GoodExample.is GoodExample

'across' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'across' with 20 example sentences.


across adverb

: to the opposite side

: transversely


  • Without getting up, he dragged his bag across the floor.
  • How can we get across the river?
  • Ten years ago, a bridge went across this river.
  • I drove across the bridge.
  • I'll go to the grocery store across the street.
  • Finally I was able to get the meaning across.
  • We saw him walking across the street.
  • The news spread across all of Europe.
  • There's a hotel across the street.
  • He ran across the street, leaving her alone.
  • The old man walked across the road carefully.
  • His house is across the street.
  • The castle is across the river.
  • He came across a wolf.
  • A tree has fallen across Park Street, blocking traffic.
  • I just saw a fox run across the road.
  • "Jump across the ditch." "I will if you will."
  • You live across the street, don't you?
  • We often come across Japanese tourists in this area.
  • He had no difficulty swimming across the river.
  • Words related to 'across'


    Words near 'across' in the dictionary