How to Use head-on in a Sentence

head-on

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 | [e-mail], 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
• And facing challenges head-on requires on-the-job adjustments.
  — Matt Leach, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024