How to Use crux in a Sentence

crux

noun

• But money could still be at the crux of the problem for TCU.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 29 May 2018
• The crux of the hunt for the first stars is looking for stars that have been gravitationally lensed.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2018
• Which brings us to the crux of the Mourinho debate - do the ends justify the means?
  — SI.com, 10 May 2018
• At the crux of the Cooper Spur dispute is the zoning around the inn and restaurant.
  — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 4 May 2018
• The crux of the drama is that, ironically, Lionel has nowhere to write a thinkpiece.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 4 May 2018
• After passing out the fetus models Rai gets to the crux of his lecture: why abortions are the same as killing a baby.
  — Rojita Adhikari, CNN, 8 June 2018
• The novel in its spaciousness allows world enough and time for epochs to evolve, but the short story must seize in its thimble, all at once, crisis and its crux.
  — Cynthia Ozick, New York Times, 14 May 2018
• That brings us to the crux of the problem and the larger problem with the state of the rebuild: There’s no one to replace Castillo with.
  — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 3 May 2018
• The crux of the court case is the interpretation of who has the right to Canadian citizenship.
  — Alan Freeman, Washington Post, 8 May 2018
• But the crux of this question is whether TPC Sawgrass should play like a major championship golf course.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 15 May 2018
• In San Francisco, workers will march in the crux of downtown during rush hour as an act of civil disobedience.
  — Nancy Trejos, USA TODAY, 26 June 2018
• For Chung, uncovering the nuances between human and robot interaction is at the crux of the residency.
  — Elizabeth Stinson, WIRED, 10 May 2018
• At the crux of the story is the team’s coach, Rick Prinz.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2021
• The crux of the matter is the moral status of the police.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 22 June 2021
• Keep your eye on the cars, that’s the crux of the entire matter.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
• This is the crux of how to stop lashing out in the moment.
  — Jelena Kecmanovic, CNN, 12 July 2022
• That’s the crux of why Chastain is so good in this role.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 19 Sep. 2021
• And those questions of who has the right to tell the story is at the crux of our show.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2022
• Such a frenzy can take away from the crux of the story.
  — Morgan Sung, NBC News, 15 July 2022
• To be able to take that, process it, and then move forward — that's the whole crux of it.
  — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• The crux of the case centered on whether the baby had been born alive or not.
  — Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 4 Nov. 2020
• In particular, the crux of the case is found in Nos. 2, 3 and 4.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022
• But the real action, the crux of things, is there in the database.
  — Paul Ford, Wired, 18 Aug. 2020
• The crux of the case was when exactly Parks pulled the trigger.
  — Bree Burkitt, azcentral, 10 July 2019
• This is, to me, the crux of the issue over soccer’s future.
  — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
• And here, to me, is the crux of the matter: What is the role of technology in medicine?
  — Ethan J. Weiss, STAT, 21 Feb. 2020
• But pleasing them isn’t at the crux of her push to conserve more.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
• What does that tell you about what's really at the crux of this?
  — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2021
• Fagen has previously canceled concerts due to illness and is the sole crux of Steely Dan following the death of Walter Becker in 2017 — with a virtuosic group of musicians and singers backing him every night.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2023
• The thematic chart-topper becomes the narrative crux heavily featured throughout the 10-episode musical miniseries.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024