How to Use head-on in a Sentence

head-on

1 of 2 adverb
  • Friedrich tries to parry this point head-on.
    — Andrew Zaleski, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Midi Health met a clear gap head-on.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Address burnout head-on, or work against your own success.
    — Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The wolf on the bank met her head-on, sinking his teeth into her nose.
    — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The fact that Payton is facing it head-on is a good sign.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Now, Vance is addressing those head-on.
    — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Nicola, for her part, stops short of addressing the feud head-on.
    — Roberta Mercuri, Vanity Fair, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Step up and meet your fear head-on as Chiron goes direct.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Rather than perceive the criticism as a slight, Betts took it head-on.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Whichever the case, the stuff needs to be dealt with head-on, and there’s no better time to do so than in the present.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The man's pickup truck drifted over the centerline and struck a school bus head-on.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Instead, if Chris faces this whole thing head-on, people will respect her for it.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • So the stakes are rising, but so is the thirst and those two things are going to come to a head-on collision.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Authorities said the truck crossed into the northbound lane and struck the school bus head-on.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But the hot gas that suffused the space between the galaxies in each cluster would have crashed head-on.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Dykstra says that addressing these fears and worries head-on can help improve your kid’s sleep.
    — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The barge struck the sailboat head-on, causing it to tip and capsize, the lawsuit alleges.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The first snap showed a side profile of her growing belly, while the second showed a more head-on picture.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The first snap showed a side profile of her growing belly, while the second showed a more head-on picture.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Over time, however, Rhimes has learned to confront those emotions head-on.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • These photos capture how Varvarych has tackled life head-on.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Feb. 2026
  • That includes tackling the law’s Medicaid cuts head-on.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • An Amelia man died in a fatal head-on crash while riding a motorcycle.
    — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Parents confronted the school board head-on Monday night.
    — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Police said because of the narrowness of the street, the two vehicles stopped head-on.
    — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Girls who challenged stereotypes, tackled problems head-on, and sought to build solutions from the ground up.
    — Dayana Sarkisova, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The fire officials, out conducting a missing persons search, were struck head-on.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Flowers and debris go flying as the vehicle then smashes head-on into a tree.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Authorities said the head-on crash involved at least two vehicles and left one person dead.
    — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The page edges are gilded gold and appear so when viewed head-on, but when they are spread left for right, a character portrait appears.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025

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
  • But Imai is both, a fact the Astros must face head-on.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • Two drivers race toward each other head-on.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • They are not always defeated head-on.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
  • Change management must attack this head-on.
    — Peter Fitzgibbon, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Whichever the case, the stuff needs to be dealt with head-on, and there’s no better time to do so than in the present.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026
  • Companies should challenge it head-on.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The driver of the car that was hit head-on went by ambulance to a hospital.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Was there an animating head-on-the-floor moment?
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • Moving around to look at the door from the side rather than straight on will show streaks that are invisible head-on.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Myers was holding his right shoulder, though his collision was head-on with the fence.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • Smoltz said this head-on collision has been coming for a long time, and the two sides can’t afford to get it wrong.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • The car crashed head-on with a tractor-trailer that was going westbound towards the state line.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • Employers are taking the issue head-on.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • This leads to far more serious head-on collisions or hitting a mountain.
    — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • In the Tetons, many also come with incredible head-on views of the namesake peaks.
    — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
  • Eleven suites and villas, each with a fireplace and a head-on view of The Remarkables.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • But with a new season finale comes a new disaster for our protagonists to face head-on.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
  • Therefore, Thomas put forth some suggestions for how astrology fans can face this month head-on.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
  • While starting a business was easy, leading required learning to address tough subjects head-on.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • An injustice must be faced head-on as Mars and Pluto harmonize!
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • An 18-year-old man riding a motorcycle collided head-on with a truck.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The answer is that peregrines very rarely collide head-on with prey, as that’d be like a bullet striking a wall; neither would survive.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • In the three-part project, Banks was asked to address head-on some of the more controversial moments from the show's tenure.
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
  • My first head-on encounter with a bear in the Canadian North was more amusing than dangerous.
    — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Those crashes would be unfortunate but much less serious than any head-on collision.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • This strategy attacks the utilization crisis head-on.
    — Raquel Gomes, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • The other driver crossed over the yellow median and hit Saint's vehicle head-on, per the outlet.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • Repeatedly, drivers would cross over the line and end up in devastating head-on collisions.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026

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