cross paths

phrase

: to meet especially by chance

crossed paths with an old friend on a business trip

Examples of cross paths in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Orr and Hanna first crossed paths as opponents in a Kansas high school all-star game, long before either landed at Washburn. — Latif Love july 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026

The news was met with an outpouring of love from the Broadway community, with swaths of stars who worked alongside Grisetti, crossed paths with him or merely witnessed him on stage mourning the loss. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

The second season, which premiered earlier this month, picks up after the cliffhanger that saw members of the X-Men team scattered across time to cross paths with different versions of the powerful supervillain Apocalypse. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Since Promised Land, Damon and Krasinski — PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2007 and 2024, respectively — have crossed paths professionally again. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026

Rhymes for cross paths

• footpaths
• baths
• laths
• maths
• osteopaths
• psychopaths