FOREHEAD in a Sentence

Learn FOREHEAD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
225 example sentences for FOREHEAD, such as:
1. A blue vein throbbed in his forehead.
2. There was a dark smudge on his forehead.
3. Blood poured from a deep gash in her forehead.
4. He rubbed his forehead with the back of his hand.
5. His hair is beginning to recede from his forehead.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of FOREHEAD
forehead
 n.  the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
 n.  the part of the face above the eyes
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She tossed the hair back from her forehead with a laugh.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  He took her in his arms, pressing her close, and with a trembling hand smoothed away the hair from her forehead.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  A slatternly calico wrapper hung from her shoulders and the wisps of her thin grey hair were drawn away from a high forehead and fastened at the back by a broken comb.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  The red color of her skin, narrow high forehead, prominent cheek bones and the hawk-bridged nose which flattened at the end above thick negro lips, all showed the mixture of two races.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  It showed in the thin hawk nose over the full red lips, the high forehead and the wide-set eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  She paused in the hall to speak to friends and to greet India who was emerging from the back of the house, her hair untidy and tiny beads of perspiration on her forehead.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  He was a nice-looking boy with a riot of soft brown curls on his white forehead and eyes as deep brown, as clean and as gentle as a collie dog's.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  Ellen went about with a puckered, worried forehead and Gerald swore more frequently than usual and brought her useless gifts from Jonesboro.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
9  As she struggled with her bushy, obstinate locks, perspiration beading her forehead, she heard light running feet in the downstairs hall and knew that Melanie was home from the hospital.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
10  He leaned down, took her face in his hands, and kissed her lightly on the forehead.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
11  She untied her bonnet and flung it on the table, drawing her forearms across her wet forehead.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
12  The heat of the fire made sweat stream down his forehead and cheeks but he did not wipe it off.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
13  Tugging and straining, perspiration dripping from her forehead, she dragged him down the hall, a red stain following her path.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
14  She rounded a thicket of pomegranate trees which were shaking bare limbs in the cold wind and saw him leaning on his axe, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
15  There were small beads of moisture on his forehead and his fists were curled into claws as if in pain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
Example Sentence:
1  He rubbed his forehead with the back of his hand.
2  Sweat ran from his forehead into his eyes, blurring his vision.
3  Blood poured from a deep gash in her forehead.
4  A blue vein throbbed in his forehead.
5  There was a dark smudge on his forehead.
6  Great beads of perspiration trickled down his forehead.
7  I vaguely remember, you thin lips stuck on my forehead carefully,as if the whole world becomes quiet.
8  He groaned and slapped his forehead, as if suddenly remembering something obvious.
9  He gave his daughter a gentle kiss on the forehead.
10  I can tell when he is under stress by the way the veins distend on his forehead.
11  His hair is beginning to recede from his forehead.
12  I did her hair, soft-like, round her forehead, all in dainty curls, and just to one side of her neck I put a bunch of most beautiful purple pansies.
13  Great tears rolled down his sunken cheeks, he lightly rested her forehead on his thin sinewy arm.
14  Men's characters are not always written on their foreheads.
15  Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads.