How To Use Crisscross In A Sentence

This spring-flowering species has elegant slender stems, suspended from which are pendulous bell-shaped flowers, very green in bud, opening to cream, crisscrossed with green and maroon netted markings.
He's crisscrossing down another ski slope to keep his world - record streak alive.
The terrain is bumpy, crisscrossed by steep elevations and ridges not running parallel to the river and bisected by numerous ravines.
Here, we padded a wall with batting and fabric, then secured crisscrossing ribbons with fabric tacks.
Statesmen will crisscross the Continent.

When she got to her feet she heard her knees crack, and the broadloom carpet had made deep red crisscross marks on her skin. AFTERMATH
He had been finely striped from nape to knees with something like a coachwhip, the weals crisscrossing neatly like hemstitching. Sick Cycle Carousel
Besides the usual culprits that you never fail to blame, the loggers, I have noticed you haven't mentioned how much those Whoppers you so proudly scarf while you cruise the relatively new highways crisscrossing the state as you visit your pals in their quaint villages and enjoying other scenic splendors of that magnificent state have contributed to the massive loss of virgen forests. Huatulco to Oaxaca City Road Trip
An open framework made of strips of metal, wood , or similar overlappeda regular, usually crisscross pattern.
Both men are crisscrossing battleground states they've crisscrossed countless times already.
Huge blocks of pale turquoise were set off by strips of lemon yellow hems or belts, and oversized rainbow stripes crisscrossed the body on dresses and shell tops.
The moor is also crisscrossed with public rights of way. Times, Sunday Times
It worked on the same principle, but the molten glass on the end of the pontil iron was impressed with a crisscross pattern, using the glassmaker's pincers.
A detail of the crisscrossing threads of a recently handsewn jacket is shown here. Tailor-Made in the U.S.A.
Hundreds of them crisscrossed his belly from his navel to his groin. DOLL'S EYES
The plaster, discolored by the steam of many wash-days, was crisscrossed with cracks from the big earthquake of the previous spring. CHAPTER I
It agilely banked around several crisscrossing robots, and came to a screeching stop a few feet away. 365 tomorrows » Patricia Stewart : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
The low, irregular ceiling is crisscrossed with beams made from ships' timbers and a log fire crackles merrily in the hearth.
Lowell was soon drawing Mars crisscrossed with a vast canal system.
Afterward, Earhart would write about her adventure and crisscross the United States on lecture tours he had arranged.
Two shots from within the future auditorium seem to tunnel through scores of crisscrossing scaffolds toward the stage as light filters down through swooping ceiling tarps.
When she got to her feet she heard her knees crack, and the broadloom carpet had made deep red crisscross marks on her skin. AFTERMATH
There are no high-powered radio or television stations, and only a few electric-power transmission lines crisscross the rugged landscape.
Crisscrossing the country, trying to persuade institutional investors to buy mortgage securities, Ranieri bumped into Milken.
By the time the march reached the other end of town, it had grown to nearly half a mile long, taking up both sides of the wide boulevards that crisscross Pittsburgh.
The walls are crisscrossed with large fissured cracks, like veins. Times, Sunday Times
The river ice was crisscrossed with cracks, and we heard occasional booming as new cracks were made.
Squads of combat-equipped troops toting assault rifles and columns of Humvees with gunners at the ready crisscross its flooded streets.
Set against the broad backdrop of the 2008 presidential campaign — when politicians were crisscrossing his path in pursuit of fluttery voters — and the more intimate focus of a family health crisis, the book stitches together keenly observed moments in the lives of butterflies, birds, plants and the people who care about them. Butterfly Quest
Sergeants were crisscrossing southern California, tracking down witnesses to interview for clearly bogus complaints.
The pair crisscrossed Afghanistan in the summer, looking for converts to their cause. For This Yogi, Afghan Peace Plan Needs More Downward Dog
Milan was wearing a pair of dark blue, boot-cut, low-rise jeans that left nothing to the imagination, with a light-blue halter top with strings that crisscrossed her back and tied around her waist. Recipe for Love
The resulting scratches can form crisscrossing lines. Times, Sunday Times
The continent's leaders have been crisscrossing the region trying to cool things off.
