How to Use collision course in a Sentence

collision course

noun

• The two sides have been on a collision course for months.
  — Zeina Karam and Aron Heller, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2018
• These teams have been on a collision course for a while.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Nov. 2021
• In a sense, this has put the U.S. and North Korea on a collision course for years.
  — CBS News, 15 June 2018
• These two teams appear to be on a collision course to meet again in the final.
  — Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
• What if the other person has the same idea, and their tilt puts both heads on a collision course?
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2018
• If the Sixers finish as the No. 4 seed, these two teams could be on a collision course in Round 2.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
• The decision was among the things that put the country on a collision course for the Civil War.
  — Time, 22 Apr. 2021
• That disdain puts him on a collision course with Hemsworth’s Thor, a god by birth.
  — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
• Iran is on a collision course with the West, one that has little to do with the nuclear file.
  — Jonathan Schanzer, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2017
• This big lie is setting them on some sort of collision course.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 June 2019
• There, Uber is set on a fresh collision course with an old friend, Didi.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 12 June 2018
• Israel and Iran have appeared to be on a collision course for months.
  — Josef Federman, Fox News, 11 May 2018
• As tensions rise in the Gulf, America and Iran seem to be on a collision course.
  — A.k., The Economist, 22 July 2019
• Wood had a knack for being on a collision course with some of the pro football’s best quarterbacks of the 1960s.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 21 Apr. 2022
• Wood had a knack for being on a collision course with some of the pro football's best quarterbacks of the 1960s.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 9 Apr. 2020
• But 2024 is already shaping up to be quite the collision course.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• The Milky Way is on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 July 2020
• The problem—it’s on a direct collision course with Earth.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2021
• The problem — it’s on a direct collision course with Earth.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 9 Sep. 2021
• But the confidence of the White House sets up an inevitable collision course.
  — Astead W. Herndon, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• Both teams have advanced to the semifinals and remain on a collision course to meet again for the gold medal, which would be Feb. 22.
  — Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• But the jig is up because the planet is on a collision course with our world and the end will come on Sept. 23, or this Saturday.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 19 Sep. 2017
• But it’s on a collision course with the citizens of the brutal Savage Lands.
  — cleveland, 8 June 2020
• So the Giants are on a collision course with the dilemma to double down on a star running back as their bell cow.
  — Pat Leonard, courant.com, 15 July 2019
• Biden's show of force puts him on a collision course with Sanders that will test who Democrats view as more electable in November.
  — Julie Pace, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2020
• The Group A winner is on a collision course with the United States for the quarterfinals.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 31 May 2019
• The Milky Way is on a collision course with Andromeda in about four billion years.
  — Fox News, 3 Oct. 2019
• Universes on a collision course can lead to the destruction of one or both of them.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 14 May 2022
• But demographic trends are setting up a collision course with young people in the pews.
  — Ryan Struyk, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
• In theory, the kinetic energy could push the object away from its collision course with Earth.
  — David Bressan, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024