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"Oncoming" in a Sentence (20 examples)
He failed to see the stop sign at the intersection and hit an oncoming car.
At least you'll be able to row your way out of the oncoming flood.
The rabbit stood in the middle of the road, mesmerized by the lights of the oncoming truck.
The driver of an oncoming car flashed his lights at Tom as a warning that there was a mobile speed camera up ahead. Tom, who had been speeding, immediately slowed down and passed the camera at just under the speed limit.
Parts facing the oncoming flow are said to be windward, and parts facing away from the flow are said to be leeward.
Tom had a microsleep while driving and narrowly missed an oncoming semi-trailer.
When he drives at night, he's bothered by the light of oncoming traffic.
Give way to oncoming vehicles.
Remember to look for oncoming traffic before you merge left.
The train driver didn't wait for the oncoming train to pass by.
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Some man that wayfaring was stood by housedoor at night's oncoming.
When she saw the oncoming of the armed men, with the King shining at their head, Little-Foot was again thrown into terror and begged her brother to escape while there was yet time […]
Instead, the sound of muffled drums Inside myself: I have to lean And listen as my strength succumbs, To hear what these oncomings mean.
[…] And Wouldn't slow for the hauled reins, his name, Or shouts of walkers: crossroad traffic Stalling curbside at his oncoming The world subdued to his run of it.
Look carefully before pulling out into oncoming traffic.
1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt The attack was made so unexpectedly that Garfield had no time to escape the oncoming spears, three of which struck him in the body.
A bitter easterly breeze blew with a threat of oncoming winter.
For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels.
A healthier, stronger individual can deal with it better and is less frightened by oncoming death when it is still "miles away" than when it "is right in front of the door," as one of our patients put it so appropriately.
Because it had not taken place immediately, the oncoming fight would lack spontaneity; it would be calculated, uninspired, and deadly.
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