How to Use cross-country in a Sentence

cross-country

1 of 2 adjective
  • The book details the cross-country trip made by Black citizens to the North from the South and West.
    Terri Huggins Hart, goodhousekeeping.com, 1 May 2023
  • The pair along with their two daughters were making the cross-country trip.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Learn more › Looking to camp this summer or make a cross-country trip?
    Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The reporter wrote a story about her cross-country road trip to visit her friend in 2021.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • When our children were very young, my wife and I took the family on a cross-country trip.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • There are miles of cross-country ski and hiking trails and plenty of wildlife (the game can be hunted if that’s your thing).
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
  • He’s kept every postcard over the years, even during a cross-country move.
    Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Door to door, cross-country journeys often last 10 or even 12 hours.
    David Leonhardt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • That October, Weingarten embarked on a cross-country bus tour to get out the vote for Joe Biden.
    Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • My best friend joined me for the cross-country drive, following behind in a support car.
    Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In the middle of the planning process, O’Neil had to step away from Tumblr for a few weeks while her family made a cross-country move.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 18 June 2023
  • When the pandemic hit in 2020 and work slowed, nomads Filip Wolak and Sarah Tamar took a two-week cross-country trip.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 July 2023
  • The Harlem star also wants to begin a cross-country bottle-signing tour in 2024.
    Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In a cross-country assault, the same wheels and hulls are disadvantages.
    David Axe, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Bill Koch wins a silver in the 30-kilometer cross-country race to become the first American to win a medal in a Nordic event.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • His teammate John Carriker said Davis went on a cross-country bike ride last year.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Over the course of the cross-country tour, Ballerini has joined Chesney on stage many nights and the duo have performed the duet, as well as a range of other Chesney hits.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
  • Groups step up to help cross-country team John Herrera of Vista explained the genesis of efforts to aid the cross-country team.
    Lola Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Whitney also takes a tumble as the ladies head out on a cross-country ski excursion.
    Maggie Kreienberg, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Enter, Hanes Originals, the brand's latest and largest cross-country launch.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • Richardson spent part of 2021 in Charlotte before leaving for New York, then driving cross-country with his dog for a show out west.
    Adam Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Three gold medalists in cross-country skiing tested positive for the substance and were stripped of their medals.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Speed would be a torpid 21 miles per hour, though cross-country mobility would be good.
    Michael Peck, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2023
  • Bill was in New Jersey at the time, the moving truck having commenced its cross-country voyage the previous day.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • The two share a moment looking at the night sky, but after their cross-country journey the little robot dies, their battery drained.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 May 2023
  • His best adventures were his record-setting, cross-country speed runs.
    The Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2023
  • Whatever charm the story might have possessed got lost in a game of cross-medium, cross-country telephone.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 5 May 2023
  • Guides in the rental shop can take you on a nature walk, cross-country ski trek, or a showshoe hike, and a 10-minute shuttle gets you to the slopes for downhill skiing and snowboarding.
    Kristine Hansen, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But after six straight games on the road and a cross-country flight home from Washington, there were real questions about whether the Lakers could take advantage of it.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Male cross-country athletes had the highest rates compared with anyone else in the study — a finding that surprised the authors since previous research found higher rates in football, Whelan said.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
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cross-country

2 of 2 noun
  • Those looking to have some winter fun can snowmobile, dog sled, cross-country ski, aero sleigh, or bike on the ice bridge connecting the two islands.
    Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2023
  • As she’s gotten older, Williams has leaned on changing up her signature fiery locks in times of emotional crises like breakups and big cross-country moves.
    Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Feb. 2023
  • End of the Road (2022) What was supposed to be a nice cross-country road trip turns into a living nightmare when a family stumbles upon a murder and now must run for their lives after taking something that doesn't belong to them.
    Madison Douglas, Seventeen, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Ski 4 Kids registration is free, but donations are welcome to help make sure all kids, regardless of family income level, have access to cross-country ski programs and equipment.
    Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • And the Twin Cities community is also organizing in other ways to protect winter, stepping up its embrace of cold weather events, rallying around a huge pond hockey tournament in January and a major cross-country ski race in February.
    David Schechter, Haley Rush, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Those looking to have some winter fun can snowmobile, dog sled, cross-country ski, aero sleigh, or bike on the ice bridge connecting the two islands.
    Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2023
  • As she’s gotten older, Williams has leaned on changing up her signature fiery locks in times of emotional crises like breakups and big cross-country moves.
    Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Feb. 2023
  • End of the Road (2022) What was supposed to be a nice cross-country road trip turns into a living nightmare when a family stumbles upon a murder and now must run for their lives after taking something that doesn't belong to them.
    Madison Douglas, Seventeen, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Ski 4 Kids registration is free, but donations are welcome to help make sure all kids, regardless of family income level, have access to cross-country ski programs and equipment.
    Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • And the Twin Cities community is also organizing in other ways to protect winter, stepping up its embrace of cold weather events, rallying around a huge pond hockey tournament in January and a major cross-country ski race in February.
    David Schechter, Haley Rush, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2023

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