How To Use Head-on In A Sentence

Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning.
As if by magic, Guinevere looked up, and met Lancelot's gaze head-on.
She stopped in the middle of the fast lane facing opposite traffic, and a tanker carrying diesel fuel smashed head-on into the front of her car.
A head-on collision with a pair of black salt-stained leather boots.
And it succeeds in treating this often delicate subject head-on but with the lightness of touch that you would expect from The Motley Fool.

It is virtually impossible to have a head-on collision on a motorway where all the traffic is going in the same direction.
He saw no prospect of avoiding for long a head-on collision.
That being the situation, it was not, it is submitted, if you like, a head-on collision between witness and cross-examiner.
Once again, I chose to confront the issue head-on.
A husband and wife attacked a man whose car collided head-on with a vehicle carrying their relatives.
A Bradford motorist was today battling for his life after a head-on car smash.
The worst crash in the Western Bay in 17 months claimed the lives of three men in a head-on smash near Te Puke yesterday.
Or do we meet it head-on, admit that, yeah, we have a chance and not hide away from it?
Within seconds both vehicles were in a head-on collision then a further two cars crashed into the first two.
I don't think any national figure in America has the courage or the faculties to confront this issue head-on.
This brought about a head-on collision between the crowd and the regular troops, who opened fire.
The President is eager to avoid a head-on clash with Congress over his health policies.
It went on to warn that further flares are likely in the next week, and because the sunspot is moving into line with Earth, the risk of disruptions is even greater as the solar activity will strike the planet head-on.
By not taking on this issue head-on to explain why this intervention has nothing to do with the colonial past or the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, neither of which asked for military intervention as Libyans have, Obama allowed Gaddafi's crude anti-imperialist and anti-crusader propaganda to stand. Joe Lauria: "Time and Space" for Libyan Rebels
At times I could hardly understand their porridge-thick accents, but I recognized a familiar sense of humor: a sidewise glance that spots hypocrisy head-on.
His therapy for Her involves facing her fear head-on, which has been concentrated to a single location – a small cabin in the woods named Eden, where the family previously summered. Chaos Reigns: My ANTICHRIST Review « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more
These it gave a wide berth, wary of any head-on confrontation with the regime.
The end of the parliamentary process is an appropriate time to address these criticisms head-on and to dispel some of the prevailing myths. A New Constitution for Hungary
If Congress and the administration are to avoid a head-on clash, and a presidential veto, a compromise must be struck.
She crossed lanes, clipped one oncoming car then hit another head-on. The Sun
The silver bodies of predatory fish like congers make them virtually invisible head-on.
The interests of the major powers are bound to clash head-on over Iraqi oil.
Your dream may have collided head-on with a roadblock. Christianity Today
Life had to be faced head-on and, that too with a spring in the step!
I was not about to confront her preconceived notions head-on.
The President is eager to avoid a head-on clash with Congress over his health policies.
Two cars were involved in the head-on collision near the Cayley Arms pub, blocking the Pickering to Scarborough road.
There was evidentially speaking a head-on collision between the appellant and the principal prosecution witness.
In this technique atoms have their velocities reduced by running head-on into a laser beam tuned to their transition frequency.
Cameron faced a slash head-on, then stepped back as one claw went for his eyes.
I don't see them head-on very often, tend to forget how bad they are. DOLL'S EYES
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In a separate accident two women were fighting for their lives in hospital after their car collided with another vehicle in a head-on smash in Rochdale.
He should confront head-on the fundamental misapprehensions driving the public mood.
The police are trying to tackle car crime head-on.
One case involves a head-on crash where a driver and passenger were injured when the front airbags did not open. The Sun
During the past eight weeks I have seen two minor bumps and one almost head-on collision.
Most of them are trying to avoid head-on confrontation with the government.
The time has come to confront your fears head-on and take a trip to the local hospital…
A high-speed head-on car crash claimed the lives of a teenager and two elderly women, an inquest heard.
There was a head-on confrontation between management and unions.
The Court chose not to face head-on the problem of state trespass statutes which conflicted with constitutional prohibitions against racial discrimination.
Tackling other people's problems head-on can't always be easy and Margaret admits there can be a downside.
The day after the air crash, he was involved in more drama when he witnessed a head-on collision between two cars.
Meeting the coach competition necessitated a more risky strategy: head-on confrontation at the low-price end of the market.
He continually bailed out at the plate, shifting his head and neck in an effort to bypass the blind spot that he encountered when he tried to view baseballs head-on.
I inched along the bottom, lying as flat as I could and head-on, as far as I could judge, to the direction of the moving water.
AT least 22 people were killed and dozens injured when two commuter trains collided head-on. The Sun
The car crossed the road and hit a truck head-on.
