How to Use across from in a Sentence

across from

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Definition of across fromnext
  • The box is open to the researcher, who sits across from the subject.
    — Chip Colwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • And all of a sudden, this door opened like 25 feet across from me.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
  • The twins would need to be squatting in the bushes in order to be across from me.
    — Harry Hill, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Sitting across from me in the person of the very eloquent Kate Bush.
    — John Russell, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
  • 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
  • Four roach traps had 40 roaches in a prep area room across from the cookline.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2024
  • First aid is on the main concourse across from Section 116.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • Two old ladies sit across from us, frozen at the computer.
    — Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2024
  • With a location across from the beach, your kids may never want to leave.
    — Tamara Gane, Chron, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The arrest happened in a park across from Union Station.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • While supporters are allowed in the park across from the courthouse, few have shown up.
    — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 14 May 2024
  • She’s barely got her ass in the seat across from her boss when Lisky starts yammering.
    — Annalee Newitz, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • 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
  • Dove fields can be crowded, and sometimes there will be shooters across from you.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
  • 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
  • Six men and one woman sit across from each other at two tables.
    — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • There, right across from the Eiffel Tower, the ceremony will have its finale.
    — Caroline Tien, SELF, 26 July 2024
  • 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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