headway in English

noun
1
move forward or make progress, especially when circumstances make this slow or difficult.
the ship was making very little headway against heavy seas
2
the average interval of time between vehicles moving in the same direction on the same route.
The company also extended the train headway from three to six minutes during this period.

Use "headway" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "headway" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "headway", or refer to the context using the word "headway" in the English Dictionary.

1. Entering at headway.

2. Like his predecessors he failed to make any headway.

3. You are starting to make headway with your French!

4. Cayley was the first to make headway with this problem.

5. Labour has not made headway with that point.

6. Stormy weather stopped the ship from making headway.

7. We are making little headway with the negotiations.

8. The boat made slow headway against the tide.

9. The ship made little headway in the storm.

10. But I can't make any headway unless Alkar stops.

11. The hot light shines. Is I can't make headway.

12. She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.

13. The ships have to make headway against the heavy seas.

14. Little headway has been made so far in the negotiations.

15. The ship could make no headway against the strong wind.

16. We turned into Dwyer Street and I still hadn't made any headway.

17. Sylvia's teachers all say that she has made great headway this term.

18. You make headway if you share your intentions with someone you care about.

19. Some headway has been made towards restoring the balance of power.

20. The boat was unable to make much headway against the tide.

21. Are we making any headway in encouraging our partners to share domestic responsibilities?

22. We cannot make headway in the countryside unless we perform this task.

23. The buses on this line are running on a three - minute headway.

24. I'm trying to learn to drive, but I'm not making much headway .

25. Besides, to make headway in European and Asian communication and ideas research.

26. But after several months of deliberation, the committee had made little headway.

27. It is, incidentally, a career in which women are making particular headway.

28. But with ruler Mercury in direct motion from the 1st, you can make headway.

29. His research in cancer that spanned 15 years has made considerable headway in the end.

30. To make any headway with this, we must first of all avoid anthropomorphizing.

31. In three sensitive areas-tax administration, education and pensions-Jospin found it impossible to make headway.

32. Using the latest bridge building technology, Strauss and his team started to make headway.

33. If you can make headway in this manner, you will clearly have no difficulty in ascending.

34. He is not disappointed at the failure to make headway towards resolving their differences.

35. The trouble is that small boats make headway a lot faster than big governments.

36. To put that off, she needed to make headway that would be noticed in the real world.

37. China has boomed economically, but hasn't made much headway on human rights or environmental issues.

38. You continue to carry on the back the aureole of the hero, exhausting of headway!

39. There was concern in the city that police were making little headway in the investigation.

40. And the fact that we haven't made any headway whatsoever doesn't have me down at all.

41. It is surely no boat but we ourselves who are struggling make headway against the current.

42. Achieving a standstill is vital for Heron if it is to make headway in rescheduling its debt.

43. Everton, hit by injuries, also floundered in attack with Tony Cottee making little headway against the resolute Tony Adams.

44. Surprisingly, sadness made very little headway within social networks, paling in comparison to the communal effects of happiness.

45. They consistently underachieve at school and demonstrate little desire to make headway along a career avenue to success.

46. It was Willis again who raised Armagh's hopes with a second penalty as Portadown struggled to make headway in the back-line.

47. This option largely failed to make headway for many of the basic theoretical reasons that were outlined in Chapter

48. After their introduction on the Fleetwood service, journey time was reduced to 32 minutes on a five-minute headway.

49. Synonyms for Come on include advance, develop, proceed, progress, gain, come along, improve, increase, take shape and make headway

50. He knew that she was not making much headway with finding the nonce, but in fairness neither was he.