crossways

Example Sentences

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Again he was carried downstream and again made crossways progress, stroking and kicking with power.

From Literature

Mr. Pieters said he first got crossways with the agency after a lawyer complained about his Twitter posts to his supervisors.

From Washington Times

“Now the only time we get crossways with beaver is if they start building dams in our irrigation ditches,” Mr. Smith said.

From New York Times

He marked the shocks with a bundle of straw laid crossways on top so the workers could easily find them.

From Literature

Modly told me he feared that Spencer, his predecessor, “lost his job because the Navy Department got crossways with the president” in the Gallagher case.

From Washington Post