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How to use crux in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Crux means the basic, central, or essential point or feature. Example: “The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.”

Examples of crux by meaning

nounThe basic, central, or essential point or feature.

  • The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.

nounThe hardest point of a climb.

  • the real crux of the climb was encountered1907, The Alpine Journal, volume 23
  • The final half-mile was the crux of the climb.1973, Pat Armstrong, "Klondike Fever: Seventy Years Too Late", in Backpacker, Autumn 1973, page 84
  • Continue climbing the groove; the crux is passing some vegetation on the second pitch.2009, R. J. Secor, The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails, Third Edition, The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 51

More sentences with crux

  • The Egyptian crux ansata, common on Egyptian monuments and other memorials, is considered by some authorities as a triple phallus.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 82. From the entry authority
  • The crux of monotheism is not only belief in a single deity but belief in a deity who is different from everything else.2000, Kenneth Seeskin, Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry deity
  • The crux of nontechnical medical caregiving — action with compassion — is based on an old adage: Listen to the patient; he is telling you his diagnosis.2007 July 1, “Letters”, in New York Times. From the entry caregiving
  • The crux of the economists’ arguments was that financial services companies were overestimating the percentage of preretirement income needed to live well when no longer working.2007 March 17, Damon Darlin, “Some More Numbers to Juggle in Figuring Out Retirement”, in New York Times. From the entry preretirement
  • The crux of the matter is this: Does being alive exclusively, entirely, account for what we are, or is our "mankindness" somewhat the cause of this?1987, George Edgar Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin, Aliens. From the entry mankindness
  • In this rare anomaly, a large “superdominant” right coronary artery crosses the crux of the heart, ascending the atrioventricular groove to perfuse the posterior and lateral wall of the heart.2007, James T Willerson, Jay N. Cohn, Hein J.J. Wellens, Cardiovascular Medicine, →ISBN, page 774. From the entry superdominant

Meaning of crux

  1. noun The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
  2. noun The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
  3. noun A puzzle or difficulty.

Full definition of crux

Questions about crux in a sentence

How do you use crux in a sentence?
Crux is used as a noun. For example: “The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.”
What is a short sentence with crux?
“the real crux of the climb was encountered”
What does crux mean?
Crux means the basic, central, or essential point or feature.

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