Head-on Sentence Examples

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  • They strive to meet the trends head-on and keep you looking your best.

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  • The only way to repair the damage that has been done is to address it head-on.

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  • They moved around the room; her head on his shoulder, her hand in his.

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  • She cradled her throbbing head on her arms and tried to relax.

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  • As if that weren't enough of a challenge, Bruce must subvert and sometimes battle head-on a secretive and corrupt government agency.

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  • She leaned back, resting her head on his chest.

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  • She moved closer to him, laying her head on his chest.

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  • They ignored her, and she rested her head on the back of the chair, their low talk and the warmth of the fire lulling her into another trance.

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  • She sighed in relief and rested her head on Damian's shoulder.

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  • After a long and fulfilling kiss, she laid her head on his chest and hugged him.

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  • She rested her head on his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat.

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  • She sat with her head on his shoulder for a moment then began to weep softly.

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  • Sarah lay on the bed beside him and put her head on his chest.

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  • He considered fighting the hunger, not wanting to disturb Elisabeth who slept soundly with her head on his chest.

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  • She curled her legs under herself, and put her head on his shoulder.

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  • She laid her head on his shoulder.

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  • He rested his head on the back of the chair and let out a long sigh.

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  • She wrapped arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder.

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  • She joined Jackson and sat with her head on his shoulder.

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  • The wolf looked up at them, then lay on the floor with her head on Jackson's chest, whimpering.

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  • She laid her head on his chest and wept.

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  • For a moment she lay her head on his chest, enjoying the smell of him and the feel of his hands on her back.

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  • Dean slammed on his brakes, causing Vinnie to whack his head on the underside of the dash.

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  • May I wear a bag over my head on the trip home?

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  • Dean closed his eyes and bowed his head on his arm.

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  • At last, when he was about to begin rapping his head on the wall for attention, he heard a click at the lock and the sound of the door opening.

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  • She laid her head on his chest.

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  • I have a good head on my shoulders.

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  • Taran met the first attacker head on with his sword and sought to turn his horse with his legs.

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  • Hilden rested his head on the back of the chair, eyes closed.

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  • Carmen laid her head on his chest.

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  • She leaned down and laid her head on Brutus' chest.

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  • She laid her head on Alex's shoulder as he held her close.

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  • He had given her a week to get her head on straight.

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  • Sometimes the nearest relative sleeps with his head on the corpse, in the belief that he will dream of the murderer.

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  • The early authorities represent the Stigmata not as bleeding wounds, the holes as it were of the nails, but as fleshy excrescences resembling in form and colour the nails, the head on the palm of the hand, and on the back as it were a nail hammered down.

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  • The cardinal was brought to trial at Westminster (17th of June 1535) on the charge that he did "openly declare in English that the king, our sovereign lord, is not supreme head on earth of the Church of England," and was condemned to a traitor's death at Tyburn, a sentence afterwards changed.

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  • His instructions on this point deserve the closest study, for he foresaw the inevitable attraction which a complete entrenched camp would exercise even upon himself, and, therefore, limited his engineers to the construction of a strong bridge head on the right bank and a continuous enceinte, broken only by gaps for counter attack, around the town itself.

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  • Spent with weakness and fatigue he asked leave to rest his head on his companion's lap, and quickly fell into a quiet sleep. As Niccolini tells us, the martyr's face became serene and smiling as a child's.

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  • If its mouth be taken as between St Bee's Head on the English and Burrow Head on the Scottish coast, its length is 50 m.

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  • Racial hatred between Turks and Armenians there came to a head on April 9 in the so-called "Adana Massacres."

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  • Of younger coins the first series has a king's head on the reverse, and the old obverse is enriched with two Sabaean monograms, which have been interpreted as meaning " majesty " and "eponymus " respectively.

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  • When the currents flow through the two coils, forces are brought into action compelling the coils to set their axes in the same direction, and these forces can be opposed by another torque due to the control of a spiral spring regulated by moving a torsion head on the instrument.

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  • Huntingdon, formally charged certain members of the cabinet with having received large sums of money, for use in the election, from Sir Hugh Allan, on condition, as it was claimed, that the Canadian Pacific contract should be given to the new company, of which he became the head on the failure of the plan for amalgamation.

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  • The same band may therefore cross its own head on the return journey.

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  • Port Royal Sound (between Bay Point on the north-east and Hilton Head on the south-west), is one of the largest and best on the coast of South Carolina.

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  • Some of the old writers supposed that they served as hooks by which the creature could rest its head on a branch.

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  • Should the otter be transfixed by a spear, the person who threw it goes into the water and raises the game over his head on the spear's point.

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  • From Sibi the line runs south-west, skirting the hills to Rindli, and originally followed the course of the Bolan stream to its head on the plateau.

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  • But in the case of a pupil who had passed through a good secondary school it would be as safe to rely for supplementary information under this head on the testimony of his teachers, as it is to rely on their evidence with regard to the fundamental and all-important element on which no examina- .tion supplies direct information - personal character.

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  • The child was asleep with his head on a sheaf, and from this circumstance he obtained his name.

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  • In the development of the Phyllopod Branchipus, the eyes are at first sessile, and the lateral lobes of the head on which they are set grow out and become movably articulated, forming the peduncles.

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  • It was actually provoked by the unwise and unjust poll-tax of one shilling a head on all adult persons, voted by the parliament of Northampton in November 1380.

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  • It is certainly not altogether mere impertinence to ask of a public man how he gets what he lives upon, for independence of spirit, which is so hard to the man who lays his head on the debtor's pillow, is the prime virtue in such men.

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  • Again the mob invaded the Convention, murdered a deputy named Feraud who attempted to shield the president, and set his head on a pike.

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  • G.) From Egypt the figure of the sphinx passed to Assyria, where it appears with a bearded male head on cylinders; the female sphinx, lying down and furnished with wings, is first found in the palace of Esar-haddon (7th cent.

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  • Swallowing her pride, she faced the issue head on.

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  • To accommodate more guests, you could opt for spending less per head on the receptions.

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  • They show a picture of a man who, having suffered adversity, has tackled it head on.

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  • Hanging from a light blue ribbon it had the King's head on the obverse while the reverse bore the words " Militia.

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  • He had to brake sharply to avoid what he thought would be a head-on collision.

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  • Analysis of an elastic collision We consider the case where two masses approach each other head on.

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  • The new Lynx Air Flow sole design prevents dipping on the head on the downswing for exceptional swing consistency and accuracy.

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  • The Sun, 28 June 2006 head-on crash kills six Six people died following a head-on car crash on the A6 in Cumbria.

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  • Bailey saw a cyborg that was, in appearance, a human head on a platter.

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  • You are one who is entitled to hold high his head on the lofty dais.

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  • Particle physics experiments are performed at accelerators where the products of head-on collisions between matter and antimatter are studied with huge detectors.

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  • Joe said it was the way he tucked in his shoulders that enabled them to get through the almost head-on crash.

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  • Then head on over to our translation howlers page for some amusing examples of what can happen when amateurs are let loose.

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  • You will decide fairly early on, for example, that it is highly inadvisable to attack certain fighters in a head on run.

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  • I could say that it crashed in a fiery inferno of head-on collision, but it wouldn't be true.

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  • I will now deal with the most important issues of all head on.

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  • Full of constructional details with quality line drawings and photographs, it tackles the problems associated with moisture head-on.

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  • Meg bailed out early feigning an injured paw which left the rest of us to head on.

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  • After each stop you have the option to take the winnings and go home or head on to the next pub.

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  • I had just sunk my head on this when the bells rung fire, and in hot haste the engines rolled that way, led by a straggling troop of men and boys, and I among the foremost, for I had leaped the brook.

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  • Anna Mikhaylovna left him, and when she returned he was fast asleep with his head on his arm.

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  • Rostov, leaning his head on both hands, sat at the table which was scrawled over with figures, wet with spilled wine, and littered with cards.

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  • But the wolf jumped up more quickly than anyone could have expected and, gnashing her teeth, flew at the yellowish borzoi, which, with a piercing yelp, fell with its head on the ground, bleeding from a gash in its side.

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  • Napoleon frowned and sat silent for a long time leaning his head on his hand.

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  • Scarcely had Pierre laid his head on the pillow before he felt himself falling asleep, but suddenly, almost with the distinctness of reality, he heard the boom, boom, boom of firing, the thud of projectiles, groans and cries, and smelled blood and powder, and a feeling of horror and dread of death seized him.

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  • He sat down at the dusty writing table, and, having laid the manuscripts before him, opened them out, closed them, finally pushed them away, and resting his head on his hand sank into meditation.

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  • So he lay now on his bed, supporting his large, heavy, scarred head on his plump hand, with his one eye open, meditating and peering into the darkness.

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  • There he is lying back in an armchair in his velvet cloak, leaning his head on his thin pale hand.

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  • During the third night the countess kept very quiet for a few minutes, and Natasha rested her head on the arm of her chair and closed her eyes, but opened them again on hearing the bedstead creak.

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  • Ramballe refused food and resting his head on his elbow lay silent beside the campfire, looking at the Russian soldiers with red and vacant eyes.

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  • The effect of a head-on accident is similar way to that of a rear-end accident, except the whiplash process is reversed.

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  • Eleanor had to squat down carefully to avoid banging her head on the rafters.

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  • Hear for yourself Their sound is flamenco in a head on collision of punk rock riffs, pounding bass and thrashing drums.

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  • Make sure not to hit your head on the chandelier as you walk through the dining room.

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  • After bumping her head on the cabinet, a noticeable bulge formed in the spot where the injury occurred.

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  • Afterbumpingher head on the cabinet, a noticeable bulge formed in the spot where the injury occured.

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  • Gloria tripped on the hearth and fell, almost hitting her head on the mantel as she tumbled.

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  • Then head on over to Free Baby Stuff Depot where you can receive a special E-book of 7,000 baby names.

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  • The brackets are what hold the head on the pot assembly (the round part of the banjo).

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  • You don't want obstructions on the floor that can be tripped over in a small space, shelves that you can bang your head on as you get out of the shower and so on.

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  • I come at you head on and watch you brace for impact but not move away.

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  • My mother died by hitting her head on the fireplace, from what I gather was a very common alcoholic death.

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  • American audience members clamored for someone's head on a stick.

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  • Aaron's late nights just don't agree with Nick's beauty rest, and it all came to a head on an episode of HOC.

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  • All of that came to a head on September 14, 2006, when U.S. Marshalls arrested Dog, his son, and his business associate.

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  • He is very gentle with me, and likes to sleep with his head on my lap.

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  • Since you can die if you get hit 3 or 4 times, avoid head on attacks as much as possible.

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  • Because of the increasing difficulty, you will feel even more motivated to step up to the challenge and tackle it head on.

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  • The follow's left hand is resting midway up the bicep of the lead, and both of them are facing each other head on.

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  • You certainly cannot hope to get out of the mess unless you are willing to face the issue head on and aggressively work toward a solution.

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  • The chair broke while his nanny was lifting him, causing Sean to hit his head on the floor.

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  • If you're going to head on that track, then get one in a metallic style.

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  • If this does not correct the problem, the pins that hold the shaving head on to the razor's body may have broken.

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  • Never attempt to force the shaving head on to the base unit as this can break the pins that hold the shaving head in place.

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  • If the shaving head on your razor is moving around or comes completely off the base the pins that hold the head on to the base may have broken.

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  • If all you need is an inexpensive clothes iron, then don't worry about reviews; just head on down to your local retail outlet and pick one up.

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  • If you just can't get your fill of board games, then head on over to the video games department where you can fight zombies in Resident Evil and Left for Dead 1 &2.

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  • Have you ever seen anything that looks like the head on this animal, and if you have, would you expect to find it in Texas?

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  • The person is facing a karmic entanglement, and it is critical that the issue is faced head on and resolved.

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  • A man fell off a bridge on Old Sycamore Road, hit his head on the rocks and died.

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  • What makes these boots so outstanding is their ability to meet the perils of the outdoor world head on.

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  • When Dr. Noah Drake returned to the show in 2006, he was met head on by many faces from his past.

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  • When using a barbell for this move, rest the dumbbell behind your head on your shoulders as you lower and lift yourself.

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  • Lie face down on your bed and rest your head on a pillow.

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  • If you head on over to Amazon.com, they have samples for every track from the CD.

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  • He was unhappy with the popularity the band had earned with Head on the Door and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. During the same time, he relapsed into drug use.

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  • Metallica wanted his head on a platter, and eventually, the big labels did force the free Napster out of the game (though a paid version still exists).

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  • The player is turned around a number of times, then asked to put the broom head on the ground and stand on the broom head while still holding onto the handle.

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  • The Roloffs understand their challenges, and meet them all head on.

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  • She hugged him, laying her head on his chest.

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  • She leaned her head on his shoulder.

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  • Tammy wrapped an arm around Lisa's neck and laid a soft curly head on her shoulder.

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  • She sat up quickly, bumping her head on the wagon.

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  • She stretched out on the couch beside him; resting her head on his chest and he draped the blanket across her shoulders, his arm falling loosely on her waist.

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  • His shoulder didn't move as it should, and he switched the sword to his other hand, trusting his instincts to keep his head on his shoulders.

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  • You use to meet a challenge head on.

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  • She sighed and put her head on his chest.

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  • Still another rule encourages you to find more interesting perspectives to shoot from rather than simply head-on.

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  • In talipes varus, the most common form of clubfoot, the foot generally turns inward so that the leg and foot look somewhat like the letter J (when looking at the left foot head-on).

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  • Thankfully, there are some solutions to these disadvantages for the parent who desires to homeschool, but wants to tackle these problems head-on.

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  • She slid over, cuddling close to him, her head on his pillow.

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