crisscross
Example Sentences
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The broader region is crisscrossed by active fault lines created as the African Plate presses northeastward against the Hellenic Plate.
From Science Daily
For hours, she crisscrossed the city looking for a stocked supermarket.
The tracks of animals that had hunted for food in the night crisscrossed their path, but the animals themselves were not to be seen.
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Toppled trees crisscrossed the earth like spilled toothpicks.
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But soon enough, a dozen or more hunting trails crisscross the main path, and it’s less clear where to go.
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