oncoming
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definition
noun
the oncoming of age
the fact of being about to happen in the near future.
adjective
she walked into the path of an oncoming car
approaching; moving toward.
example
In a descriptive passage that recalls Pickthall's poetry, the story attributes a pre-verbal understanding of the signs of the 'oncoming' winter to both men.
Grogan advises drivers to pull over when 'oncoming' cars approach.
Sansak had tried to avoid the checkpoint, making a U-turn in front of the 'oncoming' car.
Opal ran after them, shooting the front tire of an 'oncoming' police car sending it spinning out of control.
With no fruits and few vegetables, and in such cramped quarters, I fear the 'oncoming' of plague greatly.
I tossed the wrench in front of an 'oncoming' car, and it ran over it, bending the handle.
Anyone who has rushed to get across a Hong Kong street in front of 'oncoming' traffic knows that moving on two feet can be dangerous here.
‘They're doing a good job of it,’ Adam said as Hannah swerved dangerously close to an 'oncoming' car.
They didn't speak for a while longer, as the sun moved lower in the sky, signaling the 'oncoming' of dusk and eventually night.
Most of the wildlife was preparing for the 'oncoming' winter.
Taiwan battens down against 'oncoming' typhoon.
Will the change in barometric pressure or the 'oncoming' of precipitation give an allergy sensitive person a headache?
Yital wanted to know, ignoring her comment about the chill of the 'oncoming' winter.
A similar incident took place at the 2000 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim when a spectator wandered around the course and crossed the track in front of 'oncoming' cars.
New data hint at 'oncoming' cocaine epidemic.
I stared at him for a moment out of defeat, and then squeezed my eyes shut against the 'oncoming' of new tears.
But see, when the 'oncoming' car approached, I had to make a decision over the alternatives available to me.
He shook his head and felt the familiar 'oncoming' of tears.
Birds filled the woods with their songs, despite the 'oncoming' winter.
A police spokesman said the Clio is believed to have careered out of control and mounted the roadside kerb before catapulting across the road towards 'oncoming' traffic and ploughing into the van.
Two cars collided and another careened across in front of 'oncoming' traffic and it was really a bad scene.
I followed her gaze and nearly jumped in front of an 'oncoming' car.
Now reaching the bottom of the steps Henry vaults across the street in front of an 'oncoming' car and forces it to jam the brakes.
With the echo and reecho of the cave, the colony of bats sounded like the 'oncoming' of a train.
Each receiver detects the 'oncoming' of the data signals with the maximum delay on the transmission paths.
I can't even imagine why he would actually, purposely, try to jump in front of an 'oncoming' car.
With the 'oncoming' of beautiful weather, he clothed himself in his khaki, American Eagle shorts that showed his bronzed calf muscles exquisitely.
With the 'oncoming' of darkness, Tokyo city became alive with bright neon signs.
She smiled wryly to herself, thinking that perhaps he, like the local songbirds and crows, had flown south to avoid the 'oncoming' winter.
The suicidal Beatrice who is now ready to step intentionally in front of an 'oncoming' car picks out a man across the street to focus her resolve.
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