How to Use crosshair in a Sentence

crosshair

noun

• 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
• That Guam once again finds itself in the crosshairs of foreign adversaries is nothing new.
  — Doug Herman, Smithsonian, 15 Aug. 2017
• Viewing and parking A quick look at the course map shows a few places fans can watch without getting in the race’s crosshairs.
  — Michael Katz, idahostatesman, 13 July 2017
• When activist investors call for changes at a company or on its board, their campaigns often start at the top, with the CEO in the crosshairs.
  — Richard Teitelbaum, WSJ, 12 June 2017
• The site showed photos of them in crosshairs, described their work and in some cases provided personal information like their home or email addresses.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
• At this waterlogged moment, with one city drowned and another state in the meteorological crosshairs, this is no time for more idiocy about the debt ceiling.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 6 Sep. 2017
• Authorities said Garcia-Muro was likely caught in the crosshairs of ricocheting bullets.
  — Melissa Chan, Time, 23 June 2017
• Tuesday’s game also puts Plum in the crosshairs of the Storm’s Sue Bird, who had been a childhood favorite and more recently served as a mentor.
  — Percy Allen, The Seattle Times, 5 June 2017
• Facebook has approximately two billion monthly users, and routinely finds its platform in the crosshairs of deadly and terrorism-related events.
  — CBS News, 15 June 2017
• Will Dinesh (Kumail Nanjiani) stay out of his incarcerated ex-girlfriend's hacking crosshairs?
  — Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com, 25 June 2017
• The one consultant/lobbyist who stands directly in the crosshairs of the new ordinance, David Custin, is managing Grieco’s campaign.
  — Joey Flechas, miamiherald, 27 June 2017
• 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
• 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
• In the trailer, which can be seen in full below, Cross must hunt down a killer who has put the detective in his crosshairs.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024