How to Use crossing in a Sentence

crossing

noun

• Stop at the railroad crossing.
• Israel only slowly and sparingly opens crossings into Gaza, an area sealed off from outside access.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
• The Israeli military says Hezbollah uses the crossing to bring in weapons into Lebanon.
  — Maya Gebeily and James MacKenzie, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
• 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
• 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 climax of this parade was the river crossing on the Bir-Hakeim bridge, which is a double-decker: the métro shares it with a roadway.
  — Andrew Martin, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2024
• The bridge will be constructed 40 feet north of the existing crossing.
  — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• The Texas border with Mexico was one of the busiest for migrant crossings, but that trend seems to be shifting.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
• Most are stationed in front of schools, alongside crossing guards or on busy street corners.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2023
• Another 150 aid trucks crossed through the Egypt-Gaza Rafah border crossing on Sunday, the spokesman said.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2023
• The trip will wind down with a transatlantic crossing before one last stop in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024