How to Use forehead in a Sentence

forehead

noun
  • There were two fang marks in my forehead and my face was smattered with blood.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Giampa then turned the gun on himself and shot himself in the forehead.
    Matthew Barakat, ajc, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The video shows the man holding his hand over his face and later with his head down and his palm over his forehead.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
  • In the process, Peña was cut badly on her forehead and bled non-stop throughout the fight.
    Danny Segura, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Winston Chow, the lead researcher, watched the scene as a sliver of sweat formed on his forehead.
    New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Family members and friends kissed his forehead and put a crown on his head before the casket was closed.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 17 Sep. 2024
  • To cap it off, run the roller from the center of the forehead up into the hairline five times, then from the clavicle up to the back of the ear five times.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Those with diamond face shapes (wider across cheekbones, narrower in your forehead and jaw) are complemented by rounder, more even frames.
    Malia Griggs, SELF, 27 July 2022
  • Demi Lovato is sharing more details about the freak accident that led to three stitches on their forehead.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE.com, 15 July 2022
  • Trainers immediately rushed onto the field as Castano dropped to his knees while holding his forehead.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 29 July 2022
  • Called up from Triple-A to make Thursday's start, Castano kneeled on the mound and held a hand to his forehead after he was hit by the line drive.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 28 July 2022
  • Managing an array of hot dogs, arepas, and empanadas, Arcia, 34, stopped momentarily to wipe the sweat from her forehead.
    Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
  • Lovato poked fun at their injury via TikTok in a video featuring one of the app’s most popular audios, and had one hand covering part of their forehead and eye.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 July 2022
  • During the 70-minute run, the headband reduced forehead temperature and improved thermal comfort, but didn’t change core temperature or heart rate.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024
  • That final play left Swift with his hand on his forehead and Fagen as the 2022 Scrabble Players champion.
    Hayes Gardner, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Next, cut out the heads, then trim across the top of the foreheads.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
  • The way the Cook would rub lime over his forehead to keep the flies away.
    Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
  • There was a slight bump as his forehead touched the pane.
    Thomas Korsgaard, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • He’d been shot in the forehead, the top of the head and the left shoulder, police said.
    Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The palms of the hands, feet pads, and the forehead can also be helpful.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health, 10 May 2024
  • Many Christians will line up in church and get a smudge on the forehead in the shape of a cross.
    al, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Some of the shells covered her forehead like a thick fringe.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The first shot shows Hemsworth in the tub with a parrot perched on his forehead.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2022
  • At the very last moment, the adult breaks it against the child’s forehead instead.
    Victoria Bisset, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The fact-checker of the brain sits in the frontal cortex, behind the forehead.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Fold over, aiming to get your chest and forehead to touch the ground.
    Women's Health, 11 July 2023
  • And my boss kissed me on my forehead, which was very bizarre.
    Michel Martin, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
  • In the video, Ballinger’s forehead and cheeks are smeared with a dark substance.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • And a lot of tension headaches around my face, in my forehead.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Poole parted his hair to show the scar above his forehead.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 23 Mar. 2023

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