How to Use head-on in a Sentence

head-on

1 of 2 adverb

• Friedrich tries to parry this point head-on.
  — Andrew Zaleski, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
• Midi Health met a clear gap head-on.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 3 Feb. 2026
• Address burnout head-on, or work against your own success.
  — Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• The wolf on the bank met her head-on, sinking his teeth into her nose.
  — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
• Barbara stood a few steps away from the lectern and faced the shooter head-on.
  — Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• The fact that Payton is facing it head-on is a good sign.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2025
• Now, Vance is addressing those head-on.
  — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 12 Dec. 2025
• Nicola, for her part, stops short of addressing the feud head-on.
  — Roberta Mercuri, Vanity Fair, 24 Mar. 2026
• Then, there’s the question of buying and serving whole, head-on, bone-in fish.
  — J. Kenji López-Alt, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Step up and meet your fear head-on as Chiron goes direct.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
• Democrats seem to be trying to quiet the critics head-on in recent months.
  — Asma Khalid, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
• But a head-on car crash decades ago sent him down a different path, his family said.
  — Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2023
• Police believe the truck swerved into the path of the bus, causing a head-on crash.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2023
• Shooting any object head-on without any movement is very dull.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023
• Rather than perceive the criticism as a slight, Betts took it head-on.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
• Whichever the case, the stuff needs to be dealt with head-on, and there’s no better time to do so than in the present.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026
• The man's pickup truck drifted over the centerline and struck a school bus head-on.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 5 Feb. 2026
• Instead, if Chris faces this whole thing head-on, people will respect her for it.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
• Out of superstition as well as grief, some choose to steer away from the tragedy rather than confront it head-on.
  — Amy Qin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• So how could Welker be so unprepared to address them head-on?
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• So the stakes are rising, but so is the thirst and those two things are going to come to a head-on collision.
  — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
• Didn’t mention a head-on collision that killed the driver who swerved into his lane.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
• Authorities said the truck crossed into the northbound lane and struck the school bus head-on.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 5 Feb. 2026
• But the hot gas that suffused the space between the galaxies in each cluster would have crashed head-on.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
• Dykstra says that addressing these fears and worries head-on can help improve your kid’s sleep.
  — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
• Rushing at them head-on results in players restarting from a checkpoint.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
• The barge struck the sailboat head-on, causing it to tip and capsize, the lawsuit alleges.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
• The first snap showed a side profile of her growing belly, while the second showed a more head-on picture.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
• For the first time — and by far the toughest time — Hoke seemed fully and head-on accountable.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
• But the best, healthiest way is to just face that anxiety head-on, and that's what a lot of this music is.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023

head-on

2 of 2 adjective

• Still, that didn’t stop her from trying to tackle these tasks head-on.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
• But Imai is both, a fact the Astros must face head-on.
  — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 May 2026
• Two drivers race toward each other head-on.
  — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
• They are not always defeated head-on.
  — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
• Change management must attack this head-on.
  — Peter Fitzgibbon, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Whichever the case, the stuff needs to be dealt with head-on, and there’s no better time to do so than in the present.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026
• Some cities have tried to meet that need head-on, instead of cracking down with law enforcement.
  — Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 25 July 2026
• Companies should challenge it head-on.
  — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2026
• The driver of the car that was hit head-on went by ambulance to a hospital.
  — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
• Was there an animating head-on-the-floor moment?
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
• Moving around to look at the door from the side rather than straight on will show streaks that are invisible head-on.
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
• Myers was holding his right shoulder, though his collision was head-on with the fence.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
• Dykstra says that addressing these fears and worries head-on can help improve your kid’s sleep.
  — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
• Smoltz said this head-on collision has been coming for a long time, and the two sides can’t afford to get it wrong.
  — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
• The car crashed head-on with a tractor-trailer that was going westbound towards the state line.
  — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 May 2026
• Employers are taking the issue head-on.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
• This leads to far more serious head-on collisions or hitting a mountain.
  — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 22 June 2026
• In the Tetons, many also come with incredible head-on views of the namesake peaks.
  — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
• Eleven suites and villas, each with a fireplace and a head-on view of The Remarkables.
  — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
• But with a new season finale comes a new disaster for our protagonists to face head-on.
  — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
• Franklin Regional has chosen to face this challenge head-on, with its wallet leading the way.
  — Tiffany Thenor, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• Therefore, Thomas put forth some suggestions for how astrology fans can face this month head-on.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
• While starting a business was easy, leading required learning to address tough subjects head-on.
  — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• An injustice must be faced head-on as Mars and Pluto harmonize!
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 5 July 2026
• An 18-year-old man riding a motorcycle collided head-on with a truck.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
• The answer is that peregrines very rarely collide head-on with prey, as that’d be like a bullet striking a wall; neither would survive.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
• In the three-part project, Banks was asked to address head-on some of the more controversial moments from the show's tenure.
  — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
• My first head-on encounter with a bear in the Canadian North was more amusing than dangerous.
  — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
• Those crashes would be unfortunate but much less serious than any head-on collision.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
• Hoyer seemed determined to change that narrative by addressing the issue head-on.
  — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 6 July 2026