CROSS in a Sentence

Learn CROSS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
285 example sentences for CROSS, such as:
1. Well, the cross was heavier now.
2. The devil lurks behind the cross.
3. Henry was her cross and she must bear him.
4. Hold to my hand while we cross the street.
5. Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CROSS
cross
 n.  a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
 v.  breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He saw a scarcely perceptible tremor cross her face, and without knowing what he did he stooped his head and kissed the bit of stuff in his hold.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  They would cross that bridge when they came to it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  Henry was her cross and she must bear him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  She was seldom seen on Peachtree Street or in any nice neighborhood, but when she did appear respectable women made haste to cross the street to remove themselves from her vicinity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  An dey driv dey cannons an waggins cross de cotton till it plum ruint, cept a few acres over on de creek bottom dat dey din notice.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
6  Now, Yankees and a cross voice were linked forever in his mind and he was afraid of his mother.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  Atlanta, like all Southern towns, had its share of dowagers whom no one cared to cross.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
8  She heard him cross the floor of the hall to the children's play room and open the door.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
9  "Oh, all right," he said with a laugh one morning and moved the narrow white cross bar higher.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
10  Well, the cross was heavier now.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
11  "I'm sorry I was cross," she said, speaking with difficulty.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXII
12  It's just that I--I'm sorry I was cross, Auntie.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXII
13  He took another cross street, and without breasting the throng on the Promenade, made his way to the fashionable club which overlooks that thoroughfare.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 1
14  She trailed down the street on one side, back on the other, glancing into the cross streets.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
15  Even in town the roads were a furrowed welter of mud, hideous to view and difficult to cross.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
Example Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
1  Let us cross over the river and sit in the hade of the trees.
2  Put a cross beside the name of the candidate you wish to vote for.
3  Sign your name on the form where I've put a cross.
4  The devil lurks behind the cross.
5  Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.
6  The reader is cross - referenced to the entry " center ".
7  The sun goes to cross the Western sea, leaving its last salutation to the East.
8  Evidence is given on oath and witnesses are subject to cross - examination.
9  Hold to my hand while we cross the street.
10  He was cross at first, but later he relented.
11  People dramatically cross very thin line between life and death.
12  Literary studies have been cross - fertilized by new ideas in linguistics.
13  The children must cross the road only with a teacher or parent.
14  The cross - references refer you to information in other parts of the dictionary.
15  Hand symbols in the main body of the text cross - refer the reader to the appendices.