How to Use bridgehead in a Sentence

bridgehead

noun

• Now the marines are fighting to expand that bridgehead.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• First, church buildings are not an escape from the world, but a bridgehead into the world.
  — N.t. Wright, Time, 21 May 2020
• The Sherman’s finest hour came during the breakout from the Normandy bridgehead in July 1944.
  — Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
• In addition, comics are very popular in places like the US, so a new manga could act as a bridgehead.
  — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
• Mere Eglise, west coast of Cherbourg Peninsula, had fought their way through and linked up with Allied bridgehead on the east coast of the peninsula.
  — Wes Gallagher, Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2019
• Ukrainian armor crashed over the Inhulets River and established a bridgehead, the main gains that Kyiv has made in two days of fighting.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
• Last month, the Russians lost nearly an entire battalion in a botched attempt to cross the Siverskyi Donets River and set up a bridgehead.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2022
• The British military intelligence agency said that the Ukrainians have managed to hold a small bridgehead across the river since early June.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• Although heavy losses were claimed to have been inflicted on the landing forces, the communique admitted that the Allies had strengthened their bridgehead.
  — Wes Gallagher, Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2019
• In the real world, that same scattershot purchasing model is one that Tencent has used to build, stealthily, a bridgehead in the global gaming industry.
  — The Economist, 13 June 2020
• Calling his men to join him, Allworth swam the canal under enemy fire and rallied his troops, who then pushed back the opposing force, took 100 prisoners and secured the bridgehead for the Allied advance.
  — Gazette-Times, OregonLive.com, 3 May 2018
• The advance near Kharkiv comes a week after Ukraine launched an offensive in the south, retaking several villages and expanding a bridgehead across the Inhulets River.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• Chinese electric car makers have already established a bridgehead in Europe, tempted by high prices, and the companies are set to engage a higher gear.
  — Neil Winton, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• Over the past month, Ukrainian marines appear to have successfully established a modest bridgehead, securing positions on the east bank along the settlement of Krynky.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
• In addition, a green-roofed glass building would be erected near the Robert Street bridgehead to serve as an interpretive center or community gathering space.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2017
• The plan originally proposed raising the maximum building heights near the downtown Transit Mall and the Morrison and Hawthorne bridgeheads to increase density near public transit.
  — OregonLive.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• If the government can manage the shift in investment in Lanzhou without unleashing the excesses of the past decade, the city may eventually fill its empty tower blocks and once again become a bridgehead for China’s western development.
  — Bloomberg.com, 15 Jan. 2018
• There is no indication Ukraine has established a secure bridgehead, and some military analysts are skeptical that Kyiv would undertake such an effort.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• The Burnaston plant was established in 1989 as Toyota’s first major bridgehead in Europe and was also a pioneer of hybrid-vehicle manufacturing.
  — Christopher Jasper, Bloomberg.com, 28 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 13 Aug 2024