How to Use heading in a Sentence

heading

noun
  • What is your current heading?
  • His paintings usually fall under the heading of realism.
  • We organized all the recipes under different subject headings.
  • Will my boss prefer serif or sans serif headings in this pitch deck?
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
  • This falls under the same heading as making light of tragedies.
    — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021
  • This falls under the same heading as making light of tragedy, so steer clear.
    — Sam Escobar, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2020
  • In those days, his biggest weakness was his heading.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
  • But the venue is still drawing big shows for the fall and heading into spring next year.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The best players in the world are at their best heading to Charlotte.
    — Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2025
  • But this program's heading to Texas with a trophy on its mind.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Now, the daughter is a high school senior heading to college in the fall.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Within a year of the youngest heading off to school, my mom retired from teaching.
    — Erin Sauder, Elgin Courier-News, 8 June 2018
  • Snider isn’t the only strategist who’s bullish heading into the new year.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
  • No dead heading needed, and the butterflies love this plant!
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • Van Kirk changed the heading to 270 degrees, a left turn due west.
    — David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Tanks were also fitted with wind sensors to detect the speed and heading of the wind.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Emerging from the jungle, Wang took a canoe heading for a refugee camp.
    — Yong Xiong, Selina Wang and Nectar Gan, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Women have won 45 (and were the top vote-getters in 2 more heading to runoffs).
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 25 May 2018
  • Use short paragraphs, bullet points and clear headings to highlight key info.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The Bucks — at the top of the league heading into that matchup — had their weaknesses laid bare.
    — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2020
  • That is the heading over a story in the Wall Street Journal, here.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Sep. 2024
  • For each, the leash already was short heading into the World Series.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019
  • But there are other signs that things are still dire for the GOP heading into the midterms.
    — Alex Shephard, New Republic, 5 Feb. 2018
  • App State led 5-0 heading to the bottom of the fifth before Troy scored five times.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 24 May 2023
  • Russell Wilson was crowned the starter heading into training camp.
    — Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The rest of the season is a chance for Fox to cement his place as the leader on the court heading into the summer.
    — Jason Jones, sacbee, 1 Apr. 2018
  • But these factors can cause rates to rise, fall or even cancel each other out and stay the same heading into August.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • This means clear headings, body text and structured data such as charts or tables, where appropriate.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Dallas shot nine of 10 from the stripe in the third, cutting the deficit to nine heading into the final quarter.
    — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2019
  • But that's what happens when road teams start the week 11-2 heading into the Sunday night game.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 3 Oct. 2019

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