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
• At the crux of that mission was an effort to raise $1 million in one month for the Harris campaign.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 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
• That pipeline of town-to-country is the crux of the Pendry Natirar experience.
  — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 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
• Viewers only catch glimpses of it, however, as the crux of this story line is set in the present, when all three siblings are struggling through the newfound adulthood of their 20s.
  — Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024