How to Use oncoming in a Sentence
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It’s the idea of the oncoming bus or the thought of a bomb.
—Alexander Stein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
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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
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The cart then saves the boy’s life by blocking an oncoming car.
—New York Times, 8 June 2021
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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
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This caused oncoming traffic to have to veer off and stop.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
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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
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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
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The oncoming car slowed, slowed, and slowed more, but never stopped.
—Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2020
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Snow is not the main headline of the oncoming winter storm.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2022
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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
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Wilcox said the woman then witnessed the suspect push Go in front of the oncoming train.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 16 Jan. 2022
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The lights from an oncoming pickup truck hit him dead in the eyes, blinding him.
—Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 11 May 2023
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The truck then crossed into oncoming traffic and struck the bus.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
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The vehicle then slid into the oncoming lane of the school bus.
—CBS News, 28 Oct. 2020
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The Crusaders couldn’t stop the oncoming onslaught, and Mitty controlled the rest of the contest to cruise to a 71-50 win.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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An oncoming car hit the car broadside, killing his brother at the scene.
—Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 13 June 2021
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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
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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
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More than once, Woodall has to pull me back from oncoming traffic.
—Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
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Some glimpse a proverbial light at the end of the tunnel; others see an oncoming train.
—Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
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Angle of attack is the angle between the wing and the oncoming air flow.
—Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2019
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An oncoming semi-truck struck her car soon after, pinning her to the side of the bridge.
—NBC News, 1 Mar. 2021
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His car then slid into the path of an oncoming pickup truck.
—Star Tribune Staff, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
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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
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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
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In one setup, two cars were parked next to the test lane, and a child-sized dummy emerged between them into the path of the oncoming car.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 7 Oct. 2019
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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
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For many New Yorkers, there is nothing quite so terrifying as the thought of being shoved into the path of an oncoming train.
—Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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