crisscross

Example Sentences

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Far in the back was a station that was made of crisscrossing beams, upon which were thin strips of meat being turned into jerky.

From Literature

Their destination was Dubai’s Port of Jebel Ali, a major trading hub, but the jets, missiles and rockets crisscrossing Middle Eastern skies had diverted one ship to the Netherlands and another to Algeria.

From Los Angeles Times

As we crisscrossed Europe again, the pace felt almost frenetic in comparison to those long, slow months in Belgrade.

From The Wall Street Journal

The streets were wide open, lined with telephone poles—their wires crisscrossing overhead—and narrow sidewalks sprouting fiddleneck weeds and yellow mustard.

From Literature

Stretching across the terrain for miles, the crisscrossing ridges hint that groundwater once flowed through this region of Mars later than scientists previously believed.

From Science Daily