crossroad

Example Sentences

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The 52-year-old's deteriorating condition meant that he reached a crossroad by his mid-40s.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

Stephan's Quintet represents "a galactic crossroad where past collisions between galaxies have left behind a complex field of debris," which has now been reawakened by the passage of the galaxy, NGC 7318b.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

After World War II, Cook purchased and moved a single-story mess hall with a walk-in cooler from a mothballed airfield near John Wayne Airport to this crossroad, the gateway to Trabuco Canyon.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2023

The street provides a crossroad between Georgia Avenue and University Boulevard, but residents contend that it is ill-suited for the amount of traffic it thereby gets.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2023

There’s not much here, a crossroad, woodland, and an abandoned church that looks like it’s ready to fall down.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George