How to Use at the head of in a Sentence
at the head of
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The good fishing starts at the head of the rapid that runs beside our camp.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
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Ten Hag needs more active pressers at the head of his forward line.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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The pastors, all men, sat in chairs facing a speaker at the head of the room.
—Odette Yousef, NPR, 8 May 2025
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Jonas sat at the head of the (very long) table, with Chopra sitting at his right.
—Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023
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At the end of the video, Lopez sat at the head of the table and held up her drink for a toast.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
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Bondholders would be at the head of the line — and many of them are foreigners.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 21 Jan. 2023
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Her son, José, the oldest of her three children, sat at the head of a long table.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
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The modern look is inspired by half-tester beds, which feature a canopy at the head of the bed only.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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Shields probes them as to why, while Henchy nervously chews his steak at the head of the table.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2023
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Their leader sits, cross-armed, at the head of this table, his shirt still slick with sweat from his predawn workout.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
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Clemson was already at the head of the league table in terms of viewership.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 July 2025
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In a very Demna move, the designer chose not to sit at the head of the table.
—Sofia Viganò, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2026
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The mean girl at the head of her popular clique can be just as cruel as a thousand year old demon.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
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DeSimone, a portly man with white hair, sat at the head of the table.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024
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But the United States shouldn’t always be at the head of the table.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
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Add their advantage at the head of the bench, and victory should follow.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
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Assad met us without a large entourage, folding his long body into a chair at the head of the room.
—Ivan Watson, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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His father, King Frederik, then took the spot at the head of the table.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
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Hernandez’s mother, sitting next to her at the head of the table, chimed in.
—Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
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At a long table at the head of the room, a man was hand-dipping the gin bottles in bright yellow wax to seal them.
—Rivka Galchen, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2023
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Just stand at the head of the casket, weeping, and say, ‘Ah, Tamma.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
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We were camped on Danaher Creek, at the head of the south fork of the Flathead.
—Howard Copenhaver, Outdoor Life, 23 Apr. 2025
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To build a bridge between the two groups to put the people back in their rightful place at the head of the republic.
—Aaron Everitt, STAT, 10 Apr. 2026
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First, Vera grew up with two strong women at the head of the household – her mother and her aunt.
—Amy Scharf, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024
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And during China’s tech boom, one man—Jack Ma—was at the head of the pack.
—Grady McGregor, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2022
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Williams rode past the grounds of Maymont and stopped at the head of a steep gully that drains into the river.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
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Though Redington is at the head of the pack, a victory is hardly in the bag.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2023
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Edward left home at the head of an enormous army and returned to England in a fishing boat.
—Anne Thériault, Longreads, 21 June 2022
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Don’t forget to stop at Oak Creek Vista at the head of the canyon among the ponderosa pines.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Kevin McCarthy stood at the head of the table to give his boilerplate toast.
—Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022
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