How to Use get across in a Sentence

get across

verb
  • His pitch was a bit high but did get across the plate.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Woody seems a pretty great choice to get across that sort of vibe.
    — Jeff Vrabel, Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Even if the message doesn’t get across, none of that stuff will go to waste.
    — Molly Quell, Popular Science, 6 Jan. 2020
  • This creates a moat that grass roots will struggle to get across.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
  • But getting in a boat isn’t the same as getting across.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2022
  • But drivers didn’t have to have a cool vintage car to get across.
    — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Most of the West still remained no more than a place to get across.
    — Johnforristerross, Longreads, 2 July 2018
  • The message will get across even better when paired with a friend.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The deeper the edge, the stronger the lean, and the more speed and flow the skater will get across the ice.
    — Maura Sullivan Hill, Cosmopolitan, 6 Feb. 2018
  • His days are longer than back home with an hour-long bus ride needed to get across town to and from school.
    — Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • One man even contrived somehow to get across while still in iron fetters.
    — Adam Goodheart, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Police say the man had attempted to get across the busy highway.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2020
  • In the end, Federer just couldn’t quite get across the finish line.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 14 July 2019
  • There's no guarantee that the vaccine will get across the finish line.
    — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The bear growled, huffed and clacked her teeth — making sure her message of getting away from her cubs got across.
    — Benjamin Alva Polley, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
  • Now the question is what, if anything, gets across the finish line before her term ends.
    — WSJ, 12 July 2017
  • For getting up the hill and getting across the flatter sections.
    — Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Find your groove leading up to the Queensboro Bridge and then get across it as well.
    — Greg McMillan, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2019
  • When guardrails went up on the highway, the bears struggled to get across, so Kay taught them to jump over.
    — Brandon Sneed, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2016
  • Volunteers used their boats to get across town to aid nursing home patients who were trapped by the flood.
    — Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2018
  • At 94, the Louisville native still hasn't stopped trying to get across the ocean.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 22 Dec. 2019
  • That means two years of using 16th or 38th streets to get across the river.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2022
  • He has been known for the spectacular saves, to be able to get across the crease for highlight-reel saves.
    — Kevin Allen, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2018
  • These adaptations take a bit of time and conviction to get across the finish line.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
  • How did escaped tortoise Frankie get across Foothill Drive alive?
    — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Oct. 2021
  • His goal is to get across the country to the American embassy to try and clear his name.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Thousands of people showed up at the Berlin Wall, trying to get across.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The second stage is building a step puzzle and then getting across some ropes with three planks; the top two teams move on.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Before the squadron even got across the Atlantic Ocean, though, typhus hit.
    — Carl Hoffman, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
  • For more than 50 years, Amtrak has helped people get across the nation.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2023

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