Then, according to a schedule, the mower leaves its charging station and crisscrosses randomly within its boundaries, reversing direction when it reaches the wire or an obstacle. Outdoor-gear preview: Meet the Landroid 'unmanned' mower
When she got to her feet she heard her knees crack, and the broadloom carpet had made deep red crisscross marks on her skin. AFTERMATH
Think of the power grid as a network of crisscrossing canals, shared by all.
Afterward, Earhart would write about her adventure and crisscross the United States on lecture tours he had arranged.
Sergeants were crisscrossing southern California, tracking down witnesses to interview for clearly bogus complaints.
In early 1996, he crisscrossed the state, stumping for an environmental bond act, which his polls showed that voters supported.
She has multiple events scheduled every day as she crisscrosses the district, and twitters details to her followers so people always know where she is going to be. Matthew Givens: Alabama 2nd Congressional District Recap
Cindy Brown, who runs the Gulf of Mexico program for The Nature Conservancy (and, I am proud to say, is a Nicholas School alum), applauds projects like this but believes they will eventually fall short without addressing the root causes of the wetlands problem -- the mess we have made of the Mississippi River with the dams and the levees and the channelization and the canals crisscrossing the delta. Bill Chameides: Working on the Wetlands: One Blade of Grass at a Time
Partially held together with garter belts, Spider Lady contains an entire bicycle wheel, the spokes of which play off the crisscross skeins of nylon and string that keep the gothic piece in a kind of bondage.
New pastures full of scarecrows and glistening barbed razor wire and crisscrossing pipelines pumping petrodollars into the pockets of imperium.
Having crisscrossed the street several times to visit various shops we emerged with our last purchases.
Beams crisscrossing seemingly at random are meant to recall the crackled glaze on ancient Chinese ceramics. Olympian Architecture
The florets form various clockwise and counterclockwise spiral patterns, intertwined and crisscrossing but otherwise unmistakable to the eye.
Bumpy, soccer-ball-sized burls punctuate one side; elsewhere it's crisscrossed with deep fissures that create bold basketweave patterns.
Wolves, wolverines, and brown bears crisscross its terrain.
A rough sketch showed two rows of trees felled in a crisscross pattern, blasted but still clinging to their stumps. MINUTES TO BURN
A neighbouring image presents a lattice of veins crisscrossing a pale leaf, web-like tendrils seemingly reaching into the world of the spider that rests in the image further along.
Regard a severe loss as the enterprise, contradictory crisscross, difficult problem is very much.
There's an Italian veal cutlet with crisscross marks from its time under the tenderizer.
Manmade obstacles of wood, rock, and water crisscrossed the riverbed and climbed the hills. REMEMBER SUMMER
And hence he would have been unable to appear in any public debate, because he would have been crisscrossing the country.
Quite the contrary, assimilation and ethnic identification are two distinct poles of a dialectic process of reidentification that involves creative cultural crisscrossing.
Follow the structure with a crisscross pattern and look for features along the edge of the roadbed that bass find inviting, such as riprap, boulders, stumps, fence posts, and brush. Hit the Road for Bass
Its walled medina, crisscrossed by almost 10,000 alleyways, seems specially designed for sensory bombardment. Times, Sunday Times
Some 700 Royal Mail coaches and more than 3,000 stagecoaches crisscrossed the country.
On the map it was pretty well blank space, save for the thin blue lines of creeks or marsh drains crisscrossing it.
There are no high-powered radio or television stations, and only a few electric-power transmission lines crisscross the rugged landscape.
And here comes the word jumpsuit again - but no need to be scared of the black bugle-beaded one with a high neck and crisscross back. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
And I used to cut myself, Cole, now 19, told me, rubbing her hands over the raised crisscrosses and lines up and down both forearms. For bullied gay teens, the world is still far from accepting
They were larger hands, with crisscrossing scars and calluses that she had never noticed.
