How to Use header in a Sentence

header

noun
  • She tripped on the rock and took a header.
  • He scored with a header past the goalie.
  • The headers came through the windshield and hit me in the face.
    Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2019
  • Shea met the ball in the air with a header and scored, tying the game at 1.
    Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2020
  • On the third, Pulisic scored off a header in the second half to record the hat trick.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2019
  • Click on the chart headers to view the stats for each benchmark.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 July 2025
  • The pages are numbered, and there is a header box at the top of each page.
    Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2021
  • But the accuracy was off and the header was wide of the post.
    Marlee Zanna Thompson, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2022
  • The rookie calmly buried the header, his fourth goal of the year.
    Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Mewis hit a header that bounced off the crossbar, down to the goal line and was ruled a goal in the 82nd minute.
    Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Ryan matched that in the sixth minute of extra time with a far-post header.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
  • The Browns’ Monday nighter is now the first game of a double-header, with the Vikings and Bears at 8:20 p.m.
    cleveland, 17 Dec. 2021
  • On the header, next to his name, was the image of the current Supreme Leader of Iran.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Wout Weghorst, who’d just been sent on to spark the moribund Dutch, got one back on a header in the 83rd.
    John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The Tigers cut the deficit in half on a header by Kole Stratman with 27:31 showing.
    Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Kansas City’s best chance of the half came on a header from Cece Kizer in the 21st minute.
    oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2022
  • In the ninth minute, a header from Raúl Ruidíaz off the corner gave Seattle a 1-0 lead.
    oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Our player has to get the header and the ball falls to somebody else and there is no call.
    Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 20 July 2019
  • As the header looped closer to the goal, Mbappe tipped the ball into the back of the net with an outstretched leg.
    Calum Trenaman, CNN, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Reyna rustled the side of the net in the third, and Robinson’s header was just a touch too high in the ninth.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The Thorns’ first good chance Saturday came in the 17th from a Dunn header.
    Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Tyler Lussi sent a header over the bar off a Horan cross in the 16th minute.
    oregonlive, 5 July 2020
  • The Knights had a header go just wide off a set play on a free kick midway through the first half.
    Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Alex Morgan scored the game-winning header in the 119th minute.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The pipes and metal headers look high-end, and the whole system feels well-made.
    Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 22 Sep. 2024
  • César Araújo played a header to the near post where Enrique tapped in from point-blank range.
    Staff and Wire Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2024
  • Norah Tisko found the back of the net on a header in the 49th minute to put Royal Oak Shrine on the scoreboard.
    Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2022
  • Patino notched his first goal in the 16th minute, flicking a header into the back of the net.
    Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 2 May 2021
  • Leeds went behind for the first time during their four warm-up friendlies so far courtesy of a header in the 62nd minute from Etta Eyong.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Arsenal scored three goals against Spurs in the league last season and two of them came from Gabriel headers after a corner.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 31 July 2025

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