How to Use crossing in a Sentence

crossing

noun

• Stop at the railroad crossing.
• One day, Lewis reached a rail crossing blocked by a train.
  — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
• When trains were shorter, a conductor could walk to the crossing to separate both sides and let cars and pedestrians pass.
  — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
• The Del Rio Sector has seen an increase in migrant traffic in recent years and has become a major border crossing point.
  — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2022
• But the anti-gang operations and the new crossing point are doing little, so far, to help Gaza residents such as Sabha Abu Khousa.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
• That means the inspectors would have to pass through front-line positions where shelling is frequent and would probably use a crossing point already crowded with civilians fleeing the fighting and nuclear dangers.
  — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
• Although the use of Olympic-standard doubles may seem a little excessive, The Swimmers doesn’t just take the story up to the heroic Aegean crossing.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022
• The crossing takes an hour and will set you back around $80 for a round-trip.
  — Chris Heasman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2023
• At the world’s busiest border crossing, the lines can stretch for blocks.
  — Carmen Valeria Escobar, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
• The crossing sees more than 25% of the trade between the two countries.
  — Rob Gillies, ajc, 17 Feb. 2023
• The tragedy came late one evening when a freight train sped through a crossing where a car was stopped.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
• Troops seized the Rafah crossing into Egypt, which has been closed since.
  — Ellen Knickmeyer and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
• In October, Egypt blocked the gates of the crossing with concrete slabs.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
• The aid arrived from the Rafah crossing, the Palestine Red Crescent said.
  — NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• But when the group reached the San Ysidro border crossing on March 7, an agent pulled the family and their van to the side.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• Fox sent a perfect crossing pass from near the right sideline.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
• Now, in mid-July, the key crossing still hasn't reopened.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2023
• People who said they were linked to Hamas have set up checkpoints on the Gaza side leading to the crossing.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• The Sherman Minton Renewal project is meant to add 30 years of life to the decades-old crossing, the release said.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2023
• In recent days, the U.S. has seen a sharp increase in crossings along the southern borders.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2023
• To reach the crossing, Mr. Alshawamreh rose at 5 a.m. and waited in the darkness for a southbound car pool.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• The extension of the road west and a crossing over Interstate 49 are phase tw0.
  — Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2023
• On Tuesday afternoon a crowd of men had formed at the crossing in the bitter cold.
  — Muhammad Haj Kadour, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• Much of my childhood was lost at the moment of my border crossing.
  — Alán Pelaez Lopez, refinery29.com, 25 Oct. 2022
• Border crossings are said to come from all over the globe, including parts of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2023
• There are more than 20 ferry routes across the Bosphorus, and the crossing takes only 15 minutes.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
• This was also closest to the crossings, whether through Egypt or through Jordan.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
• They’re durably made, with a mix of tough nylon and suede, and have a Gore-Tex liner that keeps feet dry on creek crossings or hiking in the rain.
  — Ebony Roberts, wsj.com, 13 Nov. 2023
• The man purchased a ticket at the station shortly before the crossing, Reile said.
  — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
• The Biden administration is preparing for a possible surge in border crossings ahead of a Trump presidency.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024