Crank used in a sentence

Crank in a sentence as a noun

About once a year I'll get a letter from a crank who says: "I should have a right to use it for evil!

However, there's only so much time in the day and I don't really crank on code for 10+ hours anymore.

It's like Oracle getting into video games, or Cisco deciding to crank up a steel mill.

Crank in a sentence as a verb

Some great suggestions here, but I find the best method for me is to just crank some music, down a couple swigs of coffee and dive in.

That said, even dismissing him as a 'crank' would add more substance to your argument than calling him a 'vile idiot.

The key is "knowingly", as up until recently it was pretty obvious to the machinist what he was being asked to do. Now, with "printing", you just upload the pattern for what is otherwise just another odd-shaped chunk of metal, a computer & machine crank one out, and the result gets sent back to you with a minimum of comprehension by any humans involved - are _you_ "making" it?

Crank in a sentence as an adjective

I realize I'm the proverbial crank working alone, but I'm trying very hard to avoid the common pitfalls---setting hard deadlines, getting customer feedback, getting appropriate exercise and social interaction, etc.