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How to use heed in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Heed means careful attention. Example: “But since I love some of you, I urge you again to take heed of my warning.”

Examples of heed by meaning

verbTo mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.

  • "It comes back to me that I wanted to say something to the driver and that I couldn't make him heed me."1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  • The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168
  • Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, “Life in a Russian Prison”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Sep 2013

More sentences with heed

  • But since I love some of you, I urge you again to take heed of my warning.From the entry take heed
  • Pay no heed to what she hollers — she's a ding-a-ling!From the entry ding-a-ling
  • Q: How many people heeded the advice to bring an umbrella? A: Not enough to speak of.From the entry to speak of
  • The king spoke and the lords took heed.From the entry take heed
  • You needn't pay heed to his antics.From the entry pay heed
  • Plied with mugs of sugary cocoa, a frighteningly willing audience heeded the call of duty.2022 November 28, Lauren Mechling, “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol review – Netflix’s junky musical is a lump of coal”, in The Guardian. From the entry Scroogey
  • Why anyone still pays any heed to Muskian pricing pronouncements is beyond me.2019 December 5, David Booth, “Motor Mouth: The good, the bad and, whoa, ugly!”, in Windsor Star, page B12. From the entry Muskian
  • The nation was a mess environmentally, and only a few voices in the wilderness were paying heed.2015 April 16, David Rutter, "Earth Day lets us remember who owns the environment," Chicago Tribune (retrieved 29 April 2015). From the entry voice in the wilderness
  • And so perish all that heed not the Gospel of Christ!'2011, Arthur D Bardswell, The Poor Preachers: The Adventures of the First Lollards, page 121. From the entry lickerousness
  • Said World Bank president Robert Zoellick: "Leaders must not heed the siren song of protectionist fixes.2009 March 26, Michael Elliott, “Global Trade: The Road to Ruin”, in Time. From the entry siren song
  • You can unhypocritically urge your children to heed a single standard: Obey the law.2009 February 8, Randy Cohen, “Dutch Treat?”, in New York Times. From the entry unhypocritically
  • Heed remembered the baby-powder smell from the bowl of gardenias, their edges browning like toast.2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 125. From the entry gardenia
  • True, man always remains approached by the presencing of something actually present without explicitly heeding presencing itself.1972, Joan Stambaugh, Time and being (lecture), translation of original by Martin Heidegger, page 13. From the entry presence
  • Psychoanalysis, the modern science of reading dreams, has taught us to take heed of these unsubstantial images.1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 8. From the entry psychoanalysis
  • May the dark-hearted and the shallow in wisdom respectfully give heed to this way.1921, R. Nishimoto, A Catechism of the Shin Sect (Buddhism) by A.K. Reischauer, page 8. From the entry dark-hearted
  • He gave no heed to his horse, but left him at his provand in the meadow.1911, Marie de France, French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France. From the entry provand
  • Wu encouraged drivers to heed the warnings on Storrow Drive.2025 August 29, Mike Sullivan, “College students begin moving into Boston, Mayor Wu warns "do not get Storrowed"”, in CBS News. From the entry storrow
  • Many mock-shock tales have been told about the offending con-goer who clears the crowd after failing to heed the rule.2022 January 24, Patch O'Furr, “Smells like a furry con: HUFFaromas creates erotic fragrances like Werewolf Balls”, in Dogpatch Press…. From the entry 6-2-1 rule
  • After they have been created and deployed onto the internet, they no longer need (nor heed) their creators.2014 March 8, Primavera De Filippi, “Tomorrow's Apps Will Come From Brilliant (And Risky) Bitcoin Code”, in Wired, →ISSN. From the entry dao
  • Take heed young whalesmen and listen to my word.2011, Frank Rogers, The God of Shattered Glass, page 224. From the entry whalesman
  • Ontario lawmakers voted to impose fines on workers and the union if they failed to heed a back-to-work order.2008 April 27, “Toronto transit strike ends”, in Associated Press, retrieved 06 May 2008. From the entry back-to-work order
  • “If they do not heed it, the Taliban will target their offices, suboffices and tower stations,” it said.2008 February 26, Taimoor Shah, “Taliban Threatens Afghan Cellphone Companies”, in New York Times. From the entry suboffice
  • Take heed, good doctors, having world-class training and clinical skills is not always enough to fend off potential legal action.2008, Judy Capko (4 December 2008), "Have a risk management plan", Physicians Practice (retrieved 2017-10-25; archived from the original…. From the entry good doctors
  • Rather than heed her warnings, those who hear her words name her a traitoress or a woman insane.2005, Lynda Rue Duerksen Jordan, Risking Apollo’s Kiss: Stories of Academically-Talented Women Teachers Naming Themselves, page 4. From the entry traitoress
  • Everybody out there, take heed of the warnings of history.2002 December 1, Nes, “In wake of Predator success, U.S. weighs assassination options”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet), retrieved 11 May 2022. From the entry defaitism
  • To those who would not heed the gently flowing stream of Shiloah he spoke by means of the Euphratean flood.1990, F. F. Bruce, The Epistle to the Hebrews, Wm. B. Eardmans Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry Euphratean
  • SHOOTIES Gift Shooties A friend friend in need is a friend to heed, And comfy feet are friends indeed!1987, Climbing, Issues 103-105, numbers 103-105, B. Dunaway, page 68. From the entry shootie
  • Marie Dressor retreated from a roadside picnic with her husband and children, to heed a call of nature.1966 September 3, William F. Buckley Jr., “Violation Of Privacy Abetted by 'Bugging'”, in Beaver County Times, USA, retrieved 03 Sep 2010. From the entry call of nature
  • To none of these evidences of a fearful tragedy of a long dead day did little Tarzan give but passing heed.1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as…. From the entry inure
  • The Laird heels Danny when he heeds not you.1902, The Monthly Review, Volume 9. From the entry fratchy
  • Weinstein to as little as five years, but he heeded the arguments of prosecutors who urged him to hand down a long sentence.2020 March 11, Jan Ransom, “Harvey Weinstein’s Stunning Downfall: 23 Years in Prison”, in New York Times. From the entry hand down
  • But all the while the Boston press praised and they heeded not until it was too late and then they added their regrets to ours.1994, Charles H. Day, William Lawrence Slout, Ink from a Circus Press Agent (page 64). From the entry beaner
  • In addition, he paid no heed to danger during the flooding and set up floating bridges three times, victoriously completing his mission.1989 April 4 [1987 August], Dezhi Yang, “Regulations”, in Leo Kanner Associates, transl., For Peace [Weile Heping], Foreign Technology…. From the entry victoriously
  • But the calls of many which must be heeded personally make it incumbent upon me not to give, but to share what I can.1935 December 9, Elsie V. B. Grant, quotee, “FUND FOR NEEDIEST AIDED BY 422 IN DAY; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New…. From the entry Xmas Day
  • To this I might have paid less heed but for its disquieting confirmation on a later day at a psychic parlour in Edgware Road.1915, Leon Wilson, Ruggles of Red Gap. From the entry surfaceman
  • Put into English, the Saga seems too Norse; and there is often a hitchiness in the verse that suggests translation with overmuch heed for literal closeness.2019, James Russell Lowell, The Function of the Poet, and Other Essays. From the entry hitchiness
  • "Well listen here, Walmart," wrote blogger Caroline Gallay, "you should heed the advice of Vizzini in The Princess Bride: Never fight a land war in Asia."2016, Philip Kotler, François Maon, A Stakeholder Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility: Pressures, Conflicts, and Reconciliation…. From the entry never fight a land war in Asia

Meaning of heed

  1. noun Careful attention.
  2. verb To guard, protect.
  3. verb To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.

Full definition of heed

Questions about heed in a sentence

How do you use heed in a sentence?
Heed is used as a noun and verb. For example: “But since I love some of you, I urge you again to take heed of my warning.”
What is a short sentence with heed?
“You needn't pay heed to his antics.”
What does heed mean?
Heed means careful attention.

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