How to Use headroom in a Sentence

headroom

noun
  • He's looking for a car with a lot of headroom.
  • The master bedroom is accessed from the living room via sliding door and has lots of headroom to stand upright thanks to it being downstairs.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024
  • There's plenty of headroom and leg room, both in the front and back seats.
    Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2018
  • With the roof on, headroom in the RF is just 36.8 inches, which is akin to what’s in the back seats of some sedans.
    Ann M. Job, The Seattle Times, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The back seats offer a lot of headroom and legroom — for a Mini.
    Charles Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2017
  • In the back, the Lexus offers good legroom but is a little tight on headroom.
    Alex Nishimoto, ajc, 7 Dec. 2022
  • And the double-bubble roofline nets a lot of headroom, too.
    Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2020
  • There’s plenty of room for people in the first two rows with lots of headroom and legroom.
    James Raia, The Mercury News, 7 July 2024
  • That should still leave plenty of headroom for SBI Cards to grow.
    Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Front-seat legroom is among the best in the class, while headroom is average.
    Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 27 Oct. 2017
  • For customers, that means more headroom, more legroom and more space to haul stuff.
    Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2019
  • Is the extra inch of screen and spare headroom in the processor worth $600?
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Its popup tent sleeps four and has 7½ feet of headroom.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2021
  • There tends to be less space and headroom, which is why many tent designs got away from the A-frame style.
    Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Cons: Not a lot of headroom on the shelf, expensive, heavy.
    Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 27 May 2021
  • The seat is higher, so there’s less headroom, and feet and knees are higher than the midrow seats, too.
    Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The forepeak master has a queen-sized berth in a space with more than six feet of headroom.
    Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2023
  • This design gives plenty of headroom and space to move about in the tent’s 62.5-square-foot floor area.
    Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Measure the headroom, which is the distance between the top of the door opening and the garage ceiling.
    Alicia Chilton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2021
  • There's even a fair amount of rear-seat legroom and headroom in the i4, despite the fastback design.
    Nelson Ireson, Car and Driver, 1 June 2021
  • Beyond just the headroom, the rear seat of the Polestar 4 is a seriously nice place to be.
    Daniel Golson, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Even with the gently sloped roof and moon roof, there's plenty of headroom for tall folks.
    Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Legroom and headroom are decent, less so on rear-seat legroom.
    Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2023
  • There’s enough headroom for most people to sit up straight or crouch low.
    Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2021
  • The two-person rear seat has enough knee and headroom for children.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2021
  • Turn on the camera and see how your background looks—is there too much headroom?
    Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The swoopy roofline does reduce headroom by 1.4 inches up front and one inch in back, though.
    Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 14 Dec. 2022
  • That said, taller rear-seat riders may find headroom a tad tight.
    Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Rear legroom and headroom are great, even better than the Volvo S90.
    Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Audi There's a decent amount of room in the back, including rear headroom.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024

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