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How to use crest in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Crest means the summit of a hill or mountain ridge. Example: “The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay.”

Examples of crest by meaning

nounThe ridge or top of a wave.

  • Then, too, the same flutter is observed when it glides over the crest of a wave, but this probably only occurs when the wind lies in a certain direction from the axis of flight.1926, Ernest Bade, Science and Invention, volume 17, Experimenter Publishing Company, page 462

nounA design or logo, especially one of an institution, sports club, association or high-class family.

  • So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club

verbParticularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.

  • The Skagit and Snohomish Rivers, which run through the region, are predicted to crest at record levels.2025 December 12, Sam Sifton, “Why Is It So Hard to Build Big Things?”, in The New York Times

verbTo reach the crest of (e.g. a hill or mountain).

  • the land rolls gently, so that, upon cresting a low rise or passing a copse of wind turbines, you suddenly spot a lot full of lorries or a complex of gigantic sheds.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian

More sentences with crest

  • The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay.From the entry trough
  • Spoutings of lava shot from the crest of the volcano.From the entry spouting
  • He called himself Lord So-and-So, even had his family crest on the wall, but it was all totally make-believe.From the entry make-believe
  • I forgot to press down in addition to in and up on her iliac crests during my patient assessment.From the entry iliac crest
  • Some birds and reptiles, like dinosaurs, have a cnemial crest.From the entry cnemial
  • Crest. - On a heart the Holy Dove displayed, argent, radiated or.2023 May 1, W. Sedgwick Saunders, A Catalogue of Engraved Portraits, Topographical Drawings and Prints, Coins, Gems, Autographs…. From the entry trundle
  • Neural crest cells are first developed into chromoblasts and then differentiated into chromophores.2021 February 20, Bo-Tian Yang, Bin Wen, Yu Ji, et al., “Comparative metabolomics analysis of pigmentary and structural coloration in…. From the entry chromoblast
  • Is it the crest on their chest that makes them raise their game?2021 June 16, Ben Fisher, “Robert Page hails Gareth Bale’s courage after captain drives Wales to victory”, in The Guardian. From the entry walk on broken glass
  • Crest — Rising from the top of a lighthouse argent irradiated or a martlet azure.2020 April 20, Susan Morris, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 2780. From the entry irradiated
  • The tricortical iliac crest bone grafts also have good biomechanical performance and can withstand strong compression forces.2015 May 10, Jian-Hua Li et al., “Surgical treatment of lumbosacral tuberculosis by one-stage debridement and anterior instrumentation…. From the entry tricortical
  • Cranial skeletogenic mesenchyme is derived from two distinct embryonic sources, cephalic paraxial mesoderm and cranial neural crest.2015 July 2, Mara Marongiu et al., “FOXL2 modulates cartilage, skeletal development and IGF1-dependent growth in mice”, in BMC…. From the entry skeletogenic
  • At the same time, a wave of retrophilia started to crest.2010 November 21, Kevin Alexander, “The secret to selling cool”, in Boston Globe. From the entry retrophilia
  • Crest — On a mount an apple tree in fruit ppr.2009 June 1, John Matthews, Matthews, Complete American Armoury and Blue Book, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry in fruit
  • The pelican was my high school's mascot, taken from the crest of our school's founding family.2007 May 15, Mark Oppenheimer, Thirteen and a Day: The Bar and Bat Mitzvah Across America, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 103. From the entry vuln
  • The most conspicuous cyclomorphosis involves the formation of body processes and spines or the development of crests.2007, Winfried Lampert, Limnoecology: The Ecology of Lakes and Streams, page 192. From the entry cyclomorphosis
  • Then, in classic "rug pull" advertising, the LS appears, gliding across the dam's crest.2004, Jonathan Mahler, Maximillian Potter, The Lexus Story, Torrance, Calif.: Lexus, →ISBN, page 215, column 1. From the entry rug pull
  • She might have found a way to steal my mother’s crest ring to make the seals.2003, Shannon Hale, chapter 22, in The Goose Girl, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children’s Books, →ISBN, part 3 (Yellow Lady), page 373. From the entry key-mistress
