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the most important point; or the most difficult aspect- the crux of the matter
- The crux of her argument is...
- I see the crux as whether you trust people to make those kinds of decisions for themselves.
- But his papers were my great crux.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- But, he thought, assume for a moment that "having," however it is defined, might be the crux of the problem.T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
- That is the crux of the matter?Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
- And there you have the crux of the situation.Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
- That's the crux of the matter.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
- His eyes blazed with intensity, just as they had months ago in New Mexico, when he'd battled us in the streets of Las Cruces and vowed to destroy us.Rick Riordan -- The Throne of Fire
- He would have slept where he was tired: maybe in the Las Cruces city park, maybe in an abandoned car out in the desert.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
- The essential plot element, the crux upon which the outcome depended, was time.Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- We thought we were running away from the grown-ups, and now we are the grown-ups: this is the crux of it.Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
- He had stated the crux of the matter.Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
- "But here is the very crux of the matter, don't you see?William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- But firstly, no, Harry, not seven Hor-cruxes: six.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Because that's the crux of it, isn't it, Ben?Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave
- It was stunning to Mariam how quickly alleviating hunger became the crux of their existence.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- And Pius IX his predecessor's motto was Crux upon Crux—that is, Cross upon Cross—to show the difference between their two pontificates."James Joyce -- Dubliners
- I will arrange to be in Las Cruces, New Mexico, tonight.Rick Riordan -- The Red Pyramid
- Was this the crux of Denise's error?Don DeLillo -- White Noise