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How to use head in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective, verb

Head means the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs. Example: “Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.”

Examples of head by meaning

nounThe part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

  • Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.
  • Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 175

nounMental or emotional aptitude or skill.

  • The company is looking for people with good heads for business.
  • He has no head for heights.
  • It's all about having a good head on your shoulders.

nounMind; one's own thoughts.

  • This song keeps going through my head.
  • “Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court

nounA headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.

  • "You'll have an awful head on you tomorrow."1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 117
  • I've a head on me this morning."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)...

nounA headdress; a covering for the head.

  • a laced head
  • a head of hair

nounAn individual person.

  • Admission is three dollars a head.

nounA single animal; measure word for livestock and game.

  • 200 head of cattle and 50 head of horses

nounThe population of game.

  • We have a heavy head of deer this year.

More sentences with head

  • It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.From the entry absent-minded
  • The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.From the entry kill
  • Send it up the chain, so head office will have to deal with it.From the entry chain
  • The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.From the entry buff
  • He caught a bullet in the back of the head last year.From the entry catch
  • When the wind picked up, her hair flew back behind her head.From the entry fly
  • Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.From the entry grind
  • The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.From the entry bag
  • She replied in the negative, with a shake of her head.From the entry shake
  • My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine.From the entry swim
  • The comic-book character's thoughts appeared in a cloud above his head.From the entry cloud
  • I tossed the water balloon and it landed smack-dab on the top of his head.From the entry smack-dab
  • This milkshake under the oil cap, or on the dipstick, indicates a blown head gasket.From the entry milkshake
  • My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert.From the entry bang
  • To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.From the entry pat
  • The agal he wore on his head gave him away as a Saudi.From the entry Saudi
  • I get one parking ticket and he holds it over my head for six months.From the entry hold over someone's head
  • A fair coin has a 50% chance of landing on heads.From the entry fair
  • I had a whack on the head and was out for a few seconds.From the entry out
  • Jeremy had a knot on his head where he had bumped it on the bedframe.From the entry knot
  • The secretary of state's British colleague heads the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.From the entry office
  • Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.From the entry block
  • He pulled the thick duvet over his head to block out the morning light.From the entry duvet
  • I parked the drive heads of my hard disk before travelling with my laptop.From the entry park
  • I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.From the entry geek
  • The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.From the entry rank

Meaning of head

  1. noun The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
  2. noun Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
  3. noun Mind; one's own thoughts.

Full definition of head

Questions about head in a sentence

How do you use head in a sentence?
Head is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.”
What is a short sentence with head?
“a laced head”
What does head mean?
Head means the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: head (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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