oncoming
/ˈɔnkˌʌmɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Some man that wayfaring was stood by housedoor at night's oncoming."
- "When she saw the oncoming of the armed men, with the King shining at their head, Little-Foot was again thrown into terror and begged her brother to escape while there was yet time […]"
- "Instead, the sound of muffled drums Inside myself: I have to lean And listen as my strength succumbs, To hear what these oncomings mean."
- "[…] And Wouldn't slow for the hauled reins, his name, Or shouts of walkers: crossroad traffic Stalling curbside at his oncoming The world subdued to his run of it."
- "Look carefully before pulling out into oncoming traffic."
- "1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt The attack was made so unexpectedly that Garfield had no time to escape the oncoming spears, three of which struck him in the body."