Adjective : a bone-crushing handshake. ,a bone-crushing mortgage. From Dictionary.com.
Sadie gave his hand a sudden, bone-crushing squeeze. From Wordnik.com. [Murder by Six]
Conan seized Amalric's wrist in a bone-crushing grip. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Adventurer]
Were you thinking of a bit of encouraging bone-crushing?. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Manners: Halloween's etiquette imps] Reference
"It's pretty bone-crushing performance," said Jim Gargan. From Wordnik.com. [Intel's New Six-Brain Chip Garners Good Critiques] Reference
She smiled, revealing long fangs and bone-crushing teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Flinx In Flux]
"Use a firm, practiced, but not bone-crushing handshake.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
These range from the rediculous to bone-crushing awesome. From Wordnik.com. [Conan T-shirts!] Reference
A few steps away from the gate, Colby gave Derian a bone-crushing hug. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
It doesn't need to be a bone-crushing check but you have to finish it. ''. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Hockey - Pittsburgh vs. San Jose] Reference
Gully dwarves scattered as the body hit the wall with a bone-crushing thump. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]
He leaped like a panther, his arms stretched out for a bone-crushing tackle. From Wordnik.com. [Deal Breaker]
He has a bone-crushing handshake and fixes you with a beady eye when you meet. From Wordnik.com. [Paranoid, Moi? « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference
Before I could think of a suitable reply, she swept me into a bone-crushing hug. From Wordnik.com. [Myth-Nomers And Im-Pervections]
Today, let's make that moment -- watch this bone-crushing hit in peewee football. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2009] Reference
The demonic arms dragged the Cimmerian into an ever closer, bone-crushing embrace. From Wordnik.com. [Conan of Cimmeria]
Conan's left arm was pinioned among the bone-crushing folds, but his right was free. From Wordnik.com. [The Bloody Crown of Conan]
There was the sound of a bone-crushing thud as the old magician crashed to the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]
Swinging her axe with bone-crushing force, she managed to fend off all their attacks. From Wordnik.com. [Flint the King]
The last was squeezed forcefully from me as she swept me into a bone-crushing embrace. From Wordnik.com. [Myth Conceptions]
Miro landed with a bone-crushing thump on the ground, his arm still touching the fence. From Wordnik.com. [Speaker for the Dead]
They were also equipped with talon like claws and sharp teeth set in bone-crushing jaws. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Hunt]
First he had died in the body battered by the titanic, bone-crushing battle with the Vulcan. From Wordnik.com. [The Fate of the Phoenix]
Then he was gone, after a bone-crushing handclasp that closed on Jason's hand like vise jaws. From Wordnik.com. [Deathworld] Reference
He yanked backed, putting the Tomcat into a sheer, bone-crushing ascent toward high position. From Wordnik.com. [Joint Operations]
When has he given up the chance to deliver a bone-crushing bodycheck, especially in a big game?. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Devils answer the call; many questions carry into offseason] Reference
Then the big man moved across the room and lifted him from his feet in a bone-crushing bear hug. From Wordnik.com. [Waylander]
HEAVEN'S YES - but it's not the hard, bone-crushing, soul-killing rejection of those early days. From Wordnik.com. [November 2008] Reference
Professional skateboarder Jake Brown managed to get up after this bone-crushing 45-foot freefall. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2007] Reference
This is the sort of cough -- I've heard this before, Soledad, yes, it is this bone-crushing cough. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2006] Reference
An enormous hand, a hand covered in brown fur, seized the kings shoulder in a bone-crushing grasp. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of A Lost Star]
"Its bone-crushing multiplication of additional overdraft penalties, however, is categorically assured.". From Wordnik.com. [Wells Fargo Overdraft Lawsuit: Bank Ordered To Pay $203 MILLION In Fees Over 'Unfair' Charges] Reference
“Thanks, Bella,” he said, and then he grabbed my hand and wrenched me into one of his bone-crushing hugs. From Wordnik.com. [Eclipse]
She still knelt on Hugh and he lay compliant, afraid she'd carry out her bone-crushing threats, but the time had passed. From Wordnik.com. [Firestorm]
The Cyclops brushed at the sheep with its hand, and two of them crashed with bone-crushing thuds and death-rattle bleats against the wall. From Wordnik.com. [A World Called Crimson] Reference
GUPTA (voice over): It's been over a year since 19-year-old Bill Gibson mangled the left side of his body in a bone-crushing car accident. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2004] Reference
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