How to Use across from in a Sentence
across from
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Those very names now stand across from Lee.
—Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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His house sits across from what used to be a thick copse of woods.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 7 Mar. 2026
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His house is next to a field across from the airport.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
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His house sits next to a field across from the airport.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
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In the kitchenette across from our cell, there’s no gas.
—Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
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The crowd filled the concert venue and a grassy area across from the stage.
—Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
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Her father sat across from her, doing card tricks.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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The two’s lockers are across from each other.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
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One of the agents had never left the spot across from the courtroom.
—James Hill, ABC News, 2 June 2025
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Two smiling, warm managers sat across from me in a small chapel.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 July 2025
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James sits down across from another guy, some dude no one knows.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
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The box is open to the researcher, who sits across from the subject.
—Chip Colwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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The man took an empty seat next to me; the woman sat across from us.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
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Chemicals were stored next to food across from the cook’s line.
—Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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The women sat next to each other so their dates could sit across from them.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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And all of a sudden, this door opened like 25 feet across from me.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
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In the past, the field across from the park has been used for overflow parking.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
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Two young men are brought into the room and placed on the mattress across from us.
—Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
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Six men and one woman sit across from each other at two tables.
—Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
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With a location across from the beach, your kids may never want to leave.
—Tamara Gane, Chron, 9 Apr. 2023
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Just off the kitchen is a small guest bedroom that sits across from a full bath and a laundry room.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
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The twins would need to be squatting in the bushes in order to be across from me.
—Harry Hill, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023
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Dove fields can be crowded, and sometimes there will be shooters across from you.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
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There are boxes and boxes of records and artists hard at work on couches across from them.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
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Four roach traps had 40 roaches in a prep area room across from the cookline.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2024
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What union boss wouldn’t want to sit across from one of her own at the bargaining table?
—Matt Paprocki, National Review, 16 Apr. 2023
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After a few minutes Matty walked in and sat across from me.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
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Scrolling on TikTok across from a dining mate?
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
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One roach crawled near his dead buddy and three raised a reach-in cooler with food across from the cookline.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
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Paul Mescal charmed George Clooney as the two sat across from each other.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
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