How To Use Crossbar In A Sentence

Vivian Foley crossed to Ger Foley and his twenty yards shot hit the crossbar but fell to the feet of Gary Doyle who scored the opening goal.
However Waterford were soon back on the attack and Fitzgerald went close once more as he hammered a right foot shot off the crossbar with Devlin beaten.
It was a crossbarred pattern, with many hues cunningly interwoven. The Color of Her Panties
After the upright and then the crossbar denied them a goal, he clicked into top gear.
Jason Wiemer hit the crossbar from the right side midway through before Roy kicked aside Cory Stillman's shot during a power play minutes later. National Hockey League - Flames vs. Avalanche

Parents sometimes add rear-mounted child seats and/or an auxiliary saddle fitted to the crossbar to transport children.
The bike still includes a back rest and chrome seat loop, with only the gearshift altered, moving from the crossbar to the handlebars for safety reasons.
The goalkeeper just managed to palm the ball over the crossbar.
This system consists of an adjustable crossbar with metal fork mounts to hold your bike securely in place.
Skipper Stewart Drummond headed over from a corner, Danny Carlton hit a snapshot over the bar when he looked a certain scorer, Chris Lane saw his header come back into play from the crossbar and Lee Collins miskicked in front of a yawning net.
He pushed the legless ends together on the ground so as to form a virtual hub, from which the crossbars radiated up and outward like the spokes of a giant horizontal wheel.
a feed from Naslund under the crossbar from the doorstep for his third two-goal game of the season and the fifth of his career. NHL - National Hockey League - N.Y. Islanders vs. Vancouver
His shot was clearly intended for under the crossbar and a goal would have been a major boost.
It would all have been so different if Dudgeon's side-on volley on the stroke of half-time from a Dunning corner had gone an inch lower instead of thundering into the crossbar.
After a bright start the home side took a third minute lead when Matthew Rhead floated the ball over goalkeeper Mark Thornley and saw his effort drop just under the crossbar.
We have been hitting the crossbar all season. The Sun
Kranjcar's screamer from 25 yards hits the crossbar.
He announces he will try to hit the crossbar from 25 yards. Times, Sunday Times
I always thought a physical implementation would sound like “click clack click click click clack clack clack clack …” Kind of like the mechanical crossbars, kind of like the big alphanumeric flippy displays at railroad stations and airports. Intro to Rod Logic « The Half-Baked Maker
PJ was unlucky to miss a goal when he blazed the ball over the crossbar.
ZERO resolution because of the crossbar is a JOKE. Kuklas Korner
He was denied a goal by the crossbar in the second half.
That header clipped the top of the crossbar. Times, Sunday Times
Whitley's goalkeeper Brian Dickson, a chef for a hospital catering company, bubbled away underneath the flat, old-fashioned crossbars.
However his outstretched leg just got that fraction of an inch too much under the ball and it skimmed off the juncture of the crossbar and post.
The second half was barely a minute old when a tigerish Turley gave an indication that things were looking up - trying his luck from range with a curling effort that sailed not too far over the crossbar.
He added another with a superb strike which hit the underside of the crossbar into the goal.
He picked his spot but the ball rebounded off the crossbar and was cleared to safety.
Plus Glenn were rocked back on their heels three minutes later when Kevin Savage lashed a thunderous shot off the underside of the Glenn crossbar and into the net.
The fans in the arena knew about that winning kick the moment it sailed over the goal post crossbar.
Sean Carey's shot for a point and the lead was mishit and caught the Tramore defenders cold as the ball found the net just under the crossbar.
Later, he would walk on the crossbar between goalposts and try to grab the football from referees.
Selby were unlucky not to go further in front when Jason Harris thundered a 20-yard shot against the underside of the crossbar.
The Italian also blazes over the crossbar after a flowing move. The Sun
The Wales left back took a touch and hit a stunning dipping volley onto the crossbar. Times, Sunday Times
The player, back-pedalling furiously, did wonderfully to prevent the ball dropping in under his crossbar.
He hung from the crossbar, his legs dangling uselessly in mid air.
Kirkby actually came closest to scoring when a thunderous long-range effort from Steve Chapman skimmed the crossbar.
There are good forwards in football who always hit the post or the crossbar and they just can't score. Times, Sunday Times
He blasted a twenty yard free kick inches over the crossbar.
A teasing cross from De Rossi almost - almost - gives Toni his first tap-in of the tournament, but Kuffour somehow heads the ball away from underneath his own crossbar.
The ball was floated the other way, where it caught the underside of the crossbar and dropped over the line.
The Wales left back took a touch and hit a stunning dipping volley onto the crossbar. Times, Sunday Times
He then went close for the Rams but his shot narrowly shaved the crossbar.
Germany was dominating a dejected Norway and almost went up 4-0 in the 78th minute when Prinz, with yet another cutback from the right, found Bajramaj, whose firm shot rattled the crossbar. Germany blanks Norway, will face U.S.-Brazil winner
Her friend got up, found his wonderful crossbarred cap, after a glance, on a neighbouring chair, and with it came toward her. The Awkward Age
Ilham almost found the Saudi net with his free header in the 42nd minute after receiving a good cross from the right side, but the ball caromed off the crossbar.
The visitors sensed they had the upper hand at this point and on 25 minutes, they nearly stole a second goal when Kieran O'Donnell walloped the crossbar from all of 40 yards.
Curran was forced to tip away Keith Carty's angled lob after 30 seconds and later watched as Sean Dorrian's 15th minute rasper fizzed over his crossbar.
Thanks to a new joint and crossbar arrangement for the car's load-bearing structure, the bodyshell stiffness is increased by 25 percent over its predecessor.
planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars
The player, back-pedalling furiously, did wonderfully to prevent the ball dropping in under his crossbar.
A point is scored when the sliotar is played by either team over the crossbar and between the posts.
There are crossbars between the upright posts, forming an H.
However, Dobie's effort was cleared off the line via the underside of the crossbar by Chris Powell.
But to Boro's frustration, the ball hit the crossbar, bounced down and was cleared.
Romaric hit the far post with a long-range drive from the right in the 17th, catching Ri completely off guard, but was on target with a header in the 20th after Drogba's powerful drive cannoned off the underside of the crossbar. Ivory Coast & North Korea Eliminated From World Cup
Henrik Larsson, in particular, sprung to meet a dead ball by the Englishman and seemed to strain every neck muscle as he jerked the ball goalwards and prompted Paul Gallacher to tip it over the crossbar.
The Italian also blazes over the crossbar after a flowing move. The Sun
The ball did not drop enough, however, and bounced off the crossbar.
Twice he failed to convert left wing crosses and then his lob over goalkeeper Malcolm Lottering hit the crossbar.
The same player was unlucky with a header from a corner which clipped the crossbar.
From there it was on to the extra 30-minute game where I scored a goal off the crossbar which bounced over the line and back out.
From 20 yards out, his thunderbolt crashed off the underside of the crossbar to leave Terriers' goalkeeper Ian Gray clutching at air.
Had on and took with him, a green broadcloth coat, almost new, a new striped jacket, with sleeves in the fashion of a sailor's, a striped crossbarred printed-cotton vest of an olive colour, buckskin breeches, and striped silk and cotton hose; BUT AS HE IS KNOWN TO HAVE The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916
The Scotland keeper tipped the angled drive just over the crossbar. The Sun
However, if luck had to be on their side they would have won by a least another five goals as the crossbar and goal line clearances saved the home side from a hammering.
Zednik scored at 12: 59 of the second, firing a backhander from the right side of the crease that went over Budaj and just under the crossbar. USATODAY.com
That gave Rovers renewed impetus and Baggio nearly scored a brilliant goal with a thunderous drive that bounced back off the crossbar.
Indeed, Kilbride might have rubbed salt in with big Jim Fitz hammering a shot off the crossbar in the closing moments before the nimble Nolan brought the scoring to an end with his fifth point from a free.
The goalkeeper just managed to tip the ball over the crossbar.
A wonderfully-struck drive from Scotland, following yet another exciting slalom across the face of the Dunfermline defence, walloped the crossbar before flying out of harm's way.
Ahn hooked a shot across goal in the 36th minute, had a free kick ricochet off the Italian defensive wall in the 44th and spiraled a left-foot shot over the crossbar from a free kick in the 58th minute. USATODAY.com - Hosts shock perennial powers
The game stayed 3-3 into double overtime, thanks mostly to the posts and crossbars.
His deep cross nearly becomes a freak goal; it spins back towards the net and rolls right along the top of the crossbar and stays in play.
Trailing by two goals to one towards the end of the first half, a chance to draw level was denied when Frank Lampard's shot cannoned down off the underside of the German crossbar and landed a couple of feet behind the goal-line before bouncing back up, hitting the bar again and spinning into the goalkeeper's arms. World Cup 2010: Echoes of '66 - but it's all over for England's golden generation
When a breaking ball fell to the full forward his rasping shot came off the crossbar but he was alert to fist the rebound to the net.
He provided the room for Murray to have a pot for goal from close range, the centre forward's shot unluckily hammering off the crossbar and going safe.
One by one they trotted and cantered over little crossbars and verticals and then filed out into the smaller grass ring that adjourned the hunt field.
Mounted slightly above and to one side of the crossbar was a magazine containing ten short arrows. Space Prison
He might even have scored a brilliant goal but the crossbar came to their rescue.
It followed a period of sustained pressure which had seen Figo wrong-foot three United defenders and chip the ball on to the crossbar.
The Cameroon striker got the first goal after just four minutes with a thumping header that rattled the bottom of the crossbar before landing in the net. The Sun
He also whacked a shot for which Marshall stretched to push on to the crossbar, although referee Doug Somers missed the contact and failed to award a corner kick.
His goalbound effort into a gaping goal struck the crossbar and rebounded to safety.
The Italian foil with crossbar, with a very short grip, requires holding the pommel against the wrist by means of a strap.
The protector block controller shoe is a metal shoe with a handle and a crossbar placed at a comfortable position in front of the operator's foot with the handle above and the crossbar below.
But the meeting point of the post and the crossbar contrived to deny them what would have been a well-deserved lead.
Dave Rogers fouled Moussilou in the eighth minute, and the hosts were awarded a free-kick, which Acimovic fired high over keeper Steve Williams' crossbar.
He missed an open goal, hitting the crossbar from close range.
It was an unusual goal, the forward meeting his own rebounded shot - the ball had been tipped onto the crossbar by Craig Hinchcliffe - to head home from close range.
Skipper Casey thundered a massive 35-yard free kick off the underside of the Omagh crossbar and from the rebound it was like the Alamo with Reilly and Hoey both failing to force the ball across the line.
The ball bounced back off the crossbar for Carlton to slam home the rebound.
One hit the underside of the crossbar and the other was inches from being met by Costa at close range. Times, Sunday Times
His low cross was met by Martin at the near post, and he touched it over the crossbar.
The single narrow window was crossbarred, and the door was bound with iron. Gold of Kings
Under pressure to hit it quickly, the midfielder boomed his shot high over the crossbar.
Under the crossbar was a sliding stock for the right hand, shaped like the butt of a pistol and fitted with a trigger. Space Prison
Over the years her customers included Free French sailors, a poacher who kept a 12-bore tied to his bicycle crossbar, the writer John Wyndham and a dog that smoked a pipe.
He was unlucky with a shot that rebounded off the crossbar.
From the corner, Martin Neil clipped the crossbar with a rising shot from the edge of the box.
The fishermen load the sledge with their catch, and then lean on the crossbars, scooting the mud horse over the flats that would otherwise drag them down.
We had a few chances, we hit the post and crossbar three times, but we had to keep going and keep the belief. The Sun
The symbol atop of the entilj church belfry is quite unusual for a Catholic region: it forms a patriarchal cross with three crossbars standing atop of a recumbent and somewhat stylized crescent.
With thirteen minutes to go Murray let fly from twenty yards and rattled the crossbar.
We hit the crossbar, hit a post and had a number of penalty claims turned down. The Sun
If it is, the mechanism trips a set of latches that attach the crossbar to the window to protect the glass.
They drew level midway through the half and were unlucky to see their shot at goal come off the crossbar.
The first half was poor with one or two goalmouth scrambles and the nearest Corinthians came was when a cross-cum-shot from one player forced the keeper to back-pedal to tip the ball on to the crossbar.
A goal, worth three points, is scored when the sliotar is played by either team over the goalline between the goalposts and under the crossbar.
The four crossbars, or rungs of the ladder, are the four colures, which come together at the pole.
The Wales left back took a touch and hit a stunning dipping volley onto the crossbar. Times, Sunday Times
Ruairi Gavin cracked a thunderous shot against the crossbar and Thomas McNally met the rebound and forced a great save from the Westport keeper, Mark McCaffrey.
Engineers refined the luggage rack crossbars, upgraded the door seals and repositioned the windshield wiper arms below the main airstream coming off the hood to significantly reduce wind noise.
Normally, we score at some point but today we hit the crossbar or the post. The Sun
He nodded to Wilson, who jimmied the lock and caught the iron crossbar low, where he would not interfere with fingerprints. THE SERPENT'S MARK
Gavin Peers had Rovers' best chance when he rattled the crossbar from a corner.
The striker's shot cleared the crossbar. Times, Sunday Times
He deftly chipped the goalkeeper via the underside of the crossbar.
Batholomew chew off a Chinaman's ear in the Blue Light Saloon on account of a crossbarred muslin shirt that -- what was that noise? ' Heart of the West [Annotated]
New Reds striker, Barry Patton saw his initial shot blocked, but the rebound fell to Anthony Crawford in the box and he rifled the ball in off the crossbar from 14 yards out.
From the edge of the penalty area, he ought to have hit the target but his shot cleared the crossbar. Times, Sunday Times
He also rattled the crossbar in the second half with another piledriver. The Sun
The ball then swung from side to side and in the 25th minute he should have opened the scoring, but he ballooned the ball over the crossbar from 10 metres.
We hit the post, the crossbar and the goalkeeper. Times, Sunday Times
a wrist shot just under the crossbar from the right circle for his second goal of the season with 7 1/2 minutes left. National Hockey League - Canadiens vs. Sabres
My favourite used to be the goalkeepers who caught the ball under the crossbar and then managed to kick it out from the edge of the box.
The Wales left back took a touch and hit a stunning dipping volley onto the crossbar. Times, Sunday Times
They are warned against carrying friends on the crossbar or carrier, holding on to moving vehicles and entering the road from behind parked vehicles.
The unwieldy but serviceable striker skelped a ball across the goalmouth that kissed the crossbar on its way past.
While this, so far as it relates to the left portion of the glyph, is a mere suggestion, it agrees with the fact that the ornamented or crossbarred border is found in the symbol for _Cib_, and the three dots with Landa's _e_. [ Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266.
Two minutes from the end, they went close to equalising, striking the crossbar and a post in the same move. Times, Sunday Times
In the midst of what was an unsightly melee, the loose ball asked for any takers, and Flo was first to stick out a leg and prang it in off the underside of the crossbar.
His crashing shot bounced down off the underside of the crossbar but not wholly over the line, and there was no Russian linesman to help out. Times, Sunday Times
Mackay then cut in from the right and smashed a powerful drive off the underside of the crossbar.
The architecture of HP's memristor circuit is a hash of perpendicular wires known as a crossbar array, in which the memristors are sandwiched between the crossing points. IEEE Spectrum
Shane Doan almost gave Phoenix the lead with 17: 04 to play, bouncing a shot off the crossbar from the top of the right faceoff circle. USATODAY.com - Hockey - Nashville vs. Phoenix
Her hands flew from wheel to seat to crossbar, inverting, twisting, unscrewing. BEHINDLINGS
It is not a question of the heavens which are separated by heaven "coming" to Earth, but what they described as celestial Earth being transposed into the crossbars. many heavens - the chiliocosm. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
The center crossbar is to extend from end to end at the middle of the frames.
Fortune was on his side when both Silva and Gareth Barry struck his crossbar before the interval, but luck took its leave as he parried Johnson's curler straight to the feet of Dzeko for the breakthrough. Brendan Rodgers remains confident of passing Premier League test | Andy Hunter
In the 25th minute Pa Brennan's shot hit the woodwork while at the other end Ray Shannon rattled the crossbar in the 36th minute.
He also rattled the crossbar in the second half with another piledriver. The Sun
Each chamber contained three perches (one back and two front perches) with microswitches under the crossbars that activated when the birds occupied the perches.
This time his sublime curling effort was kept out by the underside of the crossbar. The Sun
Whitley's goalkeeper Brian Dickson, a chef for a hospital catering company, bubbled away underneath the flat, old-fashioned crossbars.
Selecting a clear-looking spot she jabbed the fork into the earth and stood on the crossbar.
The two rods and a crossbar that fell were part of major repairs done over Labor Day Weekend after state inspectors discovered a crack in an "eyebar," an important structural beam. Undefined
Gary Holt came closest of all when his strike from 25 yards thudded against the crossbar.
Mark Hudson then hit the crossbar, Moyles was fouled and sub Tom Donovan converted the penalty as Celbridge ran out six point winners.
By 2010, manufacturers may be able to incorporate the crossbar communications system into commercial chips.
Had Rob Hulse not turned an easy chance over the crossbar in the 80th minute after the United goalkeeper parried a shot from Commons into his path, the home side, with David Lowe taking charge in the dugout and Robbie Savage reinstated as a substitute, would be taking a two-goal lead into the return leg on January Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk
The gates weren't so high as the wall, and they were crossbarred. The White Order
The first half was poor with one or two goalmouth scrambles and the nearest Corinthians came was when a cross-cum-shot from one player forced the keeper to back-pedal to tip the ball on to the crossbar.
The first half was eagerly and evenly contested with the best chance for Ardattin coming when Curry's shot clipped the crossbar.
There are goalposts at each end, much like in rugby, except that the area under the crossbar is an eight-foot high, soccer-style goal, complete with a goalkeeper. An Irish Game on Bronx Soil
Milan Baros picks up the ball in midfield, goes on a belting run and shoots high over the crossbar from the edge of the box, when he perhaps should have passed to Riise or Garcia, who were in better positions.
First a shot slammed against the crossbar then a corner to the back post was met by Lee Ashworth, who appeared to head ball and post simultaneously, with the ball squirting agonisingly outside.
His volley crashed off the underside of the crossbar and into the goal on 50 minutes to give his side the lead.
He pushed the legless ends together on the ground so as to form a virtual hub, from which the crossbars radiated up and outward like the spokes of a giant horizontal wheel.
To score you must put the ball over the crossbar for a point or under the crossbar for a goal, worth three points.
The Scotland keeper tipped the angled drive just over the crossbar. The Sun
They are characterized by a rectangular-shaped crossbar that is wider and thicker than the shank or vertical element.
The goalkeeper just managed to tip the ball over the crossbar.
His screamer from 25 yards cracked in off the crossbar and put paid to any further resistance from the Villains.
He scored twice and was denied a hat-trick by the crossbar and post.

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