crosscut

Example Sentences

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“I don’t like the crosscut, because you’re relying on someone else.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

One day, her four-person crew hiked three miles into the woods toting a crosscut saw.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2021

Throughout this thing, Thompson is dropping explanatory information and montages that are crosscut with more information.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2021

“My father worked all day cutting wood with a crosscut saw,” Guy told me.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

Pulling her end of a crosscut saw, and swinging the heavy blade of a double-bitted ax, she helped Papa clear the land.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls