on one's head

Example Sentences

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It’s mostly not acceptable to go about daily life dressed as a matchbox or wearing a bird’s nest, rubbish, or lobster claws on one’s head, even if it is designed by Dior.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

Beanies make it easier to spin on one’s head.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2017

Sleeping with an IV in one’s arm—used to periodically draw blood—or walking around with electrodes on one’s head and handing over multiple urine and saliva samples are not part of most peoples’ typical routines either.

From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2015

In a parody of the Bud commercial, a video from Oregon’s Ninkasi Brewing Company demonstrates that Budweiser is good for little outside of funneling and perhaps pouring on one’s head:

From Time • Feb. 4, 2015

There was no place for standing on one's head.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding