How to Use intersect in a Sentence

intersect

verb
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  • The two roads intersect at the edge of town.
  • A dry stream bed intersects the trail in several places.
  • Line A intersects with line B.
  • Make sure the two groups intersect right in the middle.
    — Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The lives of three couples intersect one night at one L.A. restaurant in this 2022 thriller.
    — cleveland, 11 Dec. 2022
  • And their lives intersect in different ways, and the timeline jumps around a bit.
    — WIRED, 15 June 2023
  • Trump's new charges part of a week full of legal twists intersecting with the 2024 campaign.
    — ABC News, 30 July 2023
  • Benjamin and Helen Rask are the power couple at the heart of the tales that intersect and overlap.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Age as well as race is a factor in mental health -- indeed, the two can intersect.
    — Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 6 July 2022
  • In Demonschool, the human and demon worlds intersect in a visual way, where one is 2D and the world of the fantastic springs to life in 3D.
    — Wired, 16 July 2022
  • Then ask yourself, where does that intersect with my life?
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 9 June 2022
  • Did the violence in that region at the end of last year intersect at all with filming the third season, or the show itself?
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The Semisonic collabo isn’t the first time Isbell’s arc has intersected with a ‘90s icon.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • This result meant the top of the building intersected with planes' east-west flight paths to a nearby airport.
    — Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Of course, this is far from the only place where three nations intersect at a single point, which is known as a tripoint.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
  • At the 1-mile point, Apollo intersects the Dipper Trail.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Black women seem to be where their targets intersect and lock in as their punching bag.
    — Dash Harris, refinery29.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Keep a sharp eye out for faint trails that intersect main trails near a food source, or that veer 30 yards downhill from the obvious runway on the ridge top.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Today, the site at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip intersects with a major thoroughfare named for the Tropicana.
    — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In the business of farming, self-interest and the common good can intersect.
    — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2022
  • Maybe that's how some of these big storylines will intersect.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 14 July 2022
  • In other words, avoid placing any of these three in a spot that intersects a major traffic path.
    — Cameron Sullivan, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The northbound lanes were closed at milepost 199, right where both highways intersect.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2023
  • Here, though, the claim does not even intersect with the incidents on which Biden has predicated his call.
    — The Editors, National Review, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Senator Cornyn has cast the bill as a response to the atrocity in Uvalde, and yet none of its terms seem to intersect with that incident.
    — The Editors, National Review, 23 June 2022
  • Its slightly off-dry red cherry and nectarine fruit flavors intersect with traces of chamomile, lemon and fresh-baked brioche.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 July 2022
  • And though the area may be changing, Stone Bridge Ranch itself intersects with Texas history.
    — Katharine Jose, Chron, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The programmer can unite two regions, subtract one from the other, or intersect them.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
  • How does that intersect with your love of travel, which naturally takes you out of a routine?
    — Bethany Heitman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • How might our own fears or concerns collide or intersect?
    — Lisa Ling, CNN, 26 Nov. 2022

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