In this technique atoms have their velocities reduced by running head-on into a laser beam tuned to their transition frequency.
They would play chicken by driving head-on at each other until one of them lost their nerve and swerved out of the way.
Your dream may have collided head-on with a roadblock. Christianity Today
The key scene is one in which Dawn has a head-on confrontation with Geoff, the operational manager.
The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog.
We must confront head-on those few who preach violence and hatred.
The President is eager to avoid a head-on clash with Congress over his health policies.
The car collided head-on with a lorry laden with cement. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
A lorry nine times the weight of the minibus struck the bus head-on, flipping it over and over, and shunting it back up the hill.
It's like a game of chicken - car racing toward car, head-on - who would back down?
And Hariri is increasingly isolated, with none of his allies being prepared to confront Hizballah head-on given the experience of the May 2008 mini–civil war.
It almost caused numerous accidents, here narrowly avoiding a head-on collision.
We shall attempt to face head-on the questions raised by the clash of values in Chapter 9.
The car collided head-on with the van.
Even if one gets different results, they are still publishable without necessarily running into head-on confrontation with the earlier claims.
A linebacker came up and nailed him head-on, stopped him cold.
Saturn, your ruler, gives you the discipline to meet challenges head-on.
The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air
Characteristic is his perfect intonation and breath management as well as excellent phrasing and imaginative use of ornaments when he confronts difficult trills head-on.
Last year the Island was struck head-on by Hurricane Fabian, the worst to hit Bermuda in fifty years.
He should confront head-on the fundamental misapprehensions driving the public mood.
That the crew managed to recover and surface the boat after a head-on prang at 500 ft and 33 knots is miraculous.
She was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 218.
In this technique atoms have their velocities reduced by running head-on into a laser beam tuned to their transition frequency.
A 50 year old man was admitted to hospital after a head-on motor vehicle accident in which he was a passenger in a wheelchair.
we must meet the problem head-on
So even a film about the best-known caper of the past decade doesn't take the subject head-on.
Ten years' worth of self-planned and solo treks, climbs, and paddles have taught me it's much better to go out there and meet adventure head-on than to take some kind of glorified bus tour.
Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning.
The Law of Disruption is running head-on into the statutes, regulations, judicial opinions, and treaties that today regulate businesses and consumers in their digital lives.
A man from Southend and another from Shoebury suffered serious injuries when their cars were involved in a head-on collision.
And the unthreatening image of the social worker who keeps families together is designed to tackle head-on the myth of the malevolent, child-snatching meddler that is all too prevalent in the public imagination.
The only way you get anywhere with a mad dog is to confront it head-on.
The overlook provides a head-on view of the massive, horsetail-shaped cataract.
Taylor drove off and rammed head-on into a car driven by a pensioner before he managed to get away.
The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog.
Evangelistic preaching, therefore, has to deal head-on with origins.
As our collective anger collides head-on with our political system's intransigence, we're stuck with a classic case of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object.
It shows how scores of business people have been given government posts which clash head-on with their commercial interests.
A dedicated teacher and devoted mother has died in a head-on smash just days before her 51st birthday.
MPs said that it was better for the regulator to examine and if necessary reject such deals head-on rather than take enforcement action afterwards. Times, Sunday Times
A bus driver was hailed a hero today for saving the lives of his passengers when a car ploughed head-on into his bus.
Nobody can now deny either the existence or the importance of the head-on collision between the prime minister and the chancellor.
The company's expansion plans could put it in a head-on clash with environmentalists.
We have a choice: We either continue wasting scarce resources on useless programs or we address discrimination and HIV head-on. Serra Sippel: Ugandan Tragedy, Human Rights, and U.S. Foreign Aid
On a treacherous curve, both vehicles went out of control and met in a head-on collision.
The only victors in a head-on clash between the president and the assembly would be the hardliners on both sides.
They are being tackled head-on both in the popular press and Communist Party theoretical journals.
Plunging head-on, beyond the words he'd carefully prepared to tell his assistant. THE TATTOOED GIRL
First into battle was Joe, who ran a head-on-head, slightly damaging his shield power from the enemy's explosion throwing shrapnel into it.
Two people were killed in a head-on collision on highway 218.
Johansson clipped the barrier surrounding the mouth of the tunnel but Laffite rammed the steelwork head-on. Chequered Conflict
The Which team ran crash tests on cars using dummies in the seats to test the protection they offered against a head-on crash and a side-on crash, but at higher forces than the EU standards require.
Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning.
