CROSSING in a Sentence
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285 example sentences for CROSSING, such as:
1. The men were crossing themselves.
2. Be careful crossing that main road.
3. Don't swap horses when crossing a stream.
4. The next crossing point is a long way downstream.
5. The field trip involved crossing a raging torrent.
2. Be careful crossing that main road.
3. Don't swap horses when crossing a stream.
4. The next crossing point is a long way downstream.
5. The field trip involved crossing a raging torrent.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CROSSING
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crossing
n. traveling across
n. a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 After crossing himself, according to the Russian custom, Chichikov set about carrying out his enterprise.
2 He lit it and, distracted by observing those around him, began crossing himself with the hand that held the taper.
3 Then came the distant report of a shot, and our troops could be seen hurrying to the crossing.
4 The men were crossing themselves.
5 The spy reported that the French, after crossing the bridge at Vienna, were advancing in immense force upon Kutuzov's line of communication with the troops that were arriving from Russia.
6 The Austrians let themselves be tricked at the crossing of the Vienna bridge, you are letting yourself be tricked by an aide-de-camp of the Emperor.
7 As she was crossing the anteroom she saw through the window a carriage with lanterns, standing at the entrance.
8 So energetically do we pursue this aim that after crossing an unfordable river we burn the bridges to separate ourselves from our enemy, who at the moment is not Bonaparte but Buxhowden.
9 "Those who pass the examinations, I suppose," replied Kochubey, crossing his legs and glancing round.
10 She pointed to a lady who was crossing the room followed by a very plain daughter.
11 Thanks to the delay caused by this crossing of the wolf's path, the old dog with its felted hair hanging from its thigh was within five paces of it.
12 After taking a turn along the Podnovinski Boulevard, Balaga began to rein in, and turning back drew up at the crossing of the old Konyusheny Street.
13 Next day, overtaking the army, he went in a carriage to the Niemen, and, changing into a Polish uniform, he drove to the riverbank in order to select a place for the crossing.
14 The peasant drivers, shouting and lashing their horses, kept crossing from side to side.
15 This soldier was looking at the cathedral and crossing himself.
Example Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
1 The field trip involved crossing a raging torrent.
2 Start crossing when the green WALK sign starts to flash.
3 Don't swap horses when crossing a stream.
4 She is the first woman who navigates a sail crossing the English Channel.
5 A young girl and her little brother were seriously hurt when a car ploughed into them on a crossing.
6 A passenger train smashed into a truck on a level crossing.
7 Be careful crossing that main road.
8 The next crossing point is a long way downstream.
9 In a series of spot checks, police searched buses crossing the border.
10 The child was killed when a car failed to stop at the crossing.
11 "Now," said he, "as long as he is on your side you can stir him up and I'll let him alone; but if you let him get away and get on my side, you're to leave him alone as long as I can keep him from crossing over."
12 The police officers got out of their car and proceeded to frisk a young man that happened to be crossing the street.
13 If my memory serves me correctly, the Santa Teresa crossing is about 15 miles west of from the junction.
14 Before the enemy's attack he crossed the river and alarmed the unarmed villagers.
15 I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me.