How to Use make headway in a Sentence

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• Some of their attempts to make headway were touching in their naïveté.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
• The Warriors might need to go 4-1 our win each of their last five games to make headway.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
• But the exit poll shows that Harris did not make headway with those efforts.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
• Pollert sought a tougher strength of schedule this season to push his team and make headway in the power rankings.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2022
• But the Longhorns still can’t make headway in the national rankings.
  — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
• And that means that now is the time for Russia and China to make headway in their near abroads.
  — Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2016
• Read on for five Cannes projects that could make headway at the Oscars as the year progresses.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 13 June 2022
• The 2019 bill passed the House but failed to make headway in the Senate.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 3 Dec. 2020
• Walz did not make headway on the issues where Republicans have a lead, either.
  — The Editors, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
• There’s at least some chance that the Red Sox could make headway in the second half of 2023.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• In recent weeks, Twitter seemed to make headway in persuading some brands to return to its platform.
  — Tiffany Hsu, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
• The high stakes for communities trying to make headway on climate reforms are underscored by the slow path to get there.
  — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
• As the rescuers began to make headway with the hammering, another problem arose.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
• Ethereum has also struggled to make headway, with its rally coming off the boil at just over the $4,000 per ether mark.
  — Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• Sticking to the truth and being realistic to make headway is essential.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
• To make headway in this environment, Democrats can take some comfort in the diversity of their base.
  — Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2021
• But our fuel level was quickly running low and the pilot was forced to drop in elevation in order to get out of the wind and make headway.
  — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2024
• For a variety of reasons, Harris has been struggling to make headway in games recently.
  — Stephen K. Hirst, Wired, 10 Aug. 2021
• Whether Washington is willing to compromise to make headway on these issues is unclear.
  — Charlie Campbell, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024
• And if DeSantis doesn’t make headway, well, that’s far from reassuring.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 3 July 2023
• Scientists are starting to make headway in understanding the needs of women farmers.
  — Vivian Polar, Scientific American, 25 July 2022
• A day after Wakeland’s 8-1 win in Game 1, both teams struggled to make headway on the scoreboard.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 28 May 2021
• Street conditions remain poor, though, and some may wonder whether private philanthropy can make headway where the public sector has failed.
  — Stephen Eide, National Review, 27 Nov. 2023
• Arizona struggled to make headway the last three season, failing to make it to the playoffs with lingering injuries in the latest season.
  — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
• For Apple, Lynch’s exit brings fresh upheaval to a division struggling to make headway in the smart home market.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
• Experts had warned that the country needed to take steps at the end of the summer and the beginning of the fall to make headway in suppressing its infection rate.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 20 Oct. 2020
• Spiro said the justices might consider that birthright citizenship’s opponents have failed to make headway in Congress for decades.
  — Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
• An hourlong call between Biden and Putin earlier this month failed to make headway in easing tensions, leaving both sides at an impasse.
  — Time, 21 Feb. 2022
• Could a medtech company with no consumer brand recognition make headway against consumer heavyweights like Apple and Garmin?
  — Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• The drills come as Russia steps up its missile attacks on Ukraine, nearly eight months into its invasion and as its troops struggle to make headway on the ground.
  — Natalia Drozdiak, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022