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How to use headless in a sentence

16 example sentences · adjective

Headless means synonym of decapitated. Example: “How did the headless horseman see to chase Ichabod?”

Examples of headless by meaning

adjectiveSynonym of decapitated.

  • How did the headless horseman see to chase Ichabod?

adjectiveWithout a head (hardware or device feature).

  • a headless nail; a headless set screw

adjectiveWithout leadership.

  • The headless army blundered along after the death of their general, accomplishing nothing.

adjectiveRunning without a graphical user interface; running without any attached output device (e.g., monitor) or input device...

  • Used for console redirection in headless servers.2003, William Boswell, Inside Windows Server 2003, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 62
  • Routers typically run headless, without a keyboard or monitor.2007, Carla Schroder, Linux Networking Cookbook, O’Reilly Media, published 2008, →ISBN, page 47

adjectiveRimless, not having a cartridge case rim (flange).

  • A headless shell doesn't have a flange.

More sentences with headless

  • The Headless Horsewoman got here By day , by night , I go headless, I go craving.2006, Mid-American Review. From the entry headless horsewoman
  • Such lines are said to be acephalous (headless) or, as acrostic writers would put it, “beheaded.”1934, Robert Swann, Frank Sidgwick, chapter 2, in The Making of Verse: A Guide to English Metres, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, page 16. From the entry acephalous
  • Stephen looked down on a wide headless caubeen, hung on his ashplanthandle over his knee.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II…. From the entry caubeen
  • No, but he's headless over heels for the Headless Horsewoman!2018, Julian Henson, Kira Henson, HALLOWEEN 2018, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry headless horsewoman
  • Yet another possibility is that the headless man is a barghest, sometimes referred to and spelled as 'barguest', 'bahrgeist' or 'boguest'.2016, Alexander L. Kaufman, “‘And Many Oþer Diuerse Tokens …’: Portents and Wonders in ‘Warkworth’s’ Chronicle”, in Jaclyn Rajsic, Erik…. From the entry barghest
  • A third of the rarest moths of the collection for the man of India were antennaless, legless, wingless, and often headless.2007, Gene Stratton-Porter, A Girl of the Limberlost. From the entry antennaless
  • The rebels put the imperial garrisons to the sword—fifty thousand headless bodies were floating in the Blue River when Nanking fell.1977 [1973], Lucien Bodard, translated by Barbara Bray, The French Consul, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 51. From the entry Blue River
  • For instance, as the Werebeaver you need to be chopping down resources, or as the Weregoose you have to run around like a headless chicken.2023 August 12, Rosa Baumgartl, “Everything You Need To Know About Woodie's Skill Tree In Don't Starve Together”, in TheGamer.com…. From the entry werebeaver
  • Australian scientists happened upon a unique animal dubbed the "headless chicken monster" during a recent expedition to test new underwater camera technology.2018 October 21, Danny Clemens, “‘Headless Chicken Monster’ Spotted Swimming in Antarctic Ocean”, in KABC-TV, archived from the original…. From the entry Spanish dancer
  • They assume at will the form of a headless man, a headless lady, a white cat, a rabbit, or dog, or a black dog.2016, Alexander L. Kaufman, “‘And Many Oþer Diuerse Tokens …’: Portents and Wonders in ‘Warkworth’s’ Chronicle”, in Jaclyn Rajsic, Erik…. From the entry barghest

Meaning of headless

  1. adjective Synonym of decapitated.
  2. adjective Naturally having and needing no head.
  3. adjective Without a head (hardware or device feature).

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Questions about headless in a sentence

How do you use headless in a sentence?
Headless is used as an adjective. For example: “How did the headless horseman see to chase Ichabod?”
What is a short sentence with headless?
“A headless shell doesn't have a flange.”
What does headless mean?
Headless means synonym of decapitated.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headless (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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