  • The crack extends down to the baserock and up to the dam crest.1997, Y. Ohama, Polymers in Concrete, page 187. From the entry baserock
  • It had a crest on it, which she always thought looked quintessentially Roman.1994, Christopher Bulis, “ch XXIII”, in State of Change, page 237. From the entry quintessentially
  • You see, dilophosauruses had this special double-ridged crest on top of their heads.1994, B. B. Calhoun, chapter 10, in Out of Place (Dinosaur Detective; 4), New York, N.Y.: Scientific American Books for Young Readers…. From the entry dilophosaurus
  • Photography from the bluff side would accentuate the twin-pinnacled crest but sacrifice part of the background.1978, Missouri. Division of Geology and Land Survey, Educational Series - Division of Geology and Land Survey. From the entry pinnacled
  • On another shield is engraved the Company’s crest—an epimacus, an imaginary beast resembling a griffin.1966, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, volume 39, page 367. From the entry epimacus
  • He raised his crest, his shoulder coverts and the soft feathers of his thighs.1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter I, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in…. From the entry covert
  • The crest of the Dominion of Canada on the cover is in quadricolour letterpress.1941, Stephen Leacock, Canada: The Foundations of Its Future, page 265. From the entry quadricolour
  • There was a crest, a threemasted ship, sails unfurled, pennants flying.1936 June 5, Margaret Bell Houston, “Gypsy Weather”, in The Lincoln Star, volume 34, page 2. From the entry threemasted
  • Crest : A boar's head couped gold semy of fountains armed gules.1928, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Committee on Heraldry, A Roll of Arms. From the entry fountain
  • Our watchers took post on the crest, looking out over the harvested plains to the Hejaz Railway.1926, T. E. Lawrence, chapter 105, in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, published 1936, page 571. From the entry take post
  • Parallel, unapart, — The billowy glide down from the wind's crest; At last, the nest.1926, Voices, page 152. From the entry unapart
  • Crest - On a wreath of the colours, a demi-roebuck gules, attired and unguled sable.1915, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Book of Public Arms: A Complete Encyclopædia of All Royal, Territorial, Municipal, Corporate…. From the entry unguled
  • Crest a canton gules a sword erect proper, hilted and pommelled or, entwisted with a palm-branch vert.1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 406. From the entry entwisted
  • Off on the crest of a swell a moving figure was seen now and then.1909, Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 2, in The Last of the Chiefs. From the entry swell
  • "Or, three chabots gules” is the crest of a French family of the name of Chabot.1904, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory, London : T.C.; & E.C. Jack, page 186. From the entry chabot
  • Crest — A cubit arm erect, vested azure, cuffed argent, holding in the hand a Cinqueda sword, both proper.2020, Susan Morris, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 4618. From the entry cinqueda
  • A crest of white spills over the lip of the bottle and Niall pours the wine into Elaine's glass.2018, Sally Rooney, “Six Months Later (July 2013)”, in Normal People. From the entry lip
  • The examination revealed the existence of two urticariform plaques which were very well defined and localized on the iliac crests.2016, Israel Pérez López, Gonzalo Blasco Morente, Antonio Martínez López, Cristina Garrido Colmenero, Ricardo Ruiz Villaverde, Eliseo…. From the entry urticariform
  • The ripple marks are symmetrical with mostly rounded crests, which are parallel, partly bifurcated and mostly oriented in a northsouth direction.2016, Oliver Wings, Jens N. Lallensack, Heinrich Mallison, “The Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Trackways in Münchehagen (Lower Saxony…. From the entry northsouth

Meaning of crest

  1. noun The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
  2. noun A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
  3. noun The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.

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Questions about crest in a sentence

How do you use crest in a sentence?
Crest is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay.”
What is a short sentence with crest?
“Some birds and reptiles, like dinosaurs, have a cnemial crest.”
What does crest mean?
Crest means the summit of a hill or mountain ridge.

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