You worry that tackling these head-on will lead to overly frank exchanges about situations that are already causing problems. Times, Sunday Times
Lady Castlemaine runs towards it head-on, and you must meet her there. Exit the Actress
For a similar reason, a collision head-on between two cars in motion is much more violent than if one of them is at rest. Accelerators and Nobel Laureates
AT least 22 people were killed and dozens injured when two commuter trains collided head-on. The Sun
Pulling out to overtake, the car collided head-on with a van.
There was a head-on confrontation between management and unions.
He threw his 800 men head-on against a position meticulously prepared by the three bands of Seminoles waiting there.
In the Commons the prime minister confronted critics head-on.
The consequence of such behavior is an increasing tendency to pre-censor unpopular and detested ideas instead of discussing them and, thus, dealing with them head-on. John W. Whitehead: The Chimp Cartoon and the Death of Free Speech
A teenage driver was killed when his car collided head-on with a heavy goods vehicle in a horrific accident on a major road near York.
It was pointed out that those who knew avoided the pothole by running the danger of head-on collision with the on coming traffic.
The car careered down the road and hit a chestnut tree head-on.
Four people were seriously injured in a head-on smash on the A45.
When the head-on crash occurred, the nearest police car was a quarter-of-a-mile behind the stolen vehicle.
Few people will challenge activists' arguments head-on, and defend the moral value of animal research.
A 2004 report from IIHS shows that textured pavement, known as rumble strips, have reduced head-on crashes and side swipes by 25 to 30 percent. Crash avoidance technologies: Benefit or distraction?
But the program's organizers refused to ignore the issues and pushed the group to confront them head-on. Joshua Stanton: Can Interfaith Dialogue Make a Difference in the Face of Middle East Setbacks?
A traumatised mum whose car was involved in a head-on collision with a drunk driver today spoke of the terrible effect the crash has had on her life.
Most people may be quite disarmed by Joan's head-on approach to things.
Janet was injured in a head-on collision while driving along the same stretch of road last year, and still requires back treatment as a result.
Her resolve to tackle the menace head-on gave a clear direction to the attending bureaucrats.
Yes, adolescence is a volatile time, and yes, adolescents (of ALL genders, thank you) develop obsessive and incredibly intense romantic attachments to all kinds of people who do not have their best interests at heart, and no, we don't have a problem with books willing to tackle those kinds of relationships head-on. Today's Book Review
A bus driver was hailed a hero today for saving the lives of his passengers when a car ploughed head-on into his bus.
We meet this problem head-on by analyzing data provided by a nationwide sample of people of all ages.
They would play chicken by driving head-on at each other until one of them lost their nerve and swerved out of the way.
It was a 60-foot speedboat, which I proceeded to bring into port head-on, not really knowing much about driving speedboats.
Even companies that had family policies did not address the ethical issues head-on.
Three delivery boys killed in mishap in Jaipur newspaper delivery boys died on the spot when their jeep collied head-on with a WN.com - Articles related to Organic squirrel control
All nine coaches were derailed, but continued upright for half a mile before colliding head-on with a coal train.
A taxi driver escaped serious injury in a head-on collision at Potterne Woods on the A360.
Testers calculated that a driver would be unlikely to survive a head-on collision at 40 mph, and in a side-on collision at 30 mph the driver would suffer severe head and chest injuries due to a lack of side protection.
Even worse, the disquietude grows when we learn of the unavoidability of certain occurrences, such as our Earth becoming engulfed by a dying sun, or a massive comet colliding head-on with catastrophic consequences.
Mandatory crash tests were introduced in 1998 and include a head-on impact at 35 mph and a side-on impact at 30 mph.
Once again, I chose to confront the issue head-on.
Less than an hour after the Potters Bar crash three people were killed and another two critically injured in a head-on collision between two cars in Llandudno in Wales.
Meeting the coach competition necessitated a more risky strategy: head-on confrontation at the low-price end of the market.
We need to show everyone in our electoral chains of command that they have an unnegotiable mandate to meet climate change head-on, that their political careers depend on taking action, and that if economic transformation means inconvenience, hard work and sacrifice, we are willing. William S. Becker: Climate Action: Part 5 - Onward
Northern Province platteland head-on, listening patiently to their problems. ANC Daily News Briefing
A motorist was cut free from her car after she was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle.
A woman has died following a head-on collision at one of Scotland's worst accident black spots.
A Chapmanslade motorist lost control of his van in a snowstorm moments before he was killed in a head-on smash, an inquest heard on Monday.
The best angle for Democrats would be to pry at the disjuncture between those two numbers rather than to hit the president head-on.
The Court chose not to face head-on the problem of state trespass statutes which conflicted with constitutional prohibitions against racial discrimination.
That weekend, he and two friends were driving home from a party and were hit head-on. At Hidden Falls
The patented "micro-louvre" technology means the screen is only visible to the user who looks at the smartphone screen head-on. Stop over-the-shoulder smartphone snoopers | Sync Blog
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If you split Saint Andrew's cross down the middle, you have a symbol of two great systems, clashing head-on.
