Cross and Trying

Cross

Cross adjective - Being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera.

Trying and cross are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trying" instead an adjective "Cross".

Trying

Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.

Cross and trying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cross" instead an adjective "Trying".

Nearby Words: try, tried

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Donald Duck Then he finds a black cat trying to cross his path, and spends most of the cartoon trying to elude it.
  • Chicken Joke Sure enough, Satchel ends up confused from the joke, trying to figure out which road the chicken was trying to cross.
    Source: Chicken Joke
  • Music / Vienna Teng Persecution Flip: No Gringo, which follows an Alternate Universe American family trying to cross the border into Mexico to find work.
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