HEADLINE in a Sentence

Learn HEADLINE 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.

24 example sentences for HEADLINE, such as:

1. The headlines would be terrible.
2. A newspaper headline caught his attention.
3. A bold black headline screamed out from the front page.
4. The former MP found himself back in the headlines again.
5. Every morning I glimpse at the headlines of newspaper in car.

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 Meanings and Examples of HEADLINE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
headline
 v.  have top billing; be the main attraction; serve as the headliner of; publicise prominently in an advertisement
 n.  title of a newspaper; a heading or title of an article
Classic Sentence:
1  He had tried to spell out the headline for himself though he knew already what it was for it was the last of the book.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  In these sheets a sentence was inscribed from time to time and, in an ironical moment, the headline of an advertisement for Bile Beans had been pasted on to the first sheet.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
3  Carol herself had the baby, a larger house to care for, all the telephone calls for Kennicott when he was away; and she read everything, while Vida was satisfied with newspaper headlines.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
4  The headlines would be terrible.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
5  The headlines are: 'Mysterious Affair at Lower Norwood.'
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
6  The afternoon papers had forecasts of the next day's proceedings in flaring headlines.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII.
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  A bold black headline screamed out from the front page.
2  A headline on the front page draws attention to the fuller story inside.
3  A newspaper headline caught his attention.
4  The newspapers quickly changed their headlines to report on what O Mundo Sportivo called in a headline "Drama, Tragedy and Farce".
5  The Daily Mail has the headline "The Voice of Conscience".
6  The media is full of shock-horror headlines about under-age crime.
7  His financial problems hit the headlines with almost metronomic regularity.
8  The former MP found himself back in the headlines again.
9  The headlines were splashed across the front page of every newspaper.
10  The subeditors prepare the reporters' copy for the paper and write the headlines.
11  The couple hit the headlines last year when their relationship broke down.
12  The main headlines in the Iraqi newspapers ignore the inspectors' return, but editorials urge the UN to be independent and impartial.
13  One might say that eastern Congo is already in anarchy, but Congo has faded from the headlines in recent months.
14  Every morning I glimpse at the headlines of newspaper in car.
15  The whales' predicament in the frigid waters of Hudson Bay made international headlines, and locals had been planning a rescue operation with chainsaws and drills before the mammals slipped away.