Sentence examples for was squashed from inspiring English sources
verb
To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
"It was squashed," he said of his concerns.
This hope was squashed by last year's Nobel award.
Food was appreciated in a restaurant environment, but Reggie's cooking confidence was squashed at school.
His previous idea, to rebuild the twin towers, was squashed by a public outcry.
But the idea was squashed by Tony Blair, then the prime minister.
Keynes's idea was squashed by the Americans, who stood to lose from it.
"I wanted to make sure the drama was squashed between us.
"Everyone was squashed against the walls of the carriage, faces against the window.
"He was squashed like a cockroach," she says out of the side of her mouth.
The fossil looks a bit like a squashed bird's nest because during fossilisation the skeleton was squashed by lots of layers of rock.
No doubt the appearance of the story alerted some powerful opponent, and the whole idea was squashed.
