across
[əˈkrɔːs]
Definition:
1. From one side to the other side.
2. To the opposite side.
3. Written from side to side.
'across' example sentence:
- The bridge was destroyed so we couldn't get across the river.
- Clouds drifted across the sky.
- There's a way across the fields.
- The train was delayed because a tree had fallen across the line.
- She walked confidently across the hall.
- A shadow fell across her face.
- We squelched across the muddy field.
- He offered to ferry us across the river in his boat.
- It's too tight across the back.
- A meteorite streaked across the sky.
- The boys swam across the lake.
- She's not very good at putting her views across.
- The general had to get his troops across the river.
- I walked across Scotland with a friend.
- We shall hear views from across the political spectrum.
- When my name was called, he looked across at me.
- Where's the nearest bridge across the river?
- I could hear his pen scraping across the paper.
- We walked across the springy grass.
- He moved languidly across the room.
- I crunched across the gravel.
- The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room.
- We strode across the snowy fields.
- He squelched across the turf.
- He walked across the field.
- She took her arm and guided her across the busy road.
- We hired a local guide to get us across the mountains.
- Jo galloped across the field towards him.
- A smile flitted across his face.
- We want to cut across lines of race, sex and religion.
- She pirouetted across the stage.
- He stepped across the threshold.
- Water began to spread across the floor.
- A plane shot across the sky.
- They went on a long train journey across India.
- A train trundled across the bridge.
- He used striking visuals to get his point across.
- We left the road and struck off across the fields.
- The old man hobbled across the road.
- The bank is just across the street.
- Ingrid darted across the deserted street.
- There's a bank right across the street.
- Children from the flats across the street were playing outside.
- The lights changed to red before I could get across.
- A grin spread across her face.
- They fled across the border.
- She wheeled her bicycle across the road.
- Draw a thick black line across the page.
- This view is common across all sections of the community.
- Moira shuffled across the kitchen.
- There's a school just across from our house.
- The industry needs more investment across the board.
- Her family is scattered across the country.
- They tried to ensure uniformity across the different departments.
- The map shows the distribution of this species across the world.
- Growth has not been uniform across the country.
- Incidence of the disease is fairly evenly spread across Europe.
- He had thumbed all across Europe.
- She moved sharply across the room to block his exit.