How to Use crossroad in a Sentence

crossroad

noun

• Traffic was stopped at the crossroad.
• We turned onto a crossroad.
• Image Five years ago the Gibbs were at a crossroads in their careers.
  — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 28 May 2018
• If life is measured by change, Marisela, now 18, is nearing a crossroads.
  — Mark Davis, ajc, 8 June 2018
• Eight years ago, Marzuq Umar Robert Muhammad was at a crossroads in his life.
  — Meghan E. Irons, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2018
• Guler’s comments indicate that the Turkish Air Force is at a crossroads.
  — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
• But now, the younger Murdoch is facing a crossroads — just like the media company controlled by his family.
  — Meg James, latimes.com, 30 May 2018
• Philip and Elizabeth’s neighbor Stan Beeman finds himself at a crossroads now too.
  — Sasha Senderovich, The New Republic, 29 May 2018
• New graduates often get caught in the crossroads of applying for jobs, while employers seek experience.
  — Kimberly Thompson, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
• How did a 25-year-old whose career faced a crossroads in the fall become a crucial cog for a team one victory away from the Stanley Cup?
  — Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
• But as Jones nears free agency and a crossroads of his career on several fronts, his play in center field will become more and more of a factor in his evaluation.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 6 June 2018
• With an incoming Trump government in 2025, Europe once again stands at a crossroads.
  — Alex Wood Morton, Fortune Europe, 28 Nov. 2024
• And like maneuvering the trade deadline, another event in this 2018 campaign that will bring the Royals to a crossroads.
  — Maria Torres, kansascity, 7 June 2018
• That has become increasingly urgent amid expert warnings that the fight against climate change is at a crossroads moment, as the scale of global warming intensifies.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
• Seventeen years after 9/11, as veterans who fought in Afghanistan watch their grown children deploy to fight the same war, Congress is at a crossroads.
  — Elizabeth Goitein, Fortune, 4 June 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Rafah is an old crossroads, known to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans.
  — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024