crisscross
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She sat crisscross opposite Coal with the phone propped up on the coffee table, and, like Doc, did all the exercises with him.
From Literature
![]()
Experts have repeatedly called for infrastructure upgrades, especially in the greater Athens area, which is surrounded by mountains and crisscrossed by hundreds of waterways, most of them covered to accommodate rampant urbanisation in recent decades.
From Barron's
Its gray skin was covered with blotches of green-and-brown algae, and scars from years of encounters with motorboats crisscrossed its back.
From Literature
![]()
We crisscrossed our paths as we circled the viewing cases, our eyes dancing over the gold and silver, the pearls and rubies and sapphires.
From Literature
![]()
Another user, @wesleybrennan87, posted a photo of two airplane contrails crisscrossing the sky through a break in the fog.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.