How to Use crosshair in a Sentence

crosshair

noun
  • Get this deal in your crosshairs, and just take your shot!
    — PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
  • His crosshairs were on the target.
    — David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The crosshair can be set to dot or cross shapes, in green, red, or white.
    — PCMAG, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Fairstein, as she is portrayed in the film, was in the crosshairs.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 8 July 2019
  • This was not the first time Swift got caught in the feud’s crosshairs.
    — Shannon Carlin, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Iran has long been in Graham's crosshairs.
    — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Turn the scope to line the crosshairs up with the vertical line.
    — Field & Stream, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But people should be afraid of her and of getting in her crosshairs.
    — EW.com, 18 July 2025
  • Hitting the breaks when there's a friendly in the crosshairs isn't so easy.
    — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Cheese is in the criminal crosshairs.
    — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 28 May 2026
  • The crosshairs of the picture show the location of the black hole.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2019
  • Their ailments and age put them in the crosshairs of the coronavirus.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2020
  • However, the British press soon had her in their crosshairs.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
  • This puts small businesses right in the crosshair of hackers.
    — Serge Beck, Forbes, 18 July 2022
  • The rifle’s crosshairs were steady on the heart/lung area just behind its shoulders.
    — John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Three elk walked past the crosshairs, one after another, but there was no sign of antlers.
    — Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
  • That’s eleven seconds in which the gunner must hold the crosshairs on an enemy tank.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The prospect of playing games without fans would put athletes in the crosshairs of the disease.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 15 May 2020
  • That puts us all in the crosshairs of 21st century media weapons.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Meta back in the antitrust crosshairs Meta can’t get the antitrust monkey off its back.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Elway has been in the fans’ crosshairs over the last few days following the 0-3 start.
    — Ryan O’Halloran, The Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Dele Alli in particular was in the crosshairs for his start to the game.
    — SI.com, 7 July 2018
  • Therefore, a sighting scope with crosshairs is a big help in finding objects in a telescope.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 15 Nov. 2025
  • One of the sin industries that may be in Labour’s crosshairs is the gambling sector.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Some new city data show that the pedestrians who seem to be most in the crosshairs are those age 60 and up.
    — Tony Bizjak, sacbee.com, 21 May 2017
  • And as is usually the case, the big-money quarterback is the one in the crosshairs ahead of all that.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 27 June 2019
  • The image appeared to show a gun sight's crosshairs next to a photo of Jackson's face.
    — Author: Ann E. Marimow, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The Silvers, too, might end up in his crosshairs if Mae isn't reelected.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
  • The head came up broadside, facing to Bill’s left, and Bill sought the bear’s ear with the crosshairs.
    — Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Burgers and hash browns were ready to serve in 10 of the 11 stores caught in Michael’s crosshairs.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2019

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