oncoming

Example Sentences

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Tévoédjrè stood beside an armored vehicle on the perpendicular street, positioned between the oncoming column and Talon’s residence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“He would hurl himself straight as an arrow right into the great roaring grey wall of an oncoming breaker and go clean through it as if it had neither weight nor momentum.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Fighters wrap ropes around their punching hand, named "the spear", and block oncoming blows with the other, referred to as the "shield".

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Consider this: A survey asking consumers what they expect the economy to look like six months from now has been below the threshold that signals an oncoming recession for the 11th month in a row.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

Dick heard the dim vibrations of an oncoming, not yet visible car.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote