How to Use head in a Sentence

head

1 of 3 noun

• She patted the dog on the head.
• The ceiling's low—watch your head!
• He nodded his head in agreement.
• Each girl was shot in the head.
  — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
• That was the thought in my head.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• One drone flies right above our heads.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
• How much of that was in your head?
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
• Fight, girls, and hold your heads high.
  — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
• His head felt small and light as an eggshell.
  — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
• The goal was to not wipe out the head coach.
  — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• So that’s kind of where my head is at, too.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
• Is the head coach calling the plays?
  — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
• The sergeant landed on his head.
  — Emerson Clarridge updated March 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
• Faulí drew the figure off the top of his head.
  — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
• Head-to-head is the first tiebreaker.
  — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• Brooklyn didn’t stop with its head coach.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
• Eyes closed and head bowed during prayer.
  — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
• Spain’s leaders flipped that idea on its head.
  — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
• For the full match schedule, head here.
  — David Hickey, NBC news, 15 June 2026
• This is stuff that’s just flying over your head?
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026
• The suspect then hit the man on the back of the head.
  — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
• That came to a head in the lead-up to the election.
  — Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
• Oh, and that nagging coach who’s in their head.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 May 2026
• Reid, the head coach, left his offense on the field.
  — Sam McDowell 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
• But, Or what about the Texas head coach?
  — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
• For more movie news, head to Newsweek Movies.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
• Their heads, cooled with ice packs, stick out of the machine.
  — Will Stone, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
• Spruill then fell to the ground and hit his head on the pavement.
  — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
• Our head of school was there, arms open to wrap me in an embrace.
  — Nicole Frehsee Mazur, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2026
• Her curly copper hair bounced on her head, as if ready for a fight.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026

head

2 of 3 adjective

• Webb, then the head coach of Rockwall, thought the same thing.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 24 June 2021
• An owner is alleged to have tried to bribe his head coach to lose games.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 4 Feb. 2022
• The host — and his wife, who is a co-head writer on the show — have yet to comment.
  — Jolene Latimer, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
• Donny Lucy is the co-head coach at Fallbrook.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
• Her co-head coach Doug Peabody had high praise for her performance.
  — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
• Matt Wolf were co-head coaches last year, in the first year without Keel.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2021
• Nick Saban isn’t the type of head coach to check in after a batch of errors, though.
  — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 12 Oct. 2022
• Two days later, the head coach of the Trojans issued a statement.
  — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 3 July 2022
• That is a big reason that Cook is now the head coach of the reigning 4A state champs.
  — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 15 July 2022
• Farden spent four of those seasons as the co-head coach along with Megan Marsden.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022
• Poggi, 62, will be introduced as head coach to the media next week.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2022
• Horn was part of the 2017 delegation as co-head coach of the track and field team.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 16 July 2021
• Rooney will assume the role of head coach pending the receipt of his P-1 Visa.
  — Seth Vertelney and Jason Anderson, USA TODAY, 12 July 2022
• The lesson was not lost on Sean Kouplen, the head coach of Isaiah’s team.
  — Don Yaeger, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• Mowry, who is co-head coach with Gus Rico this season, has won five City titles.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
• The head ref failed to show up for my debut, so my career started as a co-head official with the other linesman.
  — Dianna Russini, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
• The college confirmed that Tyler James, the head coach of both the men's and women's golf teams, was among those killed.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2022
• Tail pieces are about 10 times more likely to die than head ones, Collins added, but still, about seven in eight survive.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2021
• The rare painting is a head study of Diana that was created during the start of her full-length portrait.
  — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2022
• Any Reid, who served as head coach of the Eagles for 14 seasons, will face his former team in this one.
  — cleveland, 30 Jan. 2023
• My only negative really was head size.
  — Langston Wertz Jr, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026
• What Joseph doesn’t need is anyone throwing him a pity party for his short tenure as head coach of the Broncos.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2022
• Gilbride became head coach of the then-San Diego Chargers in 1998.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
• Desert Edge co-head coach Mark Carter confirmed that both players have enrolled at the Goodyear school.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2023
• Sanders became head coach of Jackson State's football team in 2020.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 23 Mar. 2022
• Taylor has worked as the team’s offensive coordinator and was co-head coach last season.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
• The former Bears cornerback has experience in the role after a stint as head coach of the Vikings.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 10 Jan. 2022
• That announcement from head coach Sean McVay caused this line to move from -3 to -1 1/2.
  — Adam Burke, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• At the same time, Franklin — currently the head coach of the Nittany Lions — was the team's quarterback.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
• Every year, the head coach of the team with the best record in each conference two weeks prior to the All-Star Game, will get to coach in that game.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2022

head

3 of 3 verb

• I hopped in the car and headed down the street.
• The forward headed the ball into the goal.
• The group was headed by the church pastor.
• He was accused of heading the revolt.
• After lunch, we headed back to the office.
• The birds have already started heading south for the winter.
• She headed out early this morning.
• So is that where this is headed?
  — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 2 June 2026
• Right now, that’s where it’s headed.
  — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• The crew didn’t linger to find out where it was headed.
  — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026
• Don’t have time to head into the store for yourself?
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
• Still, this may be a sign of where home robots are headed.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
• When coming to a flooded road, turn around and head back.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025