How to Use headman in a Sentence

headman

noun
  • His father is the village sarpanch, or headman, and the family owns valuable farmland.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Chickens, dogs, and small children scatter as the chief walks solemnly toward a seating area outside the headman’s hut.
    — Abigail Haworth, Marie Claire, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Thompson has been the headman at Belfry for eight years and has been coaching high school basketball for 24.
    — Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 12 Mar. 2021
  • And then late in the first, Kaprizov went for a headman pass that Rask skated into but again Fleury blocked the attempt.
    — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 26 May 2021
  • While new headman Jesse Minter ought to at least fix their defense, the big question may be Lamar Jackson’s health.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Lunana’s headman, Kaka, who goes by one name, said the most important part of the vaccination campaign was not on the ground, but in the sky.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The headman of the first flood-prone Fijian community resettled by the government bemoans the burial grounds abandoned to the sea.
    — The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
  • According to Matchroom headman Eddie Hearn, Stevenson tore a tendon in his hand.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Alan Koch, who was hired in December as an assistant coach and director of scouting and analytics, was the new headman.
    — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • One of the members, Ram Prasad, a former village headman from an upper caste, said the initiative would break the taboo associated with the act.
    — Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Western Michigan football will temporarily be without its headman.
    — Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Village headmen are influential figures in their communities.
    — Washington Post, 11 July 2017
  • For whatever reason, contract talks fell through leaving the NFL’s most prestigious franchise without a headman to begin their offseason.
    — Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The child’s uncle, Salim Güran — the village headman — had been arrested earlier in the probe, per Hürriyet Daily News.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The Labuschagnes also gave radios to community headmen around the park, encouraging them to phone in suspicious activities, and promising tighter security in the region.
    — Brent Stirton, National Geographic, 28 Jan. 2017
  • According to Jackson’s account, Fong said her father, the village headman, removed large pieces of wreckage from the crash site and organized the burial of McKinney’s body right there.
    — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • Even as Tennessee enjoyed a new coach bounce, scoring 10 points in what felt like 10 seconds for interim headman Mike McCoy, the Pats didn’t flinch.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • After Mattias Samuelsson checked Kaprizov off the puck and cleared the zone, Filip Gustavsson alertly gathered the puck and made a long headman pass to Kaprizov to catch some tired penalty killers changing.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The one-time Chargers head coach and two-time Broncos offensive coordinator is the Titans’ new headman after Brian Callahan’s firing on Monday.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Robin Naiding, the mild-mannered gaonbura, or headman, of Baga Dima, a village in the jungled hills northeastern India, isn’t sure why much of humanity enjoys imbibing drinks through a small plastic tube.
    — National Geographic, 22 Jan. 2020
  • In a hamlet nestled deep in Sumatra’s palm country, headman Slamet — who, like many Indonesians, goes by only one name — was eagerly showing off a 267-meter stretch of concrete to the nation’s minister for villages one recent March afternoon.
    — Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2019
  • While Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan and Arizona Wildcats headman Tommy Lloyd are the betting favorites to take over for Davis in Chapel Hill, there is a third name that is gaining momentum.
    — Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026

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