How to Use crosstown in a Sentence

crosstown

adjective

• We rode a crosstown bus.
• The two schools were crosstown rivals in baseball.
• New York wants to keep him in pinstripes – and away from the crosstown Mets.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
• Over the next 10 years this is the best chance for Chicago to have a crosstown World Series.
  — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• The last time these crosstown rivals played, the Mets won two games at Citi Field on June 25 and 26.
  — Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
• The Lakers then chased Kawhi Leonard, who spurned them for the crosstown Clippers.
  — Ben Golliver, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2019
• His classmates from the bullies of the crosstown rival school.
  — Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
• There will be no secrets when the crosstown rivals play round four with all to play for.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2022
• East lost to crosstown rival Columbus North 34-17 in the second game of the season.
  — Kenzie Winstead, The Courier-Journal, 3 Nov. 2017
• Jiménez, who throws and bats right-handed, was acquired in a July 2017 trade with the crosstown Cubs.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 26 Mar. 2021
• But there are few crosstown matchups in the Houston area as intriguing.
  — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2019
• The crosstown rivalry game went back and forth, with each team building a lead as large as 11 points.
  — oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2022
• Even her crosstown rival high school’s track coaches went to watch her at the 2016 trials.
  — oregonlive, 16 July 2021
• For much of the bitter crosstown rivalry, the Galaxy have been closer to the bottom of the table than the top.
  — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
• For much of the bitter crosstown rivalry, the Galaxy have been closer to the bottom of the standings than the top.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
• But there are more variables with the Bruins than, say, their crosstown rivals.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• This time, Allen topped her crosstown rival by more than 17 seconds.
  — Steve Millar, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2020
• The Patriots won 26-19 last season to snap a four-year skid to their crosstown rival.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 8 Sep. 2023
• Craig Kimbrel, who was acquired at the trade deadline from the crosstown Cubs, has struggled.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2021
• These games were compelling and made a case for the crosstown teams playing six times a year every season.
  — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
• So who will advance to the state semifinals in this crosstown battle?
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2017
• Berra joined the crosstown Mets as a coach for 1965 and wound up making four appearances as a catcher early in the year.
  — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2020
• Rounding out the top five are crosstown rivals Xavier and Cincinnati, with each getting one first.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2018
• The Lakers will take on the crosstown rival Clippers in one of the two opening night fixtures on Tuesday.
  — Calum Trenaman, CNN, 22 Dec. 2020
• The Broncos tuned up for its crosstown rivalry game with Wellington with a 53-0 win over Olympic Heights.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• Hellinger is well aware that Oswego vs. Oswego East is always a big game on the schedule for the crosstown rivals.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
• That program has, for most of its existence, been left to chase its crosstown rival.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2022
• McKenzie Forbes added 18 points as the Trojans ended a nine-game skid against their crosstown rival.
  — Beth Harris, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
• The bus can’t move until the truck does, the truck can’t move until the crosstown car gets through the red light, and the car can’t move until pedestrians are done crossing.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 11 Nov. 2021
• The Mets’ 12-3 win at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday finished off a season series sweep of their crosstown rivals.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024