How to Use headless in a Sentence

headless

adjective
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  • One of these ancient statues has been sitting there headless — perhaps not for much longer.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
  • A couple of hours later, and less than a mile away, a burned, headless body was discovered in the woods by some kids.
    — Doug Criss, CNN, 12 June 2017
  • Uncanny headless horsemen amongst skeletons of trees, and autumnal feasts that stretch as far as the eye can see.
    — WIRED, 21 Sep. 2008
  • The daughter of the slain woman discovered her mother's headless body, neighbors said.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 13 June 2017
  • The sculpture stood headless in a public park until July 2020.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
  • When the skeletal remains of a torso and a headless body washed ashore at the beach below the Headlands, Sophia Lander took charge.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2017
  • On vampires, magic duels and headless bodies in Highgate Cemetery.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2011
  • Guests have reported sightings of a headless torso of a Confederate soldier.
    — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2015
  • Here’s a possibility: buzkashi, the national pastime in Afghanistan where teammates on horseback try to push a headless goat carcass across a goal line.
    — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 June 2017
  • All that was left of the plant was its roots and a headless trunk.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
  • In one, the hands of a headless corpse grasp at the earth; most of the skin seems melted away by acid that has stained the earth blue.
    — Time, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The statuette of a woman’s headless torso sits on the bar in front of them.
    — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Among the last items to remain were the headless mannequins in a far corner.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Another time, the headless corpse of a man washed ashore.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Attach the walls to each other with wood glue and 32mm headless pin nails.
    — Duane Bruton, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Its headless neck is the perfect place to rest your weary head after a long day of work.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 11 Oct. 2018
  • Next, attach the walls to each other with wood glue and 32mm headless pin nails.
    — Duane Bruton, Popular Mechanics, 29 Feb. 2020
  • But it's widely believed that the headless corpse wasn't hers.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 7 July 2021
  • Inside was a headless body hung up like a deer that had been hunted.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • A week after our trip up the river, Ulseth went out on the same stretch again and found fifteen headless goats.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The headless dog can detect how many people are around.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2020
  • The show opened on an eerie gallery, a room full of headless human torsos cast in plaster.
    — Jeff Yang, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Strapped to the camel’s back was a headless skeleton, as if the Red Ghost was being commanded from beyond the grave.
    — Scott Craven, azcentral, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The event also showcased the creators’ looks on headless mannequins of all body types.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The headless body was buried in a lime pit, and the head was impaled on a spike and exposed for more than two decades at the south end of Westminster Hall.
    — Keith Thomas, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022
  • Two headless corpses were found hanging from a highway bridge.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022
  • A few months later, his headless body was found in a forest outside Kyiv.
    — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
  • The 80s was also a time when finding a headless corpse wasn't that uncommon.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
  • That was before Egg’s headless body was found last year decomposed in a fish tank.
    — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 13 July 2019
  • This house, though, has a stuffed two-headed rabbit, four-legged duck and headless chicken.
    — Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018

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