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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a crack of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in expressions related to sound or light, often in phrases like "a crack of thunder" or "a crack of dawn."
Example: "We woke up to a crack of thunder that shook the entire house."
Alternatives: "a flash of" or "a peal of".
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A crack of any size can be analysed using the original (un-cracked) finite element model.
With a crack of the can, Scotch looked around again.
Outside, there was a crack of thunder, and it started to pour.
PARK CITY, Utah — It was the independent film equivalent of a crack of thunder.
If Corker squints, however, he might see a crack of daylight.
The voluntary sector should be given more of a crack of the whip.
"But it leads to a sense that they are not getting a crack of the whip.
Suddenly, the strangulated squeal of an electric guitar shakes the building, like a crack of thunder.
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The magnetic fields facilitate a "crack-of-the-whip" effect, in which the energy of many particles is concentrated in progressively smaller numbers of ions.
He showed up both confident and anxious on the first day of the 22-week course for a crack-of-dawn session euphemistically described as orientation.
After a crack-of-dawn TV interview about the share price of Virgin Mobile, Branson went to Euston to ride on a newly delivered train, for fun, all the way to Watford and back.
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