How to Use crossbar in a Sentence

crossbar

noun

• The toe of your boot will eventually be lashed to this crossbar.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2021
• The kick bounced off an upright, then the crossbar before falling back into the end zone.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2020
• In the 50th minute, George Arata sent a shot over the crossbar.
  — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2021
• Lafayette tried to put the rebound into the open net, but his foot caught the ball from underneath and chipped it over the crossbar.
  — Steve Smith, courant.com, 20 Nov. 2020
• Rony Cavcamo-Intenano banged the shot off the crossbar.
  — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2021
• Forward Katelynn Russ hit the crossbar with a snapshot, then circled and jammed home a rebound.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2021
• Midfielder Lindsey Horan rocketed a wide open shot from the backside off the crossbar.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Feb. 2021
• Jack Howes never saw his 40-yard kick hit off the crossbar and bounce through the uprights at Eagle Stadium.
  — Seth Stringer, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2020
• Ben Franklin's first goal came in the 49th minute as Anna Mobley's shot from just outside the box bounced off the crossbar and just over the goal line.
  — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2021
• The Wildcats nearly got another score when Pedro Kawamura tried to loft a shot from the top of the penalty area just under the crossbar.
  — Lynn Ramsey, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Feb. 2021
• There’s a crossbar that spans the front of the vehicle and connects the sides of the engine bay to prevent deformation in off-center impacts, which are some of the most common and dangerous.
  — Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
• As the match opened up, Pogba could not convert from close range, Fernandes had a shot tipped onto the crossbar and Rashford blazed just over from the subsequent corner.
  — Paul Gittings, CNN, 1 Jan. 2021
• Despite this fragmented rhythm, the Lions almost won it with the last touch of the game — a back-post pass to Tesho Akindele, who fired off a wide-open shot only to send it over the crossbar.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2020
• Zadina showed off his one-timer in Wednesday’s loss to Chicago, rattling off shot after shot — including one off the crossbar — from the right circle on a couple of power plays.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 19 Feb. 2021
• The ball hit the crossbar and dropped straight to the ground.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2022
• Keep the junction box and the crossbar for the old light in place.
  — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
• In the 13th minute, Clark hit the crossbar from 25 feet out.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2021
• The ball struck the underside of the crossbar and just crossed the goal line to knot the game at 1.
  — Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 Nov. 2021
• The second chance, in the 99th minute, Munoz hit the inside of the crossbar and bounced out.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2021
• In the 86th minute, the striker hit the crossbar with a header.
  — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 17 June 2021
• The bang of the ball on the crossbar, for a little while at least, is the ringing of hope.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2022
• Morton had a shot sail over the crossbar in the first half.
  — Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• Lloyd one-timed a rocket that Labbe punched over the crossbar in the 65th.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2021
• Two hit the crossbar and glanced downward but not over the goal.
  — oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2021
• But Manning was able to just get a piece of it to punch it over the top of the crossbar.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024
• His launched a free kick that sailed high over the crossbar and into the stands.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
• Mbappe nearly scored in the 56th, but Schmeichel tipped the ball back and over the crossbar.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2022
• And then Nick Folk doinked a 48-yard kick off the crossbar, while kicking with the wind.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
• The goal comes after multiple shots were denied by the crossbar in minute 15 of the game.
  — NBC News, 25 July 2024
• Gressel’s shot hit the crossbar, Gomez’s was saved and Campana’s sailed high.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024