How to Use head in a Sentence

head

1 of 3 noun
  • She patted the dog on the head.
  • The ceiling's low—watch your head!
  • He nodded his head in agreement.
  • Each girl was shot in the head.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • That was the thought in my head.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • One drone flies right above our heads.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
  • How much of that was in your head?
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Fight, girls, and hold your heads high.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
  • His head felt small and light as an eggshell.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The goal was to not wipe out the head coach.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So that’s kind of where my head is at, too.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Is the head coach calling the plays?
    — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The sergeant landed on his head.
    — Emerson Clarridge updated March 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Faulí drew the figure off the top of his head.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Head-to-head is the first tiebreaker.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Brooklyn didn’t stop with its head coach.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Eyes closed and head bowed during prayer.
    — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
  • Spain’s leaders flipped that idea on its head.
    — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
  • For the full match schedule, head here.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 15 June 2026
  • This is stuff that’s just flying over your head?
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026
  • The suspect then hit the man on the back of the head.
    — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That came to a head in the lead-up to the election.
    — Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • Oh, and that nagging coach who’s in their head.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 May 2026
  • Reid, the head coach, left his offense on the field.
    — Sam McDowell 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But, Or what about the Texas head coach?
    — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
  • For more movie news, head to Newsweek Movies.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Their heads, cooled with ice packs, stick out of the machine.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Spruill then fell to the ground and hit his head on the pavement.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Our head of school was there, arms open to wrap me in an embrace.
    — Nicole Frehsee Mazur, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Her curly copper hair bounced on her head, as if ready for a fight.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026

head

2 of 3 adjective
  • The host — and his wife, who is a co-head writer on the show — have yet to comment.
    — Jolene Latimer, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Donny Lucy is the co-head coach at Fallbrook.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Her co-head coach Doug Peabody had high praise for her performance.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Mowry, who is co-head coach with Gus Rico this season, has won five City titles.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
  • The head ref failed to show up for my debut, so my career started as a co-head official with the other linesman.
    — Dianna Russini, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • My only negative really was head size.
    — Langston Wertz Jr, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026
  • Taylor has worked as the team’s offensive coordinator and was co-head coach last season.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Matija Dragojević is the creator and writer along with co-head writer Bob Konrad.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Bowen and ex-head coach Graham Potter, who was sacked in September, consoled the playmaker.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
  • On the play, the Arvada West co-head coach was pressured, rolled right out of the pocket, and fired to Massucci on a dig route downfield.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • McNearney is the co-head writer and executive producer of the late night show (and is married to Kimmel).
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Three members of the Pohl family play for the team, and their parents, Krissy Wendell Pohl and dad John Pohl, are co-head coaches and work at the school.
    — Ren Clayton, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Donovan became head coach of the Bulls in September 2020 after five seasons as head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Canqueteau-Landi has served as co-head coach of the GymDogs the past two seasons alongside Ryan Roberts, who earlier Tuesday was announced as the head coach at Auburn.
    — Sarah Spencer, AJC.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Enquist served as co-head coach with her mentor from 1989 to 1996 and became sole head coach after Backus’ retirement in January 1997.
    — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The offensive-minded Kingsbury made the jump from Texas Tech to the NFL in 2019, become head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Watson was still recovering from his Achilles injury, and ex-head coach Kevin Stefanski had Sanders start the remaining seven games of the season after Gabriel struggled before suffering an injury.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Credit the script by former SNL co-head writer and The Other Two co-creator Sarah Schneider, who deploys flashbacks to perfect use and delivers an absolute wallop of an ending.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Gunn and Peter Safran, who co-head DC Studios together, appear in the clip, which gets into how Superman launches a new era of the DC Universe on screen across movies and TV.
    — EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Blumenfeld is the President of the production company collective Lisa and is the director and co-head writer on Spilling Your Seed, produced by Lisa and Stapleview, starring Troast.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 June 2026
  • Schneider, a former Saturday Night Live co-head writer, is currently at HBO, serving as co-executive producer on the new Tim Robinson comedy series The Chair Company.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025

head

3 of 3 verb
  • I hopped in the car and headed down the street.
  • The forward headed the ball into the goal.
  • The group was headed by the church pastor.
  • He was accused of heading the revolt.
  • After lunch, we headed back to the office.
  • The birds have already started heading south for the winter.
  • She headed out early this morning.
  • So is that where this is headed?
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Right now, that’s where it’s headed.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The crew didn’t linger to find out where it was headed.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026
  • Don’t have time to head into the store for yourself?
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Still, this may be a sign of where home robots are headed.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
  • When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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