How to Use across from in a Sentence
across from
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The box is open to the researcher, who sits across from the subject.
—Chip Colwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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And all of a sudden, this door opened like 25 feet across from me.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
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The twins would need to be squatting in the bushes in order to be across from me.
—Harry Hill, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023
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Sitting across from me in the person of the very eloquent Kate Bush.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
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Valet parking: The valet lot is across from the check-in area at doors 4 and 20 in the Dolphin and Flamingo garages.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
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Four roach traps had 40 roaches in a prep area room across from the cookline.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2024
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First aid is on the main concourse across from Section 116.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
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There was a newsstand across from Canter’s, and there was a copy of the Lesbian Tide.
—Candace Hansen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
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Two old ladies sit across from us, frozen at the computer.
—Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2024
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With a location across from the beach, your kids may never want to leave.
—Tamara Gane, Chron, 9 Apr. 2023
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The arrest happened in a park across from Union Station.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2023
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In court, as the young men sat across from the accuser, they were called out by the victim’s mother.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024
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What union boss wouldn’t want to sit across from one of her own at the bargaining table?
—Matt Paprocki, National Review, 16 Apr. 2023
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And the person that was key in all of this is sitting across from you, smiling at you and dancing with you on the beach.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 17 May 2023
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Located across from Serious Pizza, this corn-in-a-cup stand is the go-to spot at the end of the night.
—Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
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While supporters are allowed in the park across from the courthouse, few have shown up.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 14 May 2024
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She’s barely got her ass in the seat across from her boss when Lisky starts yammering.
—Annalee Newitz, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
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The two squads stood across from one another, all donning royal blue hats with a white ’42’ on the front.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
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Dove fields can be crowded, and sometimes there will be shooters across from you.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
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The black-and-white clip saw Watts filming the sky and buildings across from her from her very high hotel room balcony.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
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Six men and one woman sit across from each other at two tables.
—Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
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Of sitting one morning across from him and telling him all of it: the fliers, Rockefeller Center, the police, the cold nights and the sirens, the nice people and the hay in the car.
—Michael Wilson, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
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It will be built across from the baseball park and will be connected to it and The Battery by a pedestrian bridge.
—Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2023
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The building sits just across from the park, which was established 55 years ago to the day and has been the center of controversy.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
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Go out and compete and play your ass off and try to beat the guys in the dugout across from you, but don’t take yourself so seriously.
—Brad Joyal, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
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The Hyatt, where frequent protests have been occurring in response to his death, is across from one of the RNC's three main venues.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2024
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He’s lined up across from second-year starter Cam Taylor-Britt at times and also has worked with the second unit.
—Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
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There’s been a tendency to read across from Ukraine to Taiwan and a lot of fears are being whipped up over Taiwan.
—Rebecca Choong Wilkins, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2023
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There, right across from the Eiffel Tower, the ceremony will have its finale.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 26 July 2024
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The police officer sitting across from the teenager and his mother begins to read the teen his Miranda rights.
—Kerry Kennedy, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
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