His hands moved with swift skill, examining the injury; the larynx had folded back on itself, rather than simply crushing.

Hera sent a giant crab to distract Heracles, but he simply crushed it under his foot.

He was big enough to simply crush my chest if he stepped on me, and I didn't want to make it easy for him.

Why do they not simply crush their skulls and run around in circles as much as they wish?

Michigan State responded by simply crushing Cinderella's dream in the second half.

Under General Abacha, security forces simply crushed any unrest in the delta.

Now, in time, he will simply crush Karadzic, as he had crushed others before him.

Instead, he settled for simply crushing it in his hands.

Or simply crushed that she could say such a lie?

It's simply crushing when a man fails to uphold his-ah, his promise.