How to Use oncoming in a Sentence

oncoming

adjective

• It’s the idea of the oncoming bus or the thought of a bomb.
  — Alexander Stein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• One child was about to board the bus and had to be pulled out of the way of the oncoming truck, Gillen said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2021
• The cart then saves the boy’s life by blocking an oncoming car.
  — New York Times, 8 June 2021
• Officers at the scene said the man drove around the crossing guards to try to beat the oncoming train.
  — Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2024
• This caused oncoming traffic to have to veer off and stop.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
• The three of them were unharmed, but Cordero was then hit by an oncoming driver who didn't see the car on the side of the road.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2020
• That way both can talk to the kids and warn them of oncoming cyclists or those coming up on the rear.
  — Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• The oncoming car slowed, slowed, and slowed more, but never stopped.
  — Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• Snow is not the main headline of the oncoming winter storm.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2022
• Kearns left the house, biked to a local train crossing, and jumped in front of an oncoming train.
  — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
• Wilcox said the woman then witnessed the suspect push Go in front of the oncoming train.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 16 Jan. 2022
• The lights from an oncoming pickup truck hit him dead in the eyes, blinding him.
  — Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 11 May 2023
• The truck then crossed into oncoming traffic and struck the bus.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
• The vehicle then slid into the oncoming lane of the school bus.
  — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2020
• The crash spun the sedan into the oncoming lane of traffic, Montes said, where it was hit by a pickup truck.
  — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2021
• The idea: to determine if a pipe might have bounced high enough to hit the windshield of Todd's oncoming car.
  — CBS News, 29 Jan. 2022
• An oncoming car hit the car broadside, killing his brother at the scene.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 13 June 2021
• Much of the route had no sidewalks, with steep hills and sharp turns, where oncoming traffic was hard to see.
  — Chris Papst, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024
• The goal popped the top on the Stars offense, and set the stage for the oncoming second-period outburst.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2021
• Some glimpse a proverbial light at the end of the tunnel; others see an oncoming train.
  — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
• An oncoming semi-truck struck her car soon after, pinning her to the side of the bridge.
  — NBC News, 1 Mar. 2021
• His car then slid into the path of an oncoming pickup truck.
  — Star Tribune Staff, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
• That’s kind of like standing on tracks with the hot light of an oncoming train barreling down on you.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2023
• Her mother, who is legally blind, can’t discern the sound of an oncoming car from the sound of the mine, and fears getting hit.
  — Wudan Yan, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
• The police cruiser was then hit by the oncoming freight train with Rios-Gonzalez still in the back.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2022
• If one of those oncoming vehicles strikes your ball of steel, the odds are that all heck is going to break loose.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
• Her 99-year-old great-uncle Jack was veering in and out of the oncoming lane while driving.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
• The van, a 2006 Chrysler Town & Country, spun into oncoming traffic, the sheriff’s office said, and the tow truck fled the scene.
  — Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
• Hours later, someone pushed a 45-year-old man onto the tracks ahead of an oncoming train in Chelsea.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
• As Mahomes slid to the ground in an effort to avoid the oncoming pressure, the two defenders collided with each other while Mahomes was already on the ground.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 2 Mar 2025