How to Use crossbeam in a Sentence

crossbeam

noun

• The 2 x 6 crossbeams are notched to fit over the support beams.
  — Rick Peters, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2016
• When the movie opens, the pillars and crossbeams of the USSR’s police state are still in place, but the foundation is showing cracks.
  — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
• Mark the narrow side of each leg 18 inches from the bottom, line up the crossbeam with the marks, and fasten it with one screw on each side.
  — Robert and Marigold Moritz, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2021
• Drive each decking screw at an angle through the rafter face into the top center of each crossbeam.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2020
• March.’ Thirteen ropes dangled from the crossbeam of the scaffold, a chair in front of ever rope, six on one side, seven on the other.
  — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2017
• In his bedroom, a metal crossbeam was bolted into the ceiling; a hook fastened to the beam could slide from side to side.
  — New York Times, 21 July 2021
• Some were dragged through the streets with ropes around their necks and hanged from a wooden awning over a sidewalk, a covered wagon or the crossbeam of a corral gate.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021
• Twenty-year-old Nevan Carling pulled himself on to a crossbeam.
  — Shawn McCreesh, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2021
• The magnesium crossbeam running across the instrument panel is more than a modern styling touch; it’s part of the structure of the vehicle.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2020
• On the other: their 3,000-square-foot home, also with a cathedral ceiling, massive crossbeams and a sculptural wood staircase to the loft bedroom and balcony.
  — Eric Adler and Aaron Randle, kansascity, 5 Oct. 2017
• The first patent is for a removable roof structure that gets rid of the B-, C-, and D-pillars as well as roof rails and crossbeams, providing a true open-air experience.
  — Mihir Maddireddy, Car and Driver, 30 Jan. 2020
• The thick polypropylene tines are supported with a wide crossbeam, while each tine features a vertical ridge meant to provide an extra dimension of support.
  — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2022
• The kindergarten playground, weathered from decades of brutal winters, had turned hazardous; at times, sharp screws protruded from some of the equipment, and kids routinely got splinters from the wooden crossbeams.
  — Becca Savransky, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024