How to Use head-on in a Sentence

head-on

1 of 2 adverb
  • Mike Pyle, the Bears’ center of the 1960s, faced Butkus head-on in the team’s scrimmages.
    — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Barbara stood a few steps away from the lectern and faced the shooter head-on.
    — Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • The head-on crash was between a pickup truck and a car, the release said.
    — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Two people were killed in a head-on crash in St. Clair County.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 29 June 2023
  • Police believe the truck swerved into the path of the bus, causing a head-on crash.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Then, there’s the question of buying and serving whole, head-on, bone-in fish.
    — J. Kenji López-Alt, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • For the first time — and by far the toughest time — Hoke seemed fully and head-on accountable.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • While driving north, the driver of the sedan crossed over into the southbound lane and struck the southbound SUV head-on.
    — Olivia Alexander, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • In the Idaho case, the state was not asking the court to address transgender rights head-on.
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Democrats seem to be trying to quiet the critics head-on in recent months.
    — Asma Khalid, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But the best, healthiest way is to just face that anxiety head-on, and that's what a lot of this music is.
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • Out of superstition as well as grief, some choose to steer away from the tragedy rather than confront it head-on.
    — Amy Qin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Neon and its awards team will need to challenge Hollywood head-on and ensure the right people see this movie.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
  • But a head-on car crash decades ago sent him down a different path, his family said.
    — Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Those are issues that Lydie and Nico grapple with, too, if not always head-on.
    — Hazlitt, 19 July 2023
  • Two men are dead after a wrong-way driver caused a head-on collision at I-94 and North 32nd Street over the weekend.
    — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2023
  • All 99 suites and villas at the Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino, have head-on views of the bay.
    — Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Stark, who is known for her subversive takes on corsetry, confronts that ambivalence head-on in The Tour.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 28 Sep. 2023
  • While the crew was able to slow down and avoid a head-on collision, the ship ultimately sideswiped the iceberg, causing the fatal 300-foot tear in the hull.
    — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
  • Didn’t mention a head-on collision that killed the driver who swerved into his lane.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
  • So how could Welker be so unprepared to address them head-on?
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The car slid sideways, hit a tree on the passenger side, then hit another tree head-on, police say.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Currently, the planet is approaching a solstice—in 2028, the polar cap, shown on the right side of Uranus in Webb’s photo, will face the sun head-on.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Dixon’s car hit it nearly head-on and then whipped around to make additional contact with his left-side as well.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2023
  • Unlike Dix, who was awarded the Iron Cross for his frontline service, Beckmann did not depict the war head-on.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The moon’s alignment with the North Node encourages you to confront anxieties head-on to take back your power.
    — USA TODAY, 5 May 2024
  • In February, around 20 people were killed in a head-on crash between a bus and a cash-in-transit van, officials said at the time.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Fried head-on shrimp are always available, as are plantains, french fries, steamed cornbread, and pickled onions.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
  • But in a way that few expected, that awkward bump has turned into a head-on collision.
    — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • One of the collisions was minor, but the second was head-on, according to witnesses.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 6 May 2024

head-on

2 of 2 adjective
  • Still, that didn’t stop her from trying to tackle these tasks head-on.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Once Stab 3 cast members start getting killed off, Sidney is forced to come out of hiding and face the new murderer head-on.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But the cafeteria was at the front of the train that collided head-on with a freight train late Tuesday, in the deadliest rail crash in Greece’s history.
    — Iliana Magra, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But Chan isn’t the only female founder meeting the biggest challenges facing women in 2023 head-on.
    — Matt Symonds, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Stenger said if the legislation were to address that issue head-on, then the league would be more likely to jump on board with the idea of curbside pickup or delivery.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2023
  • An 18-year-old man riding a motorcycle collided head-on with a truck.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Therefore, Thomas put forth some suggestions for how astrology fans can face this month head-on.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Investigators blamed the collision on human error and said the two trains were running on the same line for 12 minutes, or a distance of about 11 miles, when the head-on crash occurred.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The investigation revealed two of the cars crashed head-on, both catching fire upon impact, police said.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Pack your sunglasses, though: The Giulia's sun visors are laughably small and ineffective when driving head-on into the sun.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Day by day, the couple faces this challenge head-on, adapting to the disruptions brought on by Augusto’s disease while relying on the affection and sense of humor shared between them.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Several bills authored by Wyden and other lawmakers have attempted to tackle the issue head-on.
    — WIRED, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Mitsotakis also wrote that the head-on crash could have been avoided had a digital control system been fully operational.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Authorities said the fatality victim – a man whose identity has not yet been released – was driving a sedan eastbound in the westbound lanes and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The future of learning is increasingly virtual, and Lego has reinvented itself to meet that reality head-on.
    — Daphne Kis, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023

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