How to Use crux in a Sentence

crux

noun

• That’s the crux of the case against Smith heard by the Supreme Court.
  — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2018
• At the crux of the story is the team’s coach, Rick Prinz.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2021
• The crux of the matter is the moral status of the police.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 22 June 2021
• Keep your eye on the cars, that’s the crux of the entire matter.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
• This is the crux of how to stop lashing out in the moment.
  — Jelena Kecmanovic, CNN, 12 July 2022
• That’s the crux of why Chastain is so good in this role.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 19 Sep. 2021
• And those questions of who has the right to tell the story is at the crux of our show.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2022
• Such a frenzy can take away from the crux of the story.
  — Morgan Sung, NBC News, 15 July 2022
• To be able to take that, process it, and then move forward — that's the whole crux of it.
  — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• At the crux of these costs is the effect of the time shift on our sleep patterns.
  — David Wagner, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• The crux of the case centered on whether the baby had been born alive or not.
  — Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 4 Nov. 2020
• In particular, the crux of the case is found in Nos. 2, 3 and 4.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022
• But the real action, the crux of things, is there in the database.
  — Paul Ford, Wired, 18 Aug. 2020
• The space between those statements is the crux of this fact-check.
  — Politifact, AL.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• But money could still be at the crux of the problem for TCU.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 29 May 2018
• Oh my goodness, this is the core of the problem, at its crux.
  — James Taranto, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2018
• Each of these questions is at the crux of a case the Supreme Court will hear in the coming weeks.
  — Tessa Berenson, Time, 26 Feb. 2018
• The crux of the case was when exactly Parks pulled the trigger.
  — Bree Burkitt, azcentral, 10 July 2019
• This is, to me, the crux of the issue over soccer’s future.
  — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
• The crux of the issue in the Arctic is the receding sea ice there.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2018
• Proving this would be the crux of any legal case against the Trump team.
  — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2017
• That law has to be reversed; that’s the crux of the entire problem.
  — Jen Kirby, Daily Intelligencer, 15 Sep. 2017
• And here, to me, is the crux of the matter: What is the role of technology in medicine?
  — Ethan J. Weiss, STAT, 21 Feb. 2020
• At the crux of the Cooper Spur dispute is the zoning around the inn and restaurant.
  — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 4 May 2018
• Finding the correct route along the crest of the Lost River Range was the crux of the planning stage.
  — Tom Lopez, idahostatesman, 23 Oct. 2017
• But pleasing them isn’t at the crux of her push to conserve more.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
• What does that tell you about what's really at the crux of this?
  — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2021
• The price is the crux of the matter and the main subject of controversy.
  — Fox News, 21 May 2020
• That’s the philosophical crux at the center of the movie Hit Man, now playing in select theaters and streaming on Netflix June 7.
  — Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com, 7 June 2024
• Of course, the biggest challenge for any startup is gaining traction, and this challenge is even more pointed in a blockchain scenario, where network effects are the very crux of success.
  — Nimrod Lehavi, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Mar 2025