How to Use crossroad in a Sentence

crossroad

noun
  • Traffic was stopped at the crossroad.
  • We turned onto a crossroad.
  • Ngo was at the same crossroads.
    — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
  • Lesotho is now at a crossroads.
    — Majirata Latela, The Dial, 13 Jan. 2026
  • This is a crossroads, not a dead end.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Not at all, and that puts the event at a bit of a crossroads.
    — Robert Niles, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Now the Sky have reached a crossroad.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • For now, Japan stands at a crossroads.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
  • But Oluwaseyi’s move was the crossroads.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Campbell said the deputies were at a crossroads at this point.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 24 July 2024
  • Scott was at a career crossroads.
    — Mike Kaye january 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The rapid rise of AI has put us at many crossroads.
    — Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • This leaves the Rangers at a massive crossroads.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Who met the Devil at the crossroads?
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Maryland stands at a crossroads.
    — Steve Hershey, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026
  • At the crossroads the right thing can look like the wrong thing and the wrong thing can look like the right thing.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • Johnson was at a crossroads in his young career.
    — Mirin Fader, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The 34-year-old now finds himself at a crossroads.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • The timing couldn’t have been better; my life was at a crossroads.
    — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Healthcare payers are at the same crossroads providers faced years ago.
    — Jay Deady, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Aaron Jackson was at a crossroads.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The 12-round bout shapes up as a crossroads fight for both boxers.
    — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The global food system is at a crossroads.
    — Lucy Hurst, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The smart home industry sits at a crossroads.
    — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • The civil rights movement was at a crossroads.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Klauss joins a team at an important crossroads.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • This feels like a club at a crossroads and the fear will be that success is not built upon.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Turkey now stands at a historic crossroads.
    — Alpaslan Ozerdem, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But his tenure in Toronto may be at a crossroads.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The beloved institution is at a crossroads in more ways than one.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023

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