How to Use heads-up in a Sentence

heads-up

1 of 2 noun

• Just wanted to give you a heads-up.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
• Instead, there is a sort of heads-up display on steroids.
  — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2025
• Not that John gave Carolyn a heads-up.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
• Just a lucky bounce off a sure-handed receiver and a heads-up play.
  — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
• But just a heads-up, tax returns are once again due on April 15.
  — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• Did the producers of that film give you a heads-up about their tribute to your film?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023
• That was a great play off the rush by them and just a heads-up play by Lindy to send it over to me.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
• The chef needs the heads-up to accommodate.
  — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
• Chapman made his own out on the bases, though it could be chalked up as a sneaky heads-up baserunning move.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
• Second, the alarm gives you a heads-up that someone has tried to gain access to your house.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
• In season one, Sean was the only one who got a heads-up, and no one else did.
  — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
• Rivera said he was given a heads-up that the abatement notices would be posted.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
• Those officials on that remote border didn’t even have a phone to get a heads-up.
  — Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
• Just wanted to give you a heads-up on these controversies.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
• The message was more of a heads-up about what concertgoers can expect at live shows.
  — Dave Gil De Rubio, Daily News, 6 May 2026
• Swalwell, in a statement, denied getting any heads-up.
  — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026
• Imagine bringing one of those things into the house without at least giving your spouse a heads-up.
  — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 24 July 2023
• In the future, this could give scientists an earlier heads-up on stealthy storms.
  — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023
• This does not just happen overnight, however, and homeowners will have a heads-up.
  — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
• The Netherlands escaped further damage on a heads-up play.
  — Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
• Hernández had another heads-up baserunning play in the eighth inning.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• There's also an optional heads-up display.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
• Just a heads-up that today's episode mentions suicide and the brutal consequences of war.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
• No heads-up, no explanation (at least none that was made public by either party).
  — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 11 June 2026
• Coffey said the leak provided a critical heads-up that something was wrong.
  — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 11 May 2026
• Johnson thwarted Messi again just before halftime with a heads-up save from close range.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
• Tickets tend to go very fast and are likely already sold out, but consider this a heads-up for next winter.
  — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2025
• The nurse draws it up, the doctor gives a heads-up to the parent, and the shot happens before the family leaves.
  — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
• Drivers also get a heads-up display and a digital rearview mirror.
  — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 7 Nov. 2023
• Credit monitoring can also give you a faster heads-up when a new account or inquiry hits your file.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026

heads-up

2 of 2 adjective

• Caglianone soon scored the a go-ahead run on some heads-up baserunning.
  — Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
• So here’s your heads-up to remember to bring your key card with you everywhere.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026
• The six-minute heads-up was cutting things uncomfortably close.
  — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
• If the show will run past bedtime, give your kid a heads-up and clear the next day’s schedule when possible.
  — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
• Talk to your neighbors before the birds arrive, because a heads-up and an offer of fresh eggs goes a long way.
  — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
• That may come in the form of a big special-teams play, a heads-up stop by a defender or even questionable calls by the referees.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026
• One such means is to use modern-era AI to identify errors and apprise the therapist as a handy heads-up.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
• On the night of the viral encounter, the couple had already put their toddler to bed and were getting ready for sleep when their next-door neighbors called with a heads-up.
  — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
• The abrupt booting smarted even more because no one from Decca had notified Dolly about the decision or given her a heads-up that the press would be calling.
  — Martha Ackmann, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
• The Justice Department’s regulations provide that reporters should generally receive a heads-up that their phone records will be sought.
  — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
• The agencies nurses keep returning to often are the ones that gave an honest heads-up before a difficult assignment, picked up the phone in the middle of a hard shift and were still reachable weeks after the contract started.
  — Salma Ouardi, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
• During full-team drills, Brown started alongside Drake Maye and caught three of five targets, splitting his heads-up battles with Gonzalez who broke up one of those passes.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
• The Display model comes bundled with a Neural Band, a wristband that reads electrical signals in the forearm to let wearers navigate the heads-up display with subtle finger gestures.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 July 2026
• Thirteen seconds of chaos and heads-up baserunning — something the Marlins had lacked at points the first two games of this series (and, because of their overall aggressive approach, a lot this season) — gave Miami an insurance run.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
• By distilling commander’s intent through intuitive, natural language commands, Anura scales the Soldier-to-robot ratio, reduces cognitive burden, accelerates training timelines, and enables heads-up, hands-free operation.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
• At $105,330 the 2026 Mercedes-Benz EQS 400 SUV with optional features like a heads-up display and highest trim level with its 118 kWh battery and over 300-mile range is a luxury electric SUV on price alone.
  — Sasha Lekach, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026