How to Use crosshair in a Sentence

crosshair

noun

• In reality the map placed crosshairs on congressional districts, not members of Congress.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2024
• Michael Saponara: Is this bait to get in the Swifty crosshairs?
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 23 July 2024
• 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
• And that puts him in the crosshairs after a loss like this.
  — Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Jeff Flake and Dean Heller are already in the crosshairs.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Hitting the breaks when there's a friendly in the crosshairs isn't so easy.
  — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• 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
• Mario Batali is the latest celebrity to get caught in the crosshairs of the #MeToo movement.
  — Valentina Zarya, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2017
• Their ailments and age put them in the crosshairs of the coronavirus.
  — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2020
• These are all rights that are currently in the crosshairs.
  — Valentina Valentini, Marie Claire, 14 Apr. 2017
• 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
• Billionaire Steve Wynn is the latest to get caught in the crosshairs of the #MeToo movement.
  — Valentina Zarya, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2018
• 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
• Dele Alli in particular was in the crosshairs for his start to the game.
  — SI.com, 7 July 2018
• Some new city data show that the pedestrians who seem to be most in the crosshairs are those age 60 and up.
  — Tony Bizjak, sacbee.com, 21 May 2017
• And hangers have been caught in trade's crosshairs before.
  — Jessica Meyers, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• If things fall through with the top three centers, Corbett will be in the Bengals’ crosshairs.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• That puts us all in the crosshairs of 21st century media weapons.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2018
• The rifle’s crosshairs were steady on the heart/lung area just behind its shoulders.
  — John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Jan. 2018
• That film is also set to junket on July 7-8, putting it in the strike’s crosshairs.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 13 June 2023
• Within years, mothers found themselves squarely within the crosshairs of Nixon’s war, too.
  — Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024