Example sentences for: across

How can you use “across” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The river heads due north, as does the road — straight across the island to São Vicente — making the ancient town of Ribeira Brava (established in 1440) an important junction.

  • PHO3 , a 'constitutive' acid phosphatase, shows the same relative abundance across snf2 Δ/ swi1 Δ mutants as does PHO5 (data not shown).

  • The routes which are unprofitable are dispersed across the country in a great number of cities.

  • I do know that I could see every plot turn dragging its limp, maggoty carcass across the desert from miles away.

  • The New York Times runs a banner headline across its top front and just underneath that, two big pictures: on the left, exiting British Governor Chris Patten, head bowed, holding his country's folded flag, and on the right, newly arrived Chinese soldiers raising theirs.


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