cross
noun
a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
uncrossable
-
a word derived from
cross.
Example Sentences
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In a region where boundaries separating race and class could be both nebulous and uncrossable, Vroman’s redrew them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
Solomon has a way of taking class lines that are often invisible and turning them into one of those laser museum security systems that you see in heist movies: neon, treacherous, uncrossable.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
I just hope they are like me in another way as well, that somewhere they have an uncrossable line.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2019
In many ways, the battle between high art and low art has been fought to a draw by now, but it seemed like an almost uncrossable barrier—sort of like the Berlin Wall—in Steinberg’s time.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2018
In thermodynamics a zero became an uncrossable barrier: the coldest temperature possible.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
