How to Use oncoming in a Sentence

oncoming

adjective

• It’s the idea of the oncoming bus or the thought of a bomb.
  — Alexander Stein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• This caused oncoming traffic to have to veer off and stop.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
• That way both can talk to the kids and warn them of oncoming cyclists or those coming up on the rear.
  — Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Snow is not the main headline of the oncoming winter storm.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2022
• Wilcox said the woman then witnessed the suspect push Go in front of the oncoming train.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 16 Jan. 2022
• The lights from an oncoming pickup truck hit him dead in the eyes, blinding him.
  — Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 11 May 2023
• The truck then crossed into oncoming traffic and struck the bus.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
• The crash spun the sedan into the oncoming lane of traffic, Montes said, where it was hit by a pickup truck.
  — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2021
• The idea: to determine if a pipe might have bounced high enough to hit the windshield of Todd's oncoming car.
  — CBS News, 29 Jan. 2022
• Much of the route had no sidewalks, with steep hills and sharp turns, where oncoming traffic was hard to see.
  — Chris Papst, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024
• That’s kind of like standing on tracks with the hot light of an oncoming train barreling down on you.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2023
• Her mother, who is legally blind, can’t discern the sound of an oncoming car from the sound of the mine, and fears getting hit.
  — Wudan Yan, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
• The police cruiser was then hit by the oncoming freight train with Rios-Gonzalez still in the back.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2022
• If one of those oncoming vehicles strikes your ball of steel, the odds are that all heck is going to break loose.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
• Her 99-year-old great-uncle Jack was veering in and out of the oncoming lane while driving.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
• The van, a 2006 Chrysler Town & Country, spun into oncoming traffic, the sheriff’s office said, and the tow truck fled the scene.
  — Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
• The bodycam video shows the rescue – and the oncoming train that arrived just moments after the man was removed from the tracks.
  — Tavleen Tarrant, CNN, 25 Nov. 2022
• But last March, Cavitt was killed after stepping in front of an oncoming train.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• The woman was crossing the northbound lanes of the FDR Drive on foot at about 12:15 a.m. when an oncoming black sedan rammed into her, cops said.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
• Adding an anti-reflective coating to your lens may help to cut down on the glare of the headlights of an oncoming car.
  — Matthew Solan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• Two police officers on foot approached the car and asked the man to put the car in park, but the man fled and turned onto oncoming traffic.
  — Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
• Brissett can’t avoid what’s coming his way and his eyes express the oncoming sack.
  — Josh Gunter and John Kuntz, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2022
• After dropping to the roadway with a cry, Thompson is hit by an oncoming car.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• The man was dragged along when the train started moving and was then hit by an oncoming train, according to WNBC.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2022
• For the Clippers’ new logo, the compass in the middle is connected to an oncoming ship.
  — Shane Young, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• One of the family’s dogs began to alert Ayden to oncoming seizures.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 24 Oct. 2022
• Turn the wheel slightly while hitting the gas in first and the front end eagerly hunts for the ditch or the oncoming lane as the differential tries to make the most of available grip.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022
• Read Next Texas Dad dies saving son from oncoming pickup truck, Texas cops say.
  — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
• No one likes being dazzled by an oncoming car at night.
  — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
• One of the fleeing passengers ran into oncoming traffic and was struck by a car and injured, but four others remained on board — the bus driver, the gunman and two passengers.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024