How to Use crux in a Sentence

crux

noun
  • What does that tell you about what's really at the crux of this?
    — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Oh my goodness, this is the core of the problem, at its crux.
    — James Taranto, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2018
  • But pleasing them isn’t at the crux of her push to conserve more.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The space between those statements is the crux of this fact-check.
    — Politifact, AL.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Keep your eye on the cars, that’s the crux of the entire matter.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The crux of the case centered on whether the baby had been born alive or not.
    — Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 4 Nov. 2020
  • That, for him, was the practical crux.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • To be able to take that, process it, and then move forward — that's the whole crux of it.
    — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2023
  • At the crux of these costs is the effect of the time shift on our sleep patterns.
    — David Wagner, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • And those questions of who has the right to tell the story is at the crux of our show.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2022
  • But the real action, the crux of things, is there in the database.
    — Paul Ford, Wired, 18 Aug. 2020
  • That law has to be reversed; that’s the crux of the entire problem.
    — Jen Kirby, Daily Intelligencer, 15 Sep. 2017
  • That’s the crux of the case against Smith heard by the Supreme Court.
    — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The main crux of the argument is that his steals are overkill and do not have much value.
    — Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
  • No surprise, perhaps, that the plot should turn on the crux of work-life balance.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The crux of the case was when exactly Parks pulled the trigger.
    — Bree Burkitt, azcentral, 10 July 2019
  • His words to each player were different, but the crux of the message was the same.
    — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The crux of the issue in the Arctic is the receding sea ice there.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The price is the crux of the matter and the main subject of controversy.
    — Fox News, 21 May 2020
  • That really is the crux of the book, the deepest part of the exhibit, and this project.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Each of these questions is at the crux of a case the Supreme Court will hear in the coming weeks.
    — Tessa Berenson, Time, 26 Feb. 2018
  • This is the crux of Popovich’s job, even as the losses begin to wear on the Spurs’ locker room.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Which brings us to the crux of the Mourinho debate - do the ends justify the means?
    — SI.com, 10 May 2018
  • But Michelle killed her buck during her first sit of the season over a 2-acre clover plot, and that’s the crux of it all.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 1 Oct. 2020
  • At the crux of the Cooper Spur dispute is the zoning around the inn and restaurant.
    — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 4 May 2018
  • But the real crux of the Switch port is that a lot had to give to get this game anywhere near a 30fps refresh.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 4 June 2020
  • Finding the correct route along the crest of the Lost River Range was the crux of the planning stage.
    — Tom Lopez, idahostatesman, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The Twins were 6th in the American League in runs scored, so that may not be the crux of their issues.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • And midway up the ascent, Herson encountered an unbelievably challenging crux.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The noise reached its crux during the Oklahoma State game, after which — coincidentally or not — Peterson started playing more.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026

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