How to Use cruciform in a Sentence

cruciform

adjective
  • In spring, clouds of cruciform blossoms of white, pink, or red (yes, red) adorn leafless branches.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The site features crosses of increasing sizes with a cruciform pit containing precious ritual artifacts at its center.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In a recent dig at Aguada Fénix, archaeologists uncovered a cruciform pit.
    — New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Digging deeper into the cruciform pit, archaeologists uncovered jade carvings, a crocodile, a bird, and possibly a woman in childbirth, echoes of myth and life.
    — New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The story begins with the historic building designed by Edward Durrell Stone in the 1960s as the World Trade Center, with a cruciform plan that nodded to the four corners of the compass and New Orleans’ place as a center of international commerce.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
  • In addition to Glock, pistols with a cruciform trigger bar — including the Palmetto State Armory Dagger and the Ruger RXM — would need to be redesigned, according to Everytown spokesperson Isabel Aptman.
    — Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026

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