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oncoming
[ on-kuhm-ing, awn- ]
adjective
- approaching; nearing:
the oncoming train; the oncoming holiday season.
- emerging:
the oncoming generation of leaders.
noun
- approach; onset:
the oncoming of winter.
oncoming
/ ˈɒnˌkʌmɪŋ /
adjective
- coming nearer in space or time; approaching
noun
- the approach or onset
the oncoming of winter
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Example Sentences
But the car roared away, the driver so desperate to escape that he veered into oncoming traffic.
A block away, a car without a driver speeds through a red light and crashes into oncoming traffic.
An aura is a warning symptom, or set of symptoms, that precedes an oncoming migraine.
Well, there was nothing paltry about Obamacare or rescuing the country from an oncoming depression.
These so-called “volunteers” were clad in balaclavas and inspected each oncoming vehicle with flashlights.
Donny found himself, dazed and alone, upon the cross-ties, groping toward the oncoming train.
Other forces now shape the oncoming generations and prepare them for further sensitive influences.
The yacht nearly broached to, while the next oncoming wave broke fairly aboard, filling the cockpit half-full of water.
The next moment Harvey, with a sudden turn of the tiller, threw the Surprise full tilt at the oncoming sloop.
The hunter points it in a general way in the direction of the oncoming beast, pulls the trigger and hopes for the best.
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