dead ahead

phrase

: right in front : just ahead

The island is dead ahead of us.

Examples of dead ahead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Later in the day, a live video feed from a camera mounted on one of Orion's solar wings showed the moon dead ahead, a tiny gray marble suspended in blackness. — William Harwood, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026

Its horn curves above its head like a long crescent moon, and below it a minute eye—no bigger than perhaps a millimetre or two—stares dead ahead. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025

An angry answer to this challenge came immediately, dead ahead, another 75 yards off, Banton later estimated. — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2025

Today’s job numbers are incongruous with fears that recession is dead ahead. — Rob Wile, NBC News, 8 July 2022

His staggeringly beautiful painting of a young woman, wife of a London courtier, sits dead ahead on the entry wall. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021

Rhymes for dead ahead

• abovesaid
• aforesaid
• arrowhead
• casinghead
• copperhead
• figurehead
• fountainhead
• gingerbread
• hammerhead
• infrared
• leatherhead
• letterhead