How to Use crosstown in a Sentence

crosstown

adjective
  • We rode a crosstown bus.
  • The two schools were crosstown rivals in baseball.
  • There will be no secrets when the crosstown rivals play round four with all to play for.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2022
  • His classmates from the bullies of the crosstown rival school.
    — Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
  • New York wants to keep him in pinstripes – and away from the crosstown Mets.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Does the new pontiff root for the Cubs or the crosstown White Sox?
    — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • But there are few crosstown matchups in the Houston area as intriguing.
    — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2019
  • So who will advance to the state semifinals in this crosstown battle?
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2017
  • This time, Allen topped her crosstown rival by more than 17 seconds.
    — Steve Millar, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2020
  • From the crosstown coincidences to the closing-soon, here are our top picks.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
  • But there are more variables with the Bruins than, say, their crosstown rivals.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • These games were compelling and made a case for the crosstown teams playing six times a year every season.
    — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The crosstown rivalry game went back and forth, with each team building a lead as large as 11 points.
    — oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Even her crosstown rival high school’s track coaches went to watch her at the 2016 trials.
    — oregonlive, 16 July 2021
  • But later learned the new pope's allegiance is with the crosstown rival White Sox.
    — Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
  • The Lakers then chased Kawhi Leonard, who spurned them for the crosstown Clippers.
    — Ben Golliver, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2019
  • Rounding out the top five are crosstown rivals Xavier and Cincinnati, with each getting one first.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Craig Kimbrel, who was acquired at the trade deadline from the crosstown Cubs, has struggled.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Over the next 10 years this is the best chance for Chicago to have a crosstown World Series.
    — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • For much of the bitter crosstown rivalry, the Galaxy have been closer to the bottom of the table than the top.
    — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
  • For much of the bitter crosstown rivalry, the Galaxy have been closer to the bottom of the standings than the top.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
  • The Patriots won 26-19 last season to snap a four-year skid to their crosstown rival.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Jiménez, who throws and bats right-handed, was acquired in a July 2017 trade with the crosstown Cubs.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 26 Mar. 2021
  • East lost to crosstown rival Columbus North 34-17 in the second game of the season.
    — Kenzie Winstead, The Courier-Journal, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The last time these crosstown rivals played, the Mets won two games at Citi Field on June 25 and 26.
    — Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
  • The Lakers will take on the crosstown rival Clippers in one of the two opening night fixtures on Tuesday.
    — Calum Trenaman, CNN, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Berra joined the crosstown Mets as a coach for 1965 and wound up making four appearances as a catcher early in the year.
    — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Located by Second Avenue, close to the Q train and a few blocks from the M66 crosstown bus.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 May 2025
  • The charismatic mayor has endorsed progressive allies in three deep-blue districts, while a fourth is shaping up as a crosstown Manhattan battle for one of the highest-profile districts in the nation.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 June 2026
  • The New York Yankees and New York Mets are crosstown rivals, and the rivalry got a new twist when Juan Soto left the Bronx for Queens last winter.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025

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