Explore Oncoming through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like moving or onset. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Oncoming in a sentence
Oncoming meaning
Approach, onset
Using Oncoming
- The main meaning on this page is: Approach, onset
- Useful related words include: moving, onset, start.
- In the example corpus, oncoming often appears in combinations such as: oncoming traffic, an oncoming, the oncoming.
Context around Oncoming
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oncoming
- In this selection, "oncoming" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gauging, impact, entered, traffic, lane and train stand out and add context to how "oncoming" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a second oncoming vehicle was and and into oncoming traffic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oncoming" sits close to words such as alyssa, antibiotic and apostles, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oncoming
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A second oncoming vehicle was found dead in the middle of the road. (13 words)
If we hadn’t hit that tree, we’d have entered oncoming traffic. (13 words)
I’m assuming bicyclists must yield the BRT lane to oncoming busses, correct? (13 words)
A recent video of a Waymo car that failed to get let into a line of slow moving cars and was stuck in the oncoming lane shows another situation where just reversing direction would have solved the problem had cars been coming. (42 words)
According to police, the truck was headed south on the highway, when a tire got stuck in an ice rut, turning the truck into oncoming traffic and into one of the SUVs, which then hit the second SUV. (38 words)
In the second period, freshman center Emily Coogan finally broke through for the Vineyarders, when she received the puck in center ice, made a move around the oncoming Norwood defender, and made an awesome wrist shot from deep. (38 words)
I’m assuming bicyclists must yield the BRT lane to oncoming busses, correct? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to initial police findings, a car with four people on board got into the oncoming lane on Friday night and collided sideways with a large taxi.
According to police, the truck was headed south on the highway, when a tire got stuck in an ice rut, turning the truck into oncoming traffic and into one of the SUVs, which then hit the second SUV.
Agreed facts tendered to the court state the 30-year-old man drove a silver Audi hatchback while exceeding the speed limit, on the wrong side of the road and into oncoming traffic.
An eye witness, Wale Oladele, disclosed that the car driver was going to Okini when he lost control of the car and crashed into the oncoming motorcycle.
Another potential danger is the difficulty in gauging oncoming traffic before making a free right turn.
A passenger train collided with an oncoming freight train, causing a fiery crash on Wednesday in northern Greece.
A recent video of a Waymo car that failed to get let into a line of slow moving cars and was stuck in the oncoming lane shows another situation where just reversing direction would have solved the problem had cars been coming.
A second oncoming vehicle was found dead in the middle of the road.
A truck driver mounted a level crossing between boom gates from an unsealed side road seconds before colliding with an oncoming train.
Besides a heartfelt and sensitive preoccupation with sanitary pads, the oncoming world of boys looms large among Margaret and her friends.
Exiting vehicles must now navigate through tight spaces between oncoming traffic on Sukhumvit Road, heightening the potential for grave accidents.
Falzon said that prior to the works, the area lacked basic safe parking areas and proper bus bays where buses could stop and not impact oncoming traffic.
He assured those in doubt that the voter cards issued in 2011 are still valid for the oncoming general elections.
However, both students also pointed out safety issues associated with the lack of separation between the painted pedestrian pathway and oncoming vehicular traffic on Hilltop Road.
If we hadn’t hit that tree, we’d have entered oncoming traffic.
I’m assuming bicyclists must yield the BRT lane to oncoming busses, correct?
In the second period, freshman center Emily Coogan finally broke through for the Vineyarders, when she received the puck in center ice, made a move around the oncoming Norwood defender, and made an awesome wrist shot from deep.
Molly Hubbard fell while crossing the tracks in front of an oncoming train May 9 in Index.
Nevertheless, on December 1, outgoing interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid of the oncoming Netanyahu cabinet: “This is the government that was elected democratically, but wants to destroy democracy”.
Often, it takes a while, since they need more space from the oncoming traffic to get all that weight moving.
Common combinations with oncoming
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- oncoming traffic 72×
- an oncoming 59×
- the oncoming 48×
- into oncoming 31×
- oncoming car 14×
- oncoming lane 12×
- oncoming vehicle 9×
- oncoming train 9×
- to oncoming 8×
- of oncoming 7×