For a while, researchers have been looking at using carbon nanotubes as semiconductors, crisscrossing them in a netlike pattern. Material World: Carbon Nanotubes Net Make Bendable Circuits
Having crisscrossed the street several times to visit various shops we emerged with our last purchases.
A rough sketch showed two rows of trees felled in a crisscross pattern, blasted but still clinging to their stumps. MINUTES TO BURN
The pale wood squares form a crisscross structure that runs around doorways, along skirting boards and across floors.
Also significant were crisscrossing layers of sediment in the rock that revealed they formed beneath currents of moving water.
The helmet crested in a spiked ridge, and beneath it lay a crisscrossing spiderweb of thin bones.
It worked on the same principle, but the molten glass on the end of the pontil iron was impressed with a crisscross pattern, using the glassmaker's pincers.
It has a large central atrium crisscrossed by walkways connecting open spaces and meeting points.
The ditches, dikes and reed-edged fleets that crisscross the grazing marshes here are rich in invertebrates, including the scarce emerald damselfly.
Shadows crisscrossed on the wall like dragon scales. Rustle of Millions
Students with backpacks strapped on are crisscrossing Northwestern Avenue, the main thoroughfare through campus.
For someone crisscrossing oceans in a 70-foot sailboat to stay at sea for 1,000 days without stops or resupplies, Reid Stowe is one of the planet's most accessible people — online. Internet opens up sponsorship door for world explorers
Last week he became the new face of Travel Channel's "Made in America," for which he crisscrosses the country for a peek inside American factories like Wiffle Ball, Crayola crayons and Gibson guitars. A Theater Where Eating Is Definitely Allowed
With a very sharp knife, score the fat of the lamb, creating a crisscross pattern.
In the run-up to the 1960 presidential campaign, they crisscrossed the country together, discovering, as Mr. Sorensen wrote in a 2008 memoir, "Counselor," that they "enjoyed each other's company, joking, talking politics and planning his future. Ted Sorensen, JFK's speechwriter and defender, dies at 82
crisscross the sheet of paper
The continent's leaders have been crisscrossing the region trying to cool things off.
She wore a vest like corset that was a darker pink with ribbon that crisscrossed in front showing the dusty pink top.
For example, when straightening your legs in cancan or crisscross, imagine reaching your toes as far away from you as you can, as if to touch an imaginary wall.
Now, Governor Davis, for his part, he is crisscrossing the state by plane.
And all of them trained in the same swamps crisscrossed by cocaine cowboys.
The low, irregular ceiling is crisscrossed with beams made from ships' timbers and a log fire crackles merrily in the hearth.
She became such a lightning rod that she crisscrossed the country raising money for endangered incumbents but campaigned publicly with only one or two during the fall sprint. As Democrats lose House, Nancy Pelosi's historic reign as speaker ends
Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is emerging as a thorn in the side of a White House that effectively swept him out of Washington, regularly challenging President Obama and Congress as he crisscrosses the country preaching his progressive vision for universal health care. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: August 20, 2009
The low, irregular ceiling is crisscrossed with beams made from ships' timbers and a log fire crackles merrily in the hearth.
In the months before the Santa Fe talks, Maxwell had crisscrossed the Southwest to sermonize about the threat of an Asiatic invasion. Colossus
Crisscrossing the state in a series of rented cars, the 56-year-old Mr. Singleton has spent the better part of five months visiting obscure county GOP chairmen, befriending tea-party activists, buttonholing lawmakers in the lobby of the state Capitol, and amassing a database of potential Palin supporters. Activist Stirs Palin Mystery in Iowa
Huge blocks of pale turquoise were set off by strips of lemon yellow hems or belts, and oversized rainbow stripes crisscrossed the body on dresses and shell tops.
Daniel Hernandez crisscrosses la capital and transcends borders that have held others back—from the coruscating decadence of the party city to the outlying barrios where people survive by their wits amid the bewildering violence of Mexico in the age of the narco. Down and Delirious in Mexico City
A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires.
Crisscrossing the island in their pursuit is not only an excuse to see everything from mountaintop snows to sandy beaches, but also provides a lengthy look at a social cross-section of Sicily. In Search Of The Perfect Gelato
The mirror that night revealed the bluish-purple crisscross of stripes already turning a dark livid hue. COMPULSION
Now, Governor Davis, for his part, he is crisscrossing the state by plane.
The mirror that night revealed the bluish-purple crisscross of stripes already turning a dark livid hue. COMPULSION
wrinkles crisscrossed her face
Most cities now have bustling pedestrian zones, and bikeways crisscross even the most crowded metropolises.
Several facets of the glass exterior reveal crisscrossing structural trusses, and parts of the outside are sheathed in copper.
Candidates crisscrossed the metro area Sunday in a last-minute push for votes as the latest poll showed that while the New York governor's race has the makings of a blowout, the contests for attorney general and comptroller are a dead heat. Campaigning Down to the Wire
The under-layer is a crisscross pattern, reminiscent of yarn pot holders, that the artist paints with an unsteady hand.
From my window I can see huge highways crisscrossing the city.
McVeigh's narrow chest was crisscrossed with bandoleers filled with ammo; he carried a rifle with a scope, a sawed-off shotgun and two pistols. The Plot
This turquoise shirred charmeuse dress features twisted straps, padded bra cups, side-zip closure and a crisscross back.
To create nanoscale transistor junctions, engineers can crisscross different types of semiconducting strands, thereby stacking the materials in layers crucial for manipulating electron flow.
But with about 4,350 miles of pipelines crisscrossing the country, officials concede there are many places for saboteurs to strike.
Back in the capital, ebullient Creole evangelical hymns still reverberate in the mornings from the mountainsides and ravines that crisscross the city, and radios still pump out a non-stop diet of sinuous konpa music of the kind that first brought Michel Martelly to prominence along with the driving racine rhythms of vodou and endless political chatter. Michael Deibert: Notes from Haiti's Long Hot Summer
It is a lush, steaming, tangled waterscape of swamps, soggy plains, and rice paddies crisscrossed with thousands of miles of rivers, streams, and canals.
There are many birds crisscrossing in the sky.
He scrambled up onto the stone table where the golem sat, clambered onto her leg, and climbed the metal piping that crisscrossed her barrel-shaped torso. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
They were crisscrossed by canvas straps, were shod with hinged wooden clogs.
The same skies are now full of newly returned swifts, themselves pursuing insects on crisscrossing paths under the clouds. Times, Sunday Times
The Fields were a parade ground used by the Prussians, the Wilhelmine army, the Nazis, and finally the Russians, who crisscrossed the flat ground with earth berms, thrown up as protective outworks for their barracks.
Dirt bike trails crisscrossed the grassy furrows.
Tree trunks, ten, twenty, a hundred feet long, were scattered like jackstraws, crisscrossing each other in ragged confusion. Firestorm
His black hair was slick with mousse, and spiky, and his jeans were huge, with chains crisscrossing them.
His face was crisscrossed with a spiderweb of white scars, but his gray-tinged eyes were thoughtful and kind.
Connecting these industries to one another and to eastern U.S. and European markets were railroads, which crisscrossed the West by the end of the nineteenth century. A Renegade History of the United States
Here are a few modest proposals from outside the Beltway for him to ponder as crisscrosses the country in the final days of the fall campaign: Derek Shearer: Bridging the Enthusiasm Gap: Obama and the Conventional Wisdom
And hence he would have been unable to appear in any public debate, because he would have been crisscrossing the country.
Here, we padded a wall with batting and fabric, then secured crisscrossing ribbons with fabric tacks.
Both men are crisscrossing battleground states they've crisscrossed countless times already.
The meaning in the new commercial crisscrossing airwaves is clear: Sharapova is pretty, oh so pretty, but deadly. USATODAY.com - Only 19, but Sharapova is a rock at U.S. Open semis
For less adventurous walkers the landscape is crisscrossed with lower-level stalkers' paths. Times, Sunday Times
Crisscross patterns are fine, but when the outfield starts to resemble a Spirograph design gone crazy, you start to wonder if the groundskeeper has enough to do.
Irish roads are a hive of activity as family members crisscross the countryside en route to family events.
In Three Yellow Triangles, in a setting of squiggly crisscrossed lines, three triangles are pierced by lines and skirted with circles - reportedly stylized renditions of Tibetan prayer wheels.
Curving stone walls crisscrossed the landscapes, testifying to centuries of toil and sweat by inhabitants, creating soft, green pastures for livestock.
It is more a ghetto, built up through the years, blasted away at during conflicts, a series of tunnel-like alleys with little light and less air, all crisscrossed with jerry-rigged electrical wiring waiting for the next accident. For Palestinian Refugees at Shatila, 'Going Home' Holds Different Meanings
Dirt bike trails crisscrossed the grassy furrows.
Crisscross patterns are fine, but when the outfield starts to resemble a Spirograph design gone crazy, you start to wonder if the groundskeeper has enough to do.
The area is crisscrossed by regional trains that aren't routinely subject to border checks. Times, Sunday Times
Wilson crafts this social satire in the mould of Thackeray or Trollope, crisscrossing class barriers with fluid facility.
His ominous office is a barred detention room lit by an overhead crisscross of harsh neon lights.
Each spot is crisscrossed with nine sightseeing paths.
HOLMES: Yes, and it's an investigation that's kind of crisscrossed the country. CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2009
Apparently, signals can easily crisscross and become confused.
The country surrounding the capital was dotted with villages, clusters of farmsteads, fields, clearings, and hundreds of crisscrossing trails. Fire The Sky
Manmade obstacles of wood, rock, and water crisscrossed the riverbed and climbed the hills. REMEMBER SUMMER
Afterward, Earhart would write about her adventure and crisscross the United States on lecture tours he had arranged.
His abdomen was crisscrossed with pale surgical scars, and distended. Times, Sunday Times
Brush thetops of the buns with water, sprinkle evenly with semolina andscore a crisscross on top with abutter knife. Dan Lepard's semolina BBQ buns
Foremost is the 120-year-old Stanley Cup, which when not on display in Toronto crisscrosses the game's heartlands attracting popular adulation unknown to the championship trophies of other sports. The Glorious and The Gruesome
Skid marks crisscross the center, which is strewn with broken glass and tire chunks.
Here, we padded a wall with batting and fabric, then secured crisscrossing ribbons with fabric tacks.
The interior of the station is set up like a small museum, showing old photos of streetcars and interurbans that once crisscrossed the area.
Global information distribution networks represent the infrastructure crisscrossing countries and continents.
The hair was braided from temple to the crown, and then styled in a crisscross pattern.
Once shy about public speaking, today she crisscrosses the country addressing thousands at a time. Birth of a Movement
He turned out to be a spirited campaigner, crisscrossing the state in an RV emblazed "My Man Mitch. The Governor Who Cut His State Down to Size
Her ankle joints made an agonized hiss, ball sockets crisscrossed with score marks from the sand. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
They jumped the high bumps, flung their bikes, did crisscross cuts and caught the spirit of the euphoric audience.
The parcel was substantial, tightly wrapped in brown paper, crisscrossed by waxed brown twine with many knots.
The candidates crisscrossed the map, new polls arrived almost every day, and TV screens hummed with ads this past week.
Regard a severe loss as the enterprise, contradictory crisscross, difficult problem is very much.
Red lanterns suspended from bamboo poles crisscross the streets while bamboo stalls topped with colorful tarpaulin litter the sidewalks.
Upbeat, polite, and baby-faced, with tight braids crisscrossing his head, he is the kind of student that Ikeda could only hope for.
The white canvas fan overhead did not stir, dust and cobwebs crisscrossed the interstices, and a fat dollop of a spider dangled from the hub in front of my proboscis until I batted it away with a rolled Forbes.
As she bourrées on pointe, her jointless yet oddly articulate upper limbs delicately caress the air, forming looping undulations and crisscrossing patterns.
The floor is crisscrossed by ribs of rock that lie just under the flowing stream.

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