Sentence examples for become crossed from inspiring English sources

Yet there are countless ways that these elaborate signals may become crossed.

The first of them came when Lachlan McCaffrey and Ben Youngs allowed their wires to become crossed at the base of an attacking scrum – an error that gave Francis Saili, an unusually substantial centre from New Zealand, the chance to hoover up the loose ball and go the length.

Towns that had once sought to become staging posts up and down the river now competed to become crossing points.

And when their talents were not appreciated by the police department and they were forced to become crossing guards, they refused!

The wires between food and emotion became crossed.

Mitochondrial DNA remains intact in matrilineal lineages, whereas autosomal DNA becomes crossed in hybridization.

Senior, observing the light in Junior's eyes, inevitably became cross.

Roads become cross-hatching.

Many loyal Labour voters are uncomfortable with Mr Blair's move to the right, and may become crosser if co-operation with the Lib Dems becomes more formal.

"Oxygen free radicals can cause two different parts of a single protein to become cross-linked, so that it can't assume its proper shape, which is similar to what happens with a genetic mutation," Dr. Greenamyre said.

Those at the top end of the scale become cross about their tax burden, and doubtful of the value of state services (which they often don't use much anyway).