How to Use cracked in a Sentence

cracked

adjective
  • Her lips are dried and cracked.
  • The vase is cracked but it can still hold water.
  • His hands were sore and cracked from working long hours in the cold.
  • Collect eggs often and throw away cracked eggs.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Two cracked windows help the air better figure out how to move.
    — Craig Mod, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Painting seems like an easy fix for cracked or discolored grout.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 5 Jan. 2026
  • His cracked hands are clutched together, a tin cup between his arms.
    — Valeria Luiselli, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
  • No amount of paint can hide cracked plaster, bumps, nail holes, or uneven textures.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
  • No amount of paint can hide cracked plaster, bumps, nail holes, or uneven textures.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2026
  • Dry winter air can leave you with cracked, peeling skin, gritty eyes, and a scratchy throat.
    — Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The classic image that may come to mind is dry, cracked ground where perhaps a healthy river once flowed.
    — Celina Tebor, Star Tribune, 26 June 2021
  • Police found marks and scratches on the pickup, as well as a cracked bumper, Clements wrote.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Crews will dig out and rebuild the cracked area, similarly to last year’s repair.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The classic image that may come to mind when thinking about a drought is dry, cracked ground where perhaps a healthy river once flowed.
    — oregonlive, 20 June 2021
  • Never soak leather or put it in the washing machine, which can result in dry, cracked, misshapen gloves that end up in the trash.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
  • But at the bottom of the hill, the trail reached a field of clay, sunbaked and deeply cracked, which was left by the 2017 flood.
    — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Its crew saved it, in part, by using heavy steel cables to tie cracked portions of the ship’s superstructure together.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Shake good and hard for eight to 10 seconds, strain into a rocks or tall glass onto cracked or crushed ice, and garnish with a lime wheel, wedge, or peel.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 9 May 2026
  • Morgan said the cracked asphalt thawing and expanding and freezing again over a few weeks can make a small pothole grow into a larger one.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The 51-year-old Mickelson overcame a pair of bogeys and a cracked head on his fairway wood to stay in contention.
    — Michael Wagaman, ajc, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The leather on the shoes appears to be slightly decayed, worn, cracked and brittle, while the laces and midsole are stained, giving a distressed, lived-in effect.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The author’s original Reliefband after more than year of use, slightly cracked but still working.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2018
  • Perform a visual inspection Look for cracked or frayed cables or other obvious signs of damage.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The cracked terrain of Cerberus Fossae appears to be the source of most of the seismic activity on Mars.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Between frigid air, indoor heat and constant dehydration, winter can turn even the most luxe lipstick into a cracked, fading afterthought.
    — Corein Carter, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • And everything’s not exactly rosy in the core business, which still is dealing with a cracked, state-by-state regulatory environment.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • One commenter showed blueberry-sized hail in Lee’s Summit, another showed a cracked windshield from hail in Bethany, Missouri.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Besides being dangerous, downloading cracked software also poses legal risks.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Federal aviation officials said the crew reported a cracked windshield and a possible pressurization issue after the bird strike.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That craft, without a three-person crew aboard, was filled with space food, medical supplies, fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as devices for treating the cracked window on the Shenzhou-20 spaceship.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2026

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