at cross purposes in a sentence

Examples

1. Apparently we had been talking at cross purposes heretofore.
2. But it turns out everybody is at cross purposes,
3. :: Finally, again, we are at cross purposes here.
4. However, working at cross purposes and sometimes just by being unlucky, none of them succeed.
5. The 41-year-old Ingersoll was liberals writing at cross purposes.
6. But isn't this comfortable confessional booth at cross purposes?
7. One obvious problem is that the Fed and the Bush administration are working at cross purposes.
8. We seem to be at cross purposes here.
9. The authorities and public opinion have in the past week been acting totally at cross purposes.
10. His protest activities were sometimes seen to be at cross purposes to those of the NAACP.