forehead
the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.
the fore or front part of anything.
Origin of forehead
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How to use forehead in a sentence
The hearse passed by, and made its way toward Arlington, where TJ Kolwicz, a Fairfax County police officer, watched with a hand on his forehead.
Officer Brian Sicknick remembered as hero who died defending the U.S. Capitol | Meagan Flynn, Emily Davies, Paul M. Duggan | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostHe had been raised by a grandmother who attacked him when she drank and left him with a V-shaped scar on his forehead.
There are only three ways to pay—whether it’s on a card, a phone, a fingerprint, or you and I looking at each other and touching our foreheads in the future.
Why Mastercard isn’t a credit card company, according to its outgoing CEO Ajay Banga | cleaf2013 | December 3, 2020 | FortuneHe hit him on the forehead in the second round, knocking him down.
Nate Robinson’s boxing debut ends with second-round knockout by Jake Paul | Cindy Boren | November 29, 2020 | Washington PostAt the same time, the “3-and-D” label that’s been written across these players’ foreheads over the past couple of months undersells everything else they can already do, along with the skills they might still develop.
These 3 NBA Draft Prospects Are Perfect Fits For The Modern League | Michael Pina | November 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
His sons kissed his forehead as the judge announced the verdict.
Mubarak’s Acquittal Signals Complete Triumph of Military Over Arab Spring | Jamie Dettmer | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI fired again, and as he fell the second round hit him in the forehead, just above the left eye.
Whispering to himself and bowing, he touches his forehead to the ground.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley | Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSomehow she survived, even though one of the bullets struck her in the forehead.
Malala Yousafzai Is the Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner in History | Nico Hines | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe stood barefoot, his neck covered with interlocking black tattooed swirls, the word HELL inked into his forehead.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane | Caitlin Dickson | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis hat was pushed back from his forehead, the collar of his blue flannel shirt was open.
The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) OgdenHe rose and kissed her lightly on the forehead, experience teaching him to avoid a stray hair from the carefully built coiffure.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe Empress's hand was on her beating forehead, but she turned, even fiercely to his question.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThe voice died out in a broken whisper, and two hot tears fell on Black Sheep's forehead.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingBeads of perspiration gathered on my forehead as I slowly rose to my feet and faced Giles.
Uncanny Tales | Various
British Dictionary definitions for forehead
/ (ˈfɒrɪd, ˈfɔːˌhɛd) /
the part of the face between the natural hairline and the eyes, formed skeletally by the frontal bone of the skull; brow: Related adjective: frontal
Origin of forehead
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