Below you will find example sentences with "cross country". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Cross Country in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: cross
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 38
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.1 words

Words in this phrase

cross country

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • cross can mean: A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the o... Common word
  • country can mean: The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

2019 state cross country meet held 1× a 5k cross country course and 1× a great cross country season and 1× and girls cross country teams travelled 1× and olympic cross country skier jessie 1× by doing cross country running in 1× cedar key cross country invitational 1× class c cross country state championships 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

afton native and 1× cross country courses 1× edel is having 1× elgin public pope 1× fell running and 1× in the 2010 1×

Common sentence endings:

of cross country 2× all five divisions 1× coming ninth individual 1× country became apparent 1× country jumping phase 1× cross country championships 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

team 5× season 4× track 3× minute 3× course 3× two 3× championships 3× new 3× school 3× october 3× running 3× phase 3×

Related phrases

red cross country music cross river cross section blue cross country club cross blue broncos country cross product entire country

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around cross:

cross river 18× cross section 17× cross product 8× holy cross 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

cross blue crop yields crop top crop production crop insurance critics say

Just after it in the phrase index:

cross product cross river cross section crossed paths crossing new crowd gathered

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

cross river cross section cross blue cross product

Same ending:

broncos country entire country host country independent country

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "cross country" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 2019 state cross country meet held, a 5k cross country course and, team, season and track stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with red cross, country music, cross river, cross river, cross section and cross product, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with cross country

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Cross country courses A cross country race taking place at a snowy park in the United States. (17 words)

Nurmi trained primarily by doing cross country running in the summers and cross country skiing in the winters. (18 words)

Elgin Public-Pope John’s cross country program did just that Thursday afternoon, competing in the Niobrara Valley Conference Cross Country Championships. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Notre Dame signee for cross country and track and field won his race by 1.8 seconds, broke the 15-minute barrier for the first time on a 5k cross country course, and ran one of the seven-fastest times of the day across all five divisions. (47 words)

Ten Minute Box The "Ten Minute Box" is a compulsory halt included during the cross country section of a three day event after the roads and tracks and steeplechase phases and before the "pure" cross-country jumping phase. (38 words)

This week as local parks bore witness to schoolkids competing in cross country competitions with an opportunity to absorb the many lessons that offers, the myopia of how sport is streamed in this country became apparent. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Afton native and Olympic cross country skier Jessie Diggins continues to carve out her accomplishments in the Cross Country ski world, and has become the World Champion in the 10 KM skate event.

Edel is having a great cross country season, and after recently winning the Dublin title, she claimed her highest ever finish in the national senior cross country finals coming ninth individual.

Notre Dame signee for cross country and track and field won his race by 1.8 seconds, broke the 15-minute barrier for the first time on a 5k cross country course, and ran one of the seven-fastest times of the day across all five divisions.

The junior has won the past two Class C cross country state championships and New England titles, which earned her two straight Maine Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year awards.

Elgin Public-Pope John’s cross country program did just that Thursday afternoon, competing in the Niobrara Valley Conference Cross Country Championships.

The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond jr. high cross country team competed at the Okaw Valley Middle School Cross Country Invite on Tuesday, October.

Maverick Koecher, Lilly Petty, and Coriella Sheetz of the ML/WR/Barnum cross country team were 2019 Cross Country Polar League Champions.

Laguna’s squad provided their best combined finish since 2004 at the annual Southern Section CIF Cross Country Championships last Saturday at the Riverside Cross Country Course.

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Sherry Hawk-Gray Holland is feeling motivated because the Jefferson Somerset Cross Country Team athletes are getting ready to start a new season of cross country.

The Malta High School Cross Country Team participated in the snowy 2019 State Cross Country meet held at Eagle Falls Golf Course in Great Falls on Saturday, October 26.

The new groomer will also have an attachment for setting one or two cross country tracks on the resort’s 15 km of cross country trails.

The Trenton boys and girls cross-country teams travelled to Cedar Key on October 4, to compete at the Cedar Key Cross Country Invitational.

Cross country courses A cross country race taking place at a snowy park in the United States.

Fell running and Orienteering are other competitive sports similar to cross country, although they feature an element of navigation which is absent from the set courses of cross country.

In the 2010 cross country season, Sturgis Charter Public School's Division 4 cross country team remained virtually unbeaten throughout their running season.

Nurmi trained primarily by doing cross country running in the summers and cross country skiing in the winters.

Ten Minute Box The "Ten Minute Box" is a compulsory halt included during the cross country section of a three day event after the roads and tracks and steeplechase phases and before the "pure" cross-country jumping phase.

The jumping phase usually starts in the stadium ring with a fence leading out to a smaller field with some cross country fences (not as many as in a horse trial's cross country phase).

Track and cross country In recent years, the varsity track and cross country programs have seen outstanding success on the Division III national level.

This week as local parks bore witness to schoolkids competing in cross country competitions with an opportunity to absorb the many lessons that offers, the myopia of how sport is streamed in this country became apparent.

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