How to Use the crux in a Sentence

the crux

noun

• And therein lies the crux, and the tension of the show.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• That is the crux of the U.S. embassy's warning, as well.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2024
• That’s, that’s also the crux here, is that that goes on the ballot.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 20 July 2023
• The haunting portrait with a life of its own is at the crux of the novel, for starters.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
• Powers is getting at the crux of who this movie is for.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 23 June 2023
• Here was the crux of the problem, the point of non-intersection.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2024
• But, according to the author, the crux of the novel isn’t about Paulie’s roots at all.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
• This was the crux of his teachings: that the Divine is everywhere.
  — Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
• At the crux of this issue are the streaming services themselves.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 14 July 2023
• The secret proceedings yielded much of the evidence at the crux of the case.
  — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
• In a sense, Huffman’s plan got at the crux of Reddit’s value to the internet.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
• The new reigning theory of the atom, proposed by Niels Bohr, lived at the crux of the argument.
  — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
• That’s the crux of the brewing conflict between politics and art in the country.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024
• Then there is the example of that CDC panel from 2020, which also comes up twice and forms the crux of one of Mounk’s chapters.
  — Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
• This brings me to the crux of this whole thing: a child’s dolls are only one part of their childhood experience.
  — Arianna Bradford, Parents, 28 Aug. 2023
• Odd jobs such as truck driving, bagging groceries, and beyond ensued for Howard as the band built the crux of their artistry.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 31 Jan. 2024
• Whether the same can be said about Blake Snell will be determined by his performance in the second half, which brings us to the crux of the issue.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
• To me, this distinction is at the crux of understanding true self-care.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 13 Nov. 2023
• In many states, the crux of the issue boils down to one word: navigability.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2024
• That’s the crux of the latest installment for CoComelon.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
• That notion would become her modus operandi and the crux of her subsequent start-ups.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2023
• Such structural issues undermine the material that’s meant to be the crux of the show.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2023
• At the crux of the lawsuits are two cop gangs alleged to control the Pasadena Police Department.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
• In other words, the crux of the problem with health insurers isn’t profit-seeking.
  — John Whyte, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2023
• This is the crux of our film, which is embodied by our protagonist.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
• Tunnel looks have been the crux of the men’s fashion conversation for roughly five years.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 June 2024
• Biggest dummy: Full disclosure, the crux of this column came from my own shame.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 17 Sep. 2023
• That is the crux of the CBAM—making sure that the carbon in high-emission products is priced at the same rate, no matter where those products are produced.
  — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
• This is the crux of the film, which follows the making of both her album and its accompanying visual film.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
• Here’s the crux of this situation: The original poster is enrolled in both PreCheck and Clear, while their partner of four years is not.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2023

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024