Examples of oncoming in a Sentence
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Once he got acclimated, being smaller than most oncoming blockers didn’t faze him.
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Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Bartell was killed when a 9-pound landscaping rock was hurled through her windshield from an oncoming car back in 2023.
—Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The kangaroo then hops across the highway — narrowly avoiding oncoming traffic — and stands still in the middle of the road before hopping further down the highway.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Investigators said two sedans were driving south next to each other on Peoria when the shooting happened, causing one of the vehicles to crash into oncoming traffic and hit a pickup.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
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Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Bartell was killed when a 9-pound landscaping rock was hurled through her windshield from an oncoming car back in 2023.
—Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The kangaroo then hops across the highway — narrowly avoiding oncoming traffic — and stands still in the middle of the road before hopping further down the highway.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Investigators said two sedans were driving south next to each other on Peoria when the shooting happened, causing one of the vehicles to crash into oncoming traffic and hit a pickup.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Oncoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oncoming. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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oncoming
adjective
on·com·ing
ˈȯn-ˌkəm-iŋ 
ˈän-
: coming nearer
oncoming traffic
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