You need to smash two beams head-on in a collider, because the center-of-mass energy is the sum of the energies in the two beams.
The sound effects make you want to swerve head-on into the guard rails to miss whatever it is that you haven't seen.
He tried to overtake three cars on a blind corner and crashed head-on into a lorry.
Now, though, rather than fight head-on, they were trying to strangle the Osprey to death with the jungly tangle of rules, reviews, and regulations known as the “defense acquisition process.” The Dream Machine
He tried to overtake three cars on a blind corner and crashed head-on into a lorry.
The last scene in Mr. Cowley's drama is the Gulf of Lepanto, where from dawn to dusk on Oct. 7, 1571, just a year after the atrocity in Cyprus, was fought the last naval battle in history in which oared galleys, ramming each other head-on, played the major role. When Worlds Collide
MPs said that it was better for the regulator to examine and if necessary reject such deals head-on rather than take enforcement action afterwards. Times, Sunday Times
Fifteen months later, in the abyssal depths of the South Pacific, a whale rammed the ship head-on. 2010 March 29 « The BookBanter Blog
SHREVEPORT - Two Arkansas men died Saturday when their pickup truck collided head-on with a tour bus carrying members of country singer Trace Adkins 'band in north Louisiana near Shreveport. 2theadvocate.com Latest News
Often they escape a head-on collision with moments to spare.
But it appears to be afraid to tackle such issues head-on, and instead hints and insinuates at the possible problems and considerations.
He plays the run well for an undersized lineman and is best at backside pursuit rather than trying to stop plays head-on.
The meat, egg, dairy, fast food, and soft drink industries have abandoned a head-on assault on the science.
The Irish champion walker was travelling in a car which was involved in a head-on collision with a lorry.
Three people have died in a head-on collision between two cars in a weekend which also saw two police officers seriously injured in a separate road accident.
In Coventry two police officers were injured in a head-on collision after a car is believed to have swerved across the road in front of them.
Police confirmed the two vehicles collided head-on near the caravan park at Thorpe Hall country estate.
The President is eager to avoid a head-on clash with Congress over his health policies.
The car collided head-on with a lorry laden with cement. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
A couple of best friends are confronting bullying head-on at their school to make younger children feel safe.
The only way you get anywhere with a mad dog is to confront it head-on.
The head-on collision left Ms Buckle trapped with multiple injuries.
What many will fail to realise is that regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, it takes a true blue blood to flow in your veins to be able counter head-on the dangers, the likes of which is descending upon the Fijian people. Global Voices in English » Fiji: Tension rises between government and Methodist Church
Going forward, we're likely to see more and more large-scale integration projects, so it's important to learn how to confront these problems head-on and resolve them efficiently.
They were determined to meet the challenge head-on.
One was Richard Ashley Corner, aged 20, of Malton, who died after his vehicle collided head-on with another car on an unclassified road between Pocklington and Full Sutton on Monday evening.
There was evidentially speaking a head-on collision between the appellant and the principal prosecution witness.
In this technique atoms have their velocities reduced by running head-on into a laser beam tuned to their transition frequency.
One case involves a head-on crash where a driver and passenger were injured when the front airbags did not open. The Sun
As a result, the committee was forced to take its job seriously and confront the scandal head-on.
Two men are fighting for their lives after a head-on car smash in Radcliffe.
And I still cook fish head-on and eat the masseter cheek as well as the regular part of the fish. Guest Post: Us and Them » Sociological Images
Like the trained warrior that I was, I knew not to oppose an adversary head-on.
LYONS - A second person involved in Friday's head-on crash east of Lyons died Saturday. KUSA-TV -
the cars collided head-on
The President is eager to avoid a head-on clash with Congress over his health policies.
The leaders are preparing for a head-on clash at the summit.
Kudos to the Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves, an incredible public-private partnership led by the UN Foundation, for tackling this problem head-on and committing to provide clean cookstoves to 100 million homes by 2020. Nalini Saligram: The Impact of Pollution on People's Health
A pickup truck collided head-on with a car.
An elderly woman and a pet dog died in a head-on collision on the A19 today.
The road ribboned down the steepest slopes in switchbacks so convoluted that I continually met Christina almost head-on but with my eyes level with her pedals.
The cab control car of a commuter train being pushed from the rear collided head-on with an Amtrak diesel locomotive.
And that's where the new academy leadership is tackling this problem head-on.
Five rail workers were among the victims of the head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train in thick fog near Bologna.
As our collective anger collides head-on with our political system's intransigence, we're stuck with a classic case of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object.

How To Use Head-on In A Sentence

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