How to Use get across in a Sentence

get across

verb
  • That’s the kind of drive to help a team get across the line.
    Grant Wahl, SI.com, 10 June 2019
  • The deeper the edge, the stronger the lean, and the more speed and flow the skater will get across the ice.
    Maura Sullivan Hill, Cosmopolitan, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The odds of getting across to the U.S. no longer seem promising.
    Dallas News, 29 June 2019
  • Most of the West still remained no more than a place to get across.
    Johnforristerross, Longreads, 2 July 2018
  • On final drive, goal was to get across the 35-yard line.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Works hard to get across his man’s face in the running game.
    USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Even if the message doesn’t get across, none of that stuff will go to waste.
    Molly Quell, Popular Science, 6 Jan. 2020
  • At 94, the Louisville native still hasn't stopped trying to get across the ocean.
    Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Woody seems a pretty great choice to get across that sort of vibe.
    Jeff Vrabel, Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Well, both parties have to want to get across the finish line.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021
  • That means two years of using 16th or 38th streets to get across the river.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2022
  • Find your groove leading up to the Queensboro Bridge and then get across it as well.
    Greg McMillan, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2019
  • When guardrails went up on the highway, the bears struggled to get across, so Kay taught them to jump over.
    Brandon Sneed, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2016
  • But drivers didn’t have to have a cool vintage car to get across.
    Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Now, Russians opposed to the war can’t get across the U.S. border.
    Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2022
  • There are thousands who’ve parked to the east, and there’s a chance for the swift and alert to get across before the rest of the convoy gets there.
    al, 28 Feb. 2022
  • In the end, Federer just couldn’t quite get across the finish line.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 14 July 2019
  • That's why the amendment never got across the finish line.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • That's why the amendment never got across the finish line.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • This creates a moat that grass roots will struggle to get across.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
  • The only way to get across the street to the playground is to pick up my wheelchair and carry it over the ridge of slush at the edge of the road.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2024
  • His goal is to get across the country to the American embassy to try and clear his name.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 5 Aug. 2021
  • His task force is out on the streets, and there’s a curfew in effect at 8PM to make sure the message gets across.
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
  • His days are longer than back home with an hour-long bus ride needed to get across town to and from school.
    Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Thousands of people showed up at the Berlin Wall, trying to get across.
    Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Before the squadron even got across the Atlantic Ocean, though, typhus hit.
    Carl Hoffman, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
  • There are two paths that could allow beachgoers to get across Levy’s property.
    Calmatters, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Terribly unsafe for anyone to get across.
    Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • There are two paths that could allow beachgoers to get across Levy’s property.
    Calmatters, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
  • For getting up the hill and getting across the flatter sections.
    Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2026

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