Definition of 'crossroad'
noun
1.
a road that crosses another road
2.
a road that connects two or more main roads
3. [usually pl., with sing. v.]
a.
b.
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Example sentences containing 'crossroad'
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They had reached a crossroads in their relationship.
Behind Closed Doors - advice for families with violence in the home (1988)But now he had reached a crossroads.
Times, Sunday Times (2008) Times, Sunday Times (2012)We have reached a curious crossroads.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)Now he seems at another crossroads.
Times, Sunday Times (2010) Times, Sunday Times (2009)At some point in our lives, we all face a crossroads.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)You sense that a relationship has reached a crossroads - and can decide which direction it should take.
The Sun (2008)TWO fabulous careers have reached the crossroads.
The Sun (2006)He does not consider he has anything to prove or that within a space of a month his career has suddenly reached a defining crossroads.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)Britain has reached a crossroads.
Times, Sunday Times (2011) Times, Sunday Times (2008) Times, Sunday Times (2016) Times, Sunday Times (2012)When she failed to make the Olympic team for Athens four years earlier she was faced with a crossroads and chose the difficult route.
Times, Sunday Times (2009) Times, Sunday Times (2014)It was when my grandfather ploughed straight across the busy crossroads in the centre of town that I first realised he was a danger behind the wheel.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)By the time the summer season was drawing to a close I'd reached an important crossroads in my life.
FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)Trends of 'crossroad'
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