How to Use crossroad in a Sentence

crossroad

noun
  • Traffic was stopped at the crossroad.
  • We turned onto a crossroad.
  • And the streets around the bustling crossroads of 14th and U were alive with celebrities.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The Swahili coast of East Africa is home to a crossroads culture.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2018
  • Ivy Ross feels at home at the crossroads of art and design.
    — Betsy Blumenthal, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2023
  • The crossroads comes mainly in the form of Marek Hamsik and Dries Mertens.
    — Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
  • Play hard and have fun.’’ High school marks the crossroads of this dilemma.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 13 June 2019
  • Campbell said the deputies were at a crossroads at this point.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 24 July 2024
  • The Bond franchise was at a crossroads even before the deal.
    — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • There’s still a lot of time left in the season, but with just more than half the year’s games in the books, the Union are at a bit of a crossroads.
    — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 22 June 2018
  • In the autumn of 2022, Nilüfer Yanya found herself at a crossroads.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
  • That crossroad came for Zwack two years ago as a sophomore at Xavier.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 16 July 2021
  • Image Five years ago the Gibbs were at a crossroads in their careers.
    — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 28 May 2018
  • Eight years ago, Marzuq Umar Robert Muhammad was at a crossroads in his life.
    — Meghan E. Irons, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2018
  • The library has the potential to be the crossroads the neighborhood lacks.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Youssouf, who’s been in Spain for 14 years, calls Lepe a carrefour, a crossroads.
    — Cynthia Gorney, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
  • By April of 1967, public opinion about the Vietnam War had come to a crossroads.
    — Gregory Krieg, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
  • At the outset of the musical, Barrie is at a crossroads in his life.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • But in future, the way to look at a South Korean crossroads may be down.
    — The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • Easy: fans see the first (of many) rash deals to trade one life for another, thanks to a crossroads demon.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 31 July 2019
  • At a crossroads, the company went all-in on a product that at the time was just a small part of its business.
    — jsonline.com, 7 Jan. 2020
  • At the crossroad of the not-so-distant past and the immediate present lies a question.
    — Dallas News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Then slam on the brakes and make a 16-point turn right there rather than, say, continuing to the next side street or crossroad.
    — Car and Driver, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Yet, like videogames itself, the conference seems to be at a crossroads.
    — Julie Muncy, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Rafah is an old crossroads, known to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans.
    — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The beloved institution is at a crossroads in more ways than one.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The crossroads had long been a stop where truckers filled their fuel tanks and their bellies.
    — Markian Hawryluk, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • As the Clippers prepare to start the season, they are regarded as a team at the crossroads.
    — latimes.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Rome has always been a crossroads, drawing people from all over the world.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 4 Mar. 2025
  • America is at a crossroads and what happens in the next four years could alter the path of our country forever.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025

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