How to Use crossing in a Sentence

crossing

noun

• Stop at the railroad crossing.
• 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
• 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
• In recent days, the U.S. has seen a sharp increase in crossings along the southern borders.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 25 Sep. 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
• 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
• 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
• The military declined to specify the location of the crossing or the number of aid trucks.
  — Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
• The app was intended to reduce the number of crossings between ports of entry.
  — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2023
• However, bombs dropped near the Rafah border crossing had forced the passage closed and left the area on the Gaza side of the border in disarray, Okal said.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Israel promised last week to open an additional crossing for aid to the northern Gaza Strip, and Sunday pulled most of its troops from the south.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
• No specific reason was provided as to why the other 12 trucks didn’t make it through the Rafah crossing.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
• As Israeli troops aim to take control of the Gaza-Egypt border crossing, officials in Cairo warn that the move would undermine the 1979 peace treaty.
  — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
• More than 2,500 died attempting the crossing this year, according to the United Nations.
  — Alessandro Clemente, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
• Before the war, some 500 trucks with essential supplies came into Gaza every day, many from Egypt via the Rafah crossing.
  — Jeremy White, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• The village said detour signs would be in place, and will guide eastbound and westbound motorists around the crossing, by using such streets as Caldwell and Devon.
  — Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2023
• The sole remaining crossing from Egypt was shut down Tuesday after airstrikes hit nearby.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2023
• Their destination was the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
  — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• The Jacumba Hot Springs area has become a major crossing point for migrants — many of them seeking asylum — in recent months.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2023
• One of the biggest flashpoints between the two leaders is the fate of the Rafah, located on Gaza's 7.5-mile border with Egypt − which is the only crossing that isn't controlled by Israel.
  — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024