How to Use crossbeam in a Sentence

crossbeam

noun
  • The 2 x 6 crossbeams are notched to fit over the support beams.
    Rick Peters, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2016
  • When the movie opens, the pillars and crossbeams of the USSR’s police state are still in place, but the foundation is showing cracks.
    Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • Mark the narrow side of each leg 18 inches from the bottom, line up the crossbeam with the marks, and fasten it with one screw on each side.
    Robert and Marigold Moritz, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2021
  • Drive each decking screw at an angle through the rafter face into the top center of each crossbeam.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2020
  • March.’ Thirteen ropes dangled from the crossbeam of the scaffold, a chair in front of ever rope, six on one side, seven on the other.
    Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2017
  • In his bedroom, a metal crossbeam was bolted into the ceiling; a hook fastened to the beam could slide from side to side.
    New York Times, 21 July 2021
  • Some were dragged through the streets with ropes around their necks and hanged from a wooden awning over a sidewalk, a covered wagon or the crossbeam of a corral gate.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Twenty-year-old Nevan Carling pulled himself on to a crossbeam.
    Shawn McCreesh, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The magnesium crossbeam running across the instrument panel is more than a modern styling touch; it’s part of the structure of the vehicle.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2020
  • On the other: their 3,000-square-foot home, also with a cathedral ceiling, massive crossbeams and a sculptural wood staircase to the loft bedroom and balcony.
    Eric Adler and Aaron Randle, kansascity, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The first patent is for a removable roof structure that gets rid of the B-, C-, and D-pillars as well as roof rails and crossbeams, providing a true open-air experience.
    Mihir Maddireddy, Car and Driver, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The thick polypropylene tines are supported with a wide crossbeam, while each tine features a vertical ridge meant to provide an extra dimension of support.
    Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The kindergarten playground, weathered from decades of brutal winters, had turned hazardous; at times, sharp screws protruded from some of the equipment, and kids routinely got splinters from the wooden crossbeams.
    Becca Savransky, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2023

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