crossways

Example Sentences

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Villaraigosa, a former labor leader who’s gotten crossways with teacher unions among other party mainstays, professed not to care.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

Mr. Pieters said he first got crossways with the agency after a lawyer complained about his Twitter posts to his supervisors.

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2023

“Now the only time we get crossways with beaver is if they start building dams in our irrigation ditches,” Mr. Smith said.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022

In other words, it’s certainly possible, although the DOJ spokesman denies it, that yet again Barr has gotten crossways with his own department over religious liberty.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2020

It was a struggle to set the trap: to prop up a flat rock on a stick, then slot in another stick crossways to act as a trigger.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver