How to Use crosstown in a Sentence

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• We rode a crosstown bus.
• The two schools were crosstown rivals in baseball.
• That game will be followed by a Serie A encounter with crosstown rivals Torino, with local pride and another three points up for grabs.
  — Adam Digby, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
• New York wants to keep him in pinstripes – and away from the crosstown Mets.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
• Over the next 10 years this is the best chance for Chicago to have a crosstown World Series.
  — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• The last time these crosstown rivals played, the Mets won two games at Citi Field on June 25 and 26.
  — Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
• The Lakers then chased Kawhi Leonard, who spurned them for the crosstown Clippers.
  — Ben Golliver, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2019
• His classmates from the bullies of the crosstown rival school.
  — Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
• There will be no secrets when the crosstown rivals play round four with all to play for.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2022
• East lost to crosstown rival Columbus North 34-17 in the second game of the season.
  — Kenzie Winstead, The Courier-Journal, 3 Nov. 2017
• Jiménez, who throws and bats right-handed, was acquired in a July 2017 trade with the crosstown Cubs.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 26 Mar. 2021
• But there are few crosstown matchups in the Houston area as intriguing.
  — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2019
• The crosstown rivalry game went back and forth, with each team building a lead as large as 11 points.
  — oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2022
• Even her crosstown rival high school’s track coaches went to watch her at the 2016 trials.
  — oregonlive, 16 July 2021
• For much of the bitter crosstown rivalry, the Galaxy have been closer to the bottom of the table than the top.
  — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
• For much of the bitter crosstown rivalry, the Galaxy have been closer to the bottom of the standings than the top.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
• But there are more variables with the Bruins than, say, their crosstown rivals.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• This time, Allen topped her crosstown rival by more than 17 seconds.
  — Steve Millar, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2020
• The Patriots won 26-19 last season to snap a four-year skid to their crosstown rival.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 8 Sep. 2023
• Craig Kimbrel, who was acquired at the trade deadline from the crosstown Cubs, has struggled.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2021
• These games were compelling and made a case for the crosstown teams playing six times a year every season.
  — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
• So who will advance to the state semifinals in this crosstown battle?
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2017
• Berra joined the crosstown Mets as a coach for 1965 and wound up making four appearances as a catcher early in the year.
  — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2020
• Rounding out the top five are crosstown rivals Xavier and Cincinnati, with each getting one first.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2018
• The Lakers will take on the crosstown rival Clippers in one of the two opening night fixtures on Tuesday.
  — Calum Trenaman, CNN, 22 Dec. 2020
• The Broncos tuned up for its crosstown rivalry game with Wellington with a 53-0 win over Olympic Heights.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• Hellinger is well aware that Oswego vs. Oswego East is always a big game on the schedule for the crosstown rivals.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
• That program has, for most of its existence, been left to chase its crosstown rival.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2022
• McKenzie Forbes added 18 points as the Trojans ended a nine-game skid against their crosstown rival.
  — Beth Harris, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
• While a lot has changed since the two teams were crosstown rivals — the Dodgers in Brooklyn and the Yankees in the Bronx, which remains their stomping grounds to this day — fans’ anticipation for a good rematch drums on.
  — Annette Choi, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024