How to Use crosshair in a Sentence

crosshair

noun

• Fairstein, as she is portrayed in the film, was in the crosshairs.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 8 July 2019
• The crosshairs of the picture show the location of the black hole.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2019
• So Liz, and therefore Agnes, are sort of in the crosshairs.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2019
• Turn the scope to line the crosshairs up with the vertical line.
  — Field & Stream, 12 Sep. 2019
• The crosshair can be set to dot or cross shapes, in green, red, or white.
  — PCMAG, 1 Mar. 2023
• Afghanistan, Iraq and then Libya fell into the crosshairs.
  — Thomas Grove, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019
• Burgers and hash browns were ready to serve in 10 of the 11 stores caught in Michael’s crosshairs.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• Afghan forces have been in the crosshairs of the Taliban despite the peace accord that the U.S. signed with the group.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 15 May 2020
• Soleimani has long been in the crosshairs of U.S. military.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2020
• Their ailments and age put them in the crosshairs of the coronavirus.
  — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2020
• Elway has been in the fans’ crosshairs over the last few days following the 0-3 start.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2019
• Their strength in Iowa put them in the crosshairs of rivals as the race shifted to New Hampshire.
  — Steve Peoples, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2020
• The prospect of playing games without fans would put athletes in the crosshairs of the disease.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 15 May 2020
• And as is usually the case, the big-money quarterback is the one in the crosshairs ahead of all that.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 27 June 2019
• That film is also set to junket on July 7-8, putting it in the strike’s crosshairs.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 13 June 2023
• This puts small businesses right in the crosshair of hackers.
  — Serge Beck, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• The 45-year-old helmer talked about the challenges of his film getting caught in the culture-war crosshairs and whether a sequel is in the cards.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 14 Aug. 2023
• The image appeared to show a gun sight's crosshairs next to a photo of Jackson's face.
  — Author: Ann E. Marimow, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2020
• The music industry has had Convert2MP3 in its crosshairs for some time.
  — Dani Deahl, The Verge, 21 June 2019
• That’s eleven seconds in which the gunner must hold the crosshairs on an enemy tank.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
• Nicki Minaj is on a warpath and Megan Thee Stallion is in her crosshairs.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2024
• And with a trade war brewing between China and the United States, Tesla could be caught in the crosshairs.
  — Washington Post, 14 June 2019
• Others found themselves in the crosshairs of a drunken driver – but in each case rescuers saved the day.
  — Fox News, 26 Dec. 2019
• But what about the potential crimes that put Mr. Flynn in Mr. Mueller’s crosshairs to begin with?
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2018
• This is not the first or only town to have an Old Town Road and come into the crosshairs of pop culture over the street name’s newfound fame.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 15 Aug. 2019
• Lisa Bloom and her mother, the attorney Gloria Allred, are the latest to get caught in David’s crosshairs.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2019
• What’s a place to do when half its population is in the crosshairs of coronavirus?
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2020
• And many of the state's farmworkers have been caught in the crosshairs of the potentially deadly disease.
  — Petra Cahill, NBC News, 17 June 2019
• That varied diet has put them in some farmers’ crosshairs.
  — National Geographic, 8 Feb. 2020
• In the past few years, the Jubilee Center has found itself in the crosshairs of the city’s code officers, racking up thousands in fines.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024