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Meanings of crosscurrent in English

Catalan
corrent de ressaca
Spanish
corriente

A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current.

        corrent de ressaca
        Usage of crosscurrent in English
        1
        I felt a crazy-making crosscurrent of emotions whenever I stepped onto campus.
        The other wes moore: one name, two fates
        2
        Johnny trembled, as if he'd been hit by a crosscurrent of winds.
        Boy’s Life
        3
        His eyes were locked on the boat, which Carson was paddling crosscurrent toward them.
        Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
        4
        It had somehow come through all the bends and curves, and here must have caught a slight crosscurrent.
        The river
        5
        A few more steps, and a crosscurrent of winds snatched the cap and lifted it off the person's head.
        Mine
        6
        Striving for independence from Earth, caught in this crosscurrent of war, our Moon nation was soon reduced to a rabble, scraping for survival.
        The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
        7
        Partly this reflected Pakistan's seeming comfort in an era of growing international crosscurrents.
        Ghost wars
        8
        He was picking up additional feelings from Luke, now, new crosscurrents of doubt.
        Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
        9
        Everyone was looking, the room filled with crosscurrents of worried murmuring.
        Heart-shaped box
        10
        They began walking, the wind whipping around them in vicious crosscurrents.
        Swan Song
        11
        I long for the crosscurrents of my Compound house.
        Pivot Point
        12
        Chase's shift comes amid crosscurrents in the mortgage market.
        Reuters
        13
        For a moment they struggled there, fighting the crosscurrents till the air had been displaced.
        Dogs of war
        14
        The wind blew hard and cold when he reached the top, buffeting him with crosscurrents.
        The Mammoth Hunters
        15
        So here we find ourselves once again, lost at sea amid the crosscurrents of conflicting science.
        In defense of food: an eater's manifesto
        16
        Crosscurrents: red and silver sequins flung in handfuls.
        Nova
        Translations for crosscurrent
        Spanish
        corriente
        Crosscurrent through the time