How to Use crosshair in a Sentence

crosshair

noun

• And hangers have been caught in trade's crosshairs before.
  — Jessica Meyers, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• Hitting the breaks when there's a friendly in the crosshairs isn't so easy.
  — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• Michael Saponara: Is this bait to get in the Swifty crosshairs?
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 23 July 2024
• If things fall through with the top three centers, Corbett will be in the Bengals’ crosshairs.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• Next in the government’s crosshairs could be Comcast-NBC.
  — Elizabeth Winkler, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2018
• Verizon isn’t the first internet service provider to get caught in the labels’ crosshairs in the past several years.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
• The repeat offender focus in the report would seem to put a few of the programs beyond Louisville in the crosshairs, too.
  — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 25 Apr. 2018
• To look at him is to find oneself in the crosshairs, a chilling reflection of today’s polarized debates around gun control.
  — Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• As a result, Merlino — who rose to fame as a rail-thin, slick-haired loudmouth — has been in prosecutors’ crosshairs for most of his adult life.
  — Chris Palmer, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The athletic footwear and apparel industry was in the commission's crosshairs from the beginning.
  — Jeff Manning, OregonLive.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The pin is identified with Leupold’s distinctive letter L inside a rifle scope’s crosshair.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2024
• Fairstein, as she is portrayed in the film, was in the crosshairs.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 8 July 2019
• The crosshairs of the picture show the location of the black hole.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2019
• So Liz, and therefore Agnes, are sort of in the crosshairs.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2019
• Turn the scope to line the crosshairs up with the vertical line.
  — Field & Stream, 12 Sep. 2019
• The crosshair can be set to dot or cross shapes, in green, red, or white.
  — PCMAG, 1 Mar. 2023
• Afghanistan, Iraq and then Libya fell into the crosshairs.
  — Thomas Grove, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019
• Burgers and hash browns were ready to serve in 10 of the 11 stores caught in Michael’s crosshairs.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• Afghan forces have been in the crosshairs of the Taliban despite the peace accord that the U.S. signed with the group.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 15 May 2020
• Soleimani has long been in the crosshairs of U.S. military.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2020
• Their ailments and age put them in the crosshairs of the coronavirus.
  — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2020
• Elway has been in the fans’ crosshairs over the last few days following the 0-3 start.
  — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2019
• Their strength in Iowa put them in the crosshairs of rivals as the race shifted to New Hampshire.
  — Steve Peoples, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2020
• The prospect of playing games without fans would put athletes in the crosshairs of the disease.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 15 May 2020
• And as is usually the case, the big-money quarterback is the one in the crosshairs ahead of all that.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 27 June 2019
• Dele Alli in particular was in the crosshairs for his start to the game.
  — SI.com, 7 July 2018
• That film is also set to junket on July 7-8, putting it in the strike’s crosshairs.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 13 June 2023
• This puts small businesses right in the crosshair of hackers.
  — Serge Beck, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• The 45-year-old helmer talked about the challenges of his film getting caught in the culture-war crosshairs and whether a sequel is in the cards.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 14 Aug. 2023
• The image appeared to show a gun sight's crosshairs next to a photo of Jackson's face.
  — Author: Ann E. Marimow, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 20 Sep 2024