouring my lungs like steel wool. |
| I eventually crunched my way home through thigh-high drifts of snow, beneath a sky ablaze with the northern lights. |
| Then he crunched the last of his cornet, swarmed up onto the bench and laid his head lovingly on the boy's shoulder. |
| Larger titan triggerfish crunched their way through dead coral in search of some sustenance. |
| But, as I crunched the vegetables more, my tongue was dumbfounded by a surprise